The System. BioForge Living Systems

THE WORKFLOW

Three steps,
once a month.

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Step One

Tear open the pouch.

Each packet is pre-weighed for its chemistry. No scoops. No scale. No formula math.

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Step Two

Add RO/DI water to the fill line.

Start with half the water. Add the packet, swirl. Then top off to 1 L. Cap and shake for 60 seconds until clear.

RO/DI only. Tap water will alter concentration and may cause precipitation. TDS should be below 5 ppm.

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Step Three

Connect your dosing pump.

4mm barb fitting on the cap. Works with most standard reef dosing pumps. Kamoer, Neptune DOS, Reef Octopus, and others. The bottle is the reservoir.

THE HARDWARE

BioForge Core+. Kalkpure powder pouring into RO/DI water with Magnesium, Alkalinity, and Calcium pouches

The bottle is the reservoir.

Most reef supplements ship in disposable plastic. We engineered a reusable HDPE bottle with an integrated dosing barb. You buy it once.

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Integrated 4mm barb
Direct line to your dosing pump. No transfer container.
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Wide-mouth refill opening
Tear, pour, fill. Funnel optional.
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Batch-sealed refill packets
Each pouch arrives sealed, labeled, and lot-traceable.
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Color-coded by chemistry
Red ALK, green CAL, blue MAG, white KalkPure. Visible at a glance.

THE FORMULATION

Forgives a missed water change.

Most reef chemistry brands choose a side: simple 2-part for affordability, or full three-part Balling for ionic balance. Both have trade-offs. In high-demand systems, simple 2-part dosing can push sodium and chloride upward between water changes. Three-part Balling is operationally complex.

How the formulation addresses this ↓

BioForge Core+ ALK takes a middle path. Sodium carbonate handles the alkalinity. Sodium sulfate, potassium bicarbonate, and borax handle the ionic balance, producing slower ionic drift than standard sodium-bicarbonate 2-part systems. The result is a formulation more tolerant of irregular water change schedules.

Regular water changes are still recommended. The formulation is designed to be more forgiving between them, not to replace them.

Read the full formulation rationale →

V5.9 FORMULATION · CORE+ ALKALINITY · INGREDIENTS

V5.9 reflects 18 months of formulation development and real-tank testing before the first commercial batch was submitted for ICP verification.

Sodium carbonate

primary alkalinity source

Sodium sulfate

ionic balance maintenance

Potassium bicarbonate

potassium supplementation

Borax

boron contribution

EVERY GRAM WEIGHED · EVERY BATCH ICP-VERIFIED

THE CHEMISTRY

Four pouches. Four core parameters.

Core+ ALK

Alkalinity

Na₂CO₃ · KHCO₃ · borate

Carbonate alkalinity with ionic-balance support.

Coming soon, join waitlist →

Core+ CAL

Calcium

CaCl₂ · MgCl₂ · SrCl₂

Calcium, chloride, magnesium, and strontium support.

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Core+ MAG

Magnesium

MgCl₂ · MgSO₄

Balanced chloride/sulfate magnesium support.

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KalkPure

Kalkwasser

Ca(OH)₂ · saturated

Pharmaceutical-grade kalkwasser. Dose via ATO reservoir.

Coming soon, join waitlist →

THE ECONOMICS

Hardware once.
Refills forever.

$69

Starter kit · 3 chemistries, 3 reusable bottles, beaker, dosing adapter · ships once

~$21/mo

Refill packets · sized to your tank's actual consumption · cancel anytime

Pre-measured

Each refill packet makes 1 L of stock solution · ships flat · no water weight

A standard reef supplement bottle is mostly water you're paying to ship. A BioForge refill is pre-measured chemistry in a flat foil packet. The same stock solution you'd mix yourself, without the measuring.

THE FAMILY