Reef aquarium chemistry · Batch 001 tested by Reef Labs and published
Nothing in your tank should die to a guess.
Dry-mix alkalinity, calcium, and magnesium, every batch lab-tested and published. And a $39 read of your water test that tells you what to fix first.
Starter Kit
Core+ dosing system
Three chemistries, three bottles, beaker, adapter, and your first Decode. Mix once a month, dose daily.
$69 · free US shipping · refills ~$18/mo for a 50 gal tank at 1 dKH/day, ALK + CAL + MAG
See the kit →ICP Decode
Your ICP results, read properly.
Send us your ICP results from any lab. Get a ranked plan: what matters, what comes first, what to leave alone.
$39 one-time · emailed in minutes · refund if it isn’t useful
Decode my results →WHERE TO START
Before you dose anything, know what’s actually wrong. Start from the symptom:
“Alk keeps drifting.”
Your consumption changed. Size the dose to what the tank actually uses. Calculator →
“Something’s dying and I don’t know why.”
Don’t panic dose. An ICP test plus Decode finds the one thing to fix first. Decode →
“Numbers look fine, corals aren’t happy.”
Routine tests don’t show everything. ICP exposes trace imbalances and contaminants home kits can’t see. Decode →
“Just got my ICP results back.”
Turn the numbers into a ranked correction plan in minutes. Decode →
“One parameter keeps misbehaving.”
Ten free step-by-step fault trees isolate the cause before you dose anything. Fault Manual →
THE CHEMISTRY
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
THE COMPARISON
PRE-MIXED LIQUID 2-PART
- WHAT SHIPS
- Jugs of solution, mostly RO/DI water
- WHAT’S IN IT
- Whatever the label says
- REFILLS
- Another jug, another box
BIOFORGE CORE+
- WHAT SHIPS
- Dry reagent, zero water
- WHAT’S IN IT
- Heavy-metals ICP-OES panel published per batch; full 45-element panel on request
- REFILLS
- A packet into the bottle you already own
Same target chemistry. You stop paying to ship the water.
THE PROOF
BATCH 001 · ON THE RECORD
Most brands make claims. We publish the receipts.
Every production batch is sent to Reef Labs for independent ICP-OES analysis before release. Three reports are published so far: full 45-element ICP-OES panels from Reef Labs, Inc. for the ALK, CAL, and MAG lots of Batch 001, each linked from the archive. Every batch that follows will be published the same way, pass or fail, before you buy. ICP-OES verification is of BioForge batch chemistry, not your tank water.
LIVE FROM THE ARCHIVE
ALK-260508-A REPORT PUBLISHED · BATCH ACCEPTED CAL-260508-A REPORT PUBLISHED · BATCH ACCEPTED MAG-260508-A REPORT PUBLISHED · BATCH ACCEPTEDEvery ID above opens the lab’s own report. Not our PDF. Theirs.
THE FOUNDER
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
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Decode is open now at $39. The Starter Kit and refills are live, and Batch 001 passed acceptance with its panels published. Read them before you ever order. Leave your email for occasional updates: new batches, new tools, restocks.