Coralife salt?

Fishingandreefing · Jan 12, 2020

Am I the only few that use coralife salt? I just switched over last month and I have tested freshly mixed at around 11 DKH, is this normal? I though it was supposed to be around 8.

Mastiffsrule · Jan 14, 2020

Hi,

I have not run into a lot of people using that salt. I don’t really have much to offer either way. Maybe someone is around tonight that has used it

BeejReef · Jan 15, 2020

Same as above. Have not used that brand, but have had other brands mix up as real outliers on fairly rare occasions. It's not your first time mixing salt or testing, but would still doublecheck my salinity, fracto calibration, and test kit. Pretty much even money on any of them as the culprit.

Potatohead · Jan 15, 2020

I'm pretty sure it's the same salt as Kent. A decent enough product but I always thought it was similar to IO in terms of parameters.

SinCityRee4r · Jan 15, 2020

I use it but it is usually high Ca. I am now getting ready to switch to tropic marin pro

andrewkw · Jan 15, 2020

There was just another thread a few days ago. I used it for maybe 10 years but not in the last couple. Always mixed at 9.6 dkh and 500+ CA. The other user was also commenting that alkalinity was high. Perhaps they have changed the mixture?

vetteguy53081 · Jan 15, 2020

Here in Wi, People still use this and Kent as we have an LFS who sells both at $38 /case
I believe this is also the salt they use for their store displays

Fishingandreefing · Jan 15, 2020

Potatohead said:
I'm pretty sure it's the same salt as Kent. A decent enough product but I always thought it was similar to IO in terms of parameters.

Heard Kent is slightly better and lower in alk. I chose coralife over Kent because it was cheaper and as far as now petco carry them at a reasonable price and have sales quit often.

Fishingandreefing · Jan 15, 2020

vetteguy53081 said:
Here in Wi, People still use this and Kent as we have an LFS who sells both at $38 /case
I believe this is also the salt they use for their store displays

I have always use IO, this is about the same price and IO was not consistent for me so I switched.

MTBake · Jan 15, 2020

My lfs uses this salt. I haven't tried it myself. But I have not had any issues with live stock from that store at all. It is my go to store actually.

Fishingandreefing · Jan 15, 2020

MTBake said:
My lfs uses this salt. I haven't tried it myself. But I have not had any issues with live stock from that store at all. It is my go to store actually.

Nice. I mean, it’s less than $35 per bucket and it mixes better than IO.

Fishingandreefing · May 2, 2020

So I was looking for coralife salt and see if there’s any sale. Found this negative reviews on amazon that “Called Coralife support and found out that they use a binding agent which is also used in cleaning powder Borax.”

What? Any coralife salt users out there have problem? I had one fish and lots of corals slowly dying one after another. It’s my tank my luck or the salt?

Uncle99 · May 2, 2020

I used this salt in the past, about 6 months, low on Alk, (11 sounds error) low on MG, high on CA, contains no vitamins as described heavy marketing and found to be sold underweight. But Salt is salt, I doubt that would be the root of your losses. Make sure you tumble your salt in case mix is settling. I changed as I was getting some crud, floating on the top after mixing.

Fishingandreefing · May 2, 2020

Uncle99 said:
I used this salt in the past, about 6 months, low on Alk, (11 sounds error) low on MG, high on CA, contains no vitamins as described heavy marketing and found to be sold underweight. But Salt is salt, I doubt that would be the root of your losses. Make sure you tumble your salt in case mix is settling. I changed as I was getting some crud, floating on the top after mixing.

I switched few months ago mainly due to only slightly more experience than IO and looking for something lower alk. I tested one or twice of freshly made and it was around 8.5. I really don’t care about vitamins as I dose and if the mag is low that’s perfect, my tank always high in mag. Not sure if it’s the Red Sea kit not being accurate lol.

so I take it that for the 6 months you used it and nothing weird happened? I continue using it because my friend is and his stuff is not dying.

shaking the bucket is a good idea btw.