Meridian™ is an all natural oolitic (spherical or egg
shaped) aragonite substrate for all reef and marine
aquaria. Meridian™ is the premium aragonite substrate for
the reef aquaria. It's grain size (a fairly uniform 0.25 -
0.50 mm) is ideally suited to reef inhabitants and it's
chemical composition will assist in stabilizing calcium and
alkalinity while preventing large pH declines. Unlike
competing "wet" products marketed under the guise of being
"live", Meridian™ is sold dry, thus you pay only for gravel
and not for unneeded water. These products imply that they
contain living, microscopic animals when in fact they only
contain common bacteria. Dry or wet, there are bacteria on
every substrate available. If one is concerned with
shortening the aquarium cycle time for a new system, then
the use of a product designed for that particular purpose
would be more appropriate (such as Seachem’s Stability®).
Meridian™ Mineral Composition
Units=ppm, source: Plasma Emission Spectrometer, EPA
Method 3050, Univ. of Georgia Chemical Analysis Lab
|
Ca
|
Fe
|
Mg
|
Mn
|
Mo
|
Sr
|
V
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Zn
|
|
347,750
|
44.2
|
1,845
|
2.6
|
2.35
|
8,420
|
8.1
|
4.75
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Set-up
Simply rinse before use to remove any residual dust.
When adding water to aquarium, fill slowly to avoid
disturbing Meridian™ bed. Place a bowl in the aquarium
and add water directly to the bowl, allowing water to
overflow softly on to the gravel bed. Initial
cloudiness is normal. To remove cloudiness, use
mechanical filtration (such as filter floss).
Use Clarity™ to
accelerate clearing.
