Can you mix salt?

[Jakepen]

Right now I am using HWreefer, my only concern with it is my alk is pretty low. I have a 30 gallon, with a few lps, just starting out. I did a five gallon change, Tuesday. Do at least twice a week, as of now. Tested my alk wed and it was 7.5, tested it today and it was 7.3. HW claims I think 8.5 alk mixed at 1.025. So it's not terrible high out of the box, right? I was thinking about switching to Red Sea coral pro, which has a much higher claim of alk. I have a unopened bag of HW, and don't want it to go to waste. So can I mix the two? Should I stick with what I have?

 

[michellejy]

You can definitely mix both. At the volume you do water changes, it will be gradual for your fish and corals anyway.

 

[Jakepen]

You can definitely mix both. At the volume you do water changes, it will be gradual for your fish and corals anyway.

Okay, thank you. Do you think that is a smart way to raise my alk?

 

[michellejy]

I am probably the wrong person to ask. I try to buy salt that has the parameters I want because I am scared of the whole dosing thing. If you are comfortable with dosing your tank, you might want to go a different route.

 

[Jakepen]

Fair enough. What salt do you use?

 

[michellejy]

Reef Crystals

 

[joshkirkland83]

I just switched to hw. Its 9.0dkh. Its inconsistent, even if you mix the bag very well. Im going back to rscp. I never used to dose with it.

 

[Jakepen]

I just switched to hw. Its 9.0dkh. Its inconsistent, even if you mix the bag very well. Im going back to rscp. I never used to dose with it.

Red Sea is pretty consistent? Isn't an alkalinity of 11 pretty high?

 

[joshkirkland83]

Red Sea is pretty consistent? Isn't an alkalinity of 11 pretty high?

Its 12.2. Yes its high but you adjust your waterchanges to how much your tank is consuming.

 

[Jakepen]

Its 12.2. Yes its high but you adjust your waterchanges to how much your tank is consuming.

11 was a pretty rough guess ha. And I got you, so could be once a week, or once every two weeks. If I'm using HW, with a alk of around 8, how would I start using Red Sea? Don't want to raise my dkh rapidly.

 

[joshkirkland83]

11 was a pretty rough guess ha. And I got you, so could be once a week, or once every two weeks. If I'm using HW, with a alk of around 8, how would I start using Red Sea? Don't want to raise my dkh rapidly.

Figure out how much your tank consumes, then change a gallon or two, the next day test your alk.