Reef aquarium chemistry · Batch 001 tested and published

Your reef is telling you what it needs. In numbers.

BioForge turns any ICP test into a ranked action plan, then into exact doses, then into the chemistry that delivers them. What to fix first. What can wait. How much, for your volume.

Chemistry removes the guesswork. Your tank still gets the final word.

Phosphate 0.581 → 0.150 mg/l · one client reef, two Triton panels · see them →

Decode My Results, $39 → Join the kit waitlist — free

Built only for reef chemistry: it normalizes every lab’s units, ranks corrections by risk instead of by ease, calculates doses against your real water volume, and remembers your last test. A general chatbot does none of that.

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ICP DECODE

The lab gives you numbers.
BioForge gives you the plan.

Submit your ICP results. Get an 11-section action plan, critical issues flagged first, correction order ranked by risk, dosing math calculated for your tank size, 7-day and 30-day plan included. The report shown is a real decode from a real tank.

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Decode Report, $39
Emailed within minutes · full refund if it’s not useful

REAL DECODE · MARCH 2026

— SITUATION

"Aluminum at 0.235 ppm, 11.75× above the safe upper limit. One priority. Everything else waits."

— URGENT RISKS · FIX TODAY

"Stop GFO immediately. 20% water change today. Do not resume phosphate media until retest confirms clear."

— AFTER URGENT RISKS CLEAR

"Potassium at 364 ppm, deficient. Raise slowly, no more than 5 ppm per day. Ca, Mg, Alk all holding well. Retest in 30 days."

Verify source report →

CORE+ · DRY-TO-MIX

The chemistry was never the bottle.

Core+ ships as dry reagent — you supply the water. The same ions your reef consumes, at a fraction of the shipped mass, mixed fresh into your own RO/DI on your own schedule.

ALKALINITY · CALCIUM · MAGNESIUM

PRE-MIXED LIQUID 2-PART

WHAT SHIPS: Jugs of solution — mostly RO/DI water
MONTHLY COST: $40–70 at 50 gal
FREIGHT: Water, cross-country, on repeat
VERIFICATION: Trust the label

BIOFORGE CORE+

WHAT SHIPS: Dry reagent — zero water
MONTHLY COST: ~$21 at 50 gal
FREIGHT: Three pouches, ounces not gallons
VERIFICATION: Per-batch ICP-OES, published

Same target chemistry. You stop paying to ship the water.

THE RHYTHM

The chemistry that stops demanding your attention.

Week one. A packet, a beaker, a bottle. Five minutes.

A year in. Your tank looks like the tank you wanted when you started. Testing has become verification, not troubleshooting. You're back to watching corals.

THE SYSTEM

Chemistry that remembers your tank.

BioForge isn't just what you dose. It's how you know what to dose, when to correct, and when to stop, then what happened last time, so next time takes less guessing. Every tool on this site is part of the same loop.

Test

Get your ICP results from any lab. Reef Labs, ATI, Triton, Aquaforest. Import the URL or upload the Excel.

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Decode

BioForge interprets the numbers. Urgent risks flagged first. 11-section action plan.

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Plan

Correction order, safe dosing pace, and a 30-day timeline, specific to your tank. Included in every Decode report.

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Dose

Calculator converts your plan into mL/day. Core+ does the rest.

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Verify

Every batch ICP-tested before it ships. Scan the QR. See the report.

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Refill

Same chemistry. Flat pouch. Calculator tells you when you're running low. Subscription ships before you run out.

WHERE TO START

HAVE ICP RESULTS?

Start with Decode — $39

Diagnosis before dosing. Your existing ICP test becomes an 11-section action plan. No kit required.

NO TEST YET?

Start with the Core+ Kit — $69

The dose calculator sizes your chemistry from tank volume alone. No ICP test needed to begin.

Independent purchases — neither requires the other. Want both on repeat? Refills + a monthly Decode ship bundled in Pro at launch.

THE STARTER KIT

BioForge Core+ Starter Kit, custom black box with three branded chemistry bottles in red, green, and blue, three daily-dose packets, a 1L graduated beaker, and a dosing adapter

BIOFORGE CORE+ · COMPLETE STARTER

The chemistry was never the bottle.

Everything you need to start dosing, chemistry, mixing system, and documentation. Refill packets available separately after your kit arrives, sized to your calculator-driven dose.

01 3× Core+ daily-dose packets. Alkalinity, Calcium, Magnesium
02 3× reusable mixing bottles, 1L beaker, precision dosing adapter
03 QR-coded batch verification on every packet

$69 free shipping · continental US · launch pricing

~$21/mo in refills vs. $40–70/mo for equivalent pre-mixed liquid 2-part. You're paying for chemistry, not water.

Reserve at launch → Full details →

Waitlist is free. No payment at sign-up.

BATCH 001 · ON THE RECORD

Most brands make claims. We publish the receipts.

Every production batch goes to Reef Labs for independent ICP-OES analysis — the same elemental standard used in pharmaceutical QC — and every report is linked here, publicly, before you buy. ICP-OES verification is of BioForge batch chemistry, not your tank water.

View the Batch Archive → Read the transparency thesis →

LIVE FROM THE ARCHIVE

ALK-260508-A REEF LABS · NCB-VQE-PHM · 2026-05-12 REPORT PUBLISHED · ACCEPTANCE RE-RUN PENDING CAL-260508-A REEF LABS · MYE-RFS-LDQ · 2026-05-08 REPORT PUBLISHED · ACCEPTANCE RE-RUN PENDING MAG-260508-A REEF LABS · MLR-FJK-WBC · 2026-05-08 REPORT PUBLISHED · ACCEPTANCE RE-RUN PENDING

Every ID above opens the lab’s own report. Not our PDF — theirs.

DOSE CALCULATOR

Verify the math for your tank before you commit.

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THE FOUNDER

Carlos Mendiluze, founder of BioForge Living Systems

Built by someone who weighs everything.

By trade I work on aircraft. ISO 17025, calibrated balances, chain-of-custody documentation. When I started formulating reef chemistry, I brought the same standard. Every batch is weighed, verified, and published, because that's how I work on everything.

Carlos Mendiluze, Founder · Hialeah, FL

Aircraft systems technician · ISO 17025 trained · reef keeper

Read the full story.

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Decode is open now at $39. Batch 001 is mixed, ICP-tested and published — you can read the panels before you ever order. What is left is packaging, and the waitlist gets first access and launch-day pricing the day it lands.

Your reef is telling you what it needs. In numbers.

First, the reading.

We don't ship water.

The chemistry was never the bottle.

The chemistry that stops demanding your attention.

Chemistry that remembers your tank.

The chemistry was never the bottle.

Most brands make claims. We publish the receipts.

Built by someone who weighs everything.

First in.
Best access.

Your reef is telling you what it needs. In numbers.

First, the reading.

We don't ship water.

The chemistry was never the bottle.

The chemistry that stops demanding your attention.

Chemistry that remembers your tank.

The chemistry was never the bottle.

Most brands make claims. We publish the receipts.

Built by someone who weighs everything.

First in. Best access.

First in.
Best access.