Highly-concentrated ionic potassium solution.
Provides potassium, an important component of aragonite (the mineral secreted as
skeletal material by corals and other reef-building marine organisms), complexed
into pigments that enhance blue coloration of some small-polyp stony corals, important to proper neurological function, and depleted in marine aquaria by livestock.
80,000 ppm K; considerably stronger and more economical than competing
potassium products.
May be used to combat potassium depletion that often accompanies the use of
zeolite-based filtration methods employed to maintain ultra-low-nutrient aquaria.
Free of phosphate, silicate, and organic material.
Formulated by a marine scientist.
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In natural seawater, potassium is a non-conservative major element with a concentration slightly lower than that of calcium (~399 ppm vs. ~413 ppm, respectively). It is a component of aragonite, and regular dosing has, within the past several years, been implicated in improving the blue coloration of numerous varieties of small-polyp stony corals; the benefits of potassium supplementation are potentially two-fold, then: provision of an element that is 1.) incorporated into the skeletal material of corals and other reef-buidling organisms for purposes of growth, and 2.) incorporated into pigments that (presumably in the presence of adequate ionic iron) enhance blue coloration of small-polyp stony corals. The importance of potassium to marine organisms is most apparent when beginning to dose it in aquaria with depleted potassium concentrations and/or in which the sea salt mixture used is potassium-deficient; in such cases, changes in the appearance of many corals may be observed within the first weeks of regular dosing.
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