Tropic Marin Pro Reef, bye bye

[Sleeping Giant]

Well you probably did since TMP is low alk and reef crystals is high alk

Sooo very true, and has higher everything levels, no dosing.

 

[ReefBeta]

But what makes TMP better?
What do they add, or not add that makes the salt worth twice the price?
Will my corals be healthier and more colorful or more extension?
I would try it again if I knew what I was paying for, not just marketing.....

For the primary part, it's that it mix up the cleanest, and fast (within couple hours). I have a water mixing station. It makes a big difference on how filth it gets after couple cycle.

Also it's not that more expensive. Cost per gallon of water made is like within 10% difference between most salt beside instant ocean.

 

[Sleeping Giant]

Just saying I am not the only one. I never have to clean my mixing tank with tropic marin but io and rc all the time even if it is calcium carbonate like randy suggests why would I want to pay for something to just precipitate straight out while mixing. I personally think that it is waste of money if that is the case or it's just impurities in the salt either way I will stick with TM

Frustrated with salt mixes

I can't seem to win. My goal is to mix fresh salt water with ideal params and no brown sludge. I'm not finding much luck doing so with various salts. My goal is 400+ ca, 1400mag, and 9 alk Instant ocean- Mixes brown(-), 10alk(-) Fritz rpm- Mixes more brown than IO(2x-), 8.5-9alk(+) Tropic...

www.reef2reef.com

Is it possible that you don't see the crud because it's white and not tan like IO?

 

[Brian_68]

I get what you're saying but if you are using straight IO I will agree but if you are using RC not the case. For a couple extra cents rather have a better salt for the money

Who pays $63 for a bucket of RC? I typically pay less than $40. This chart is a bit misleading.

 

[Duffer]

I hope you're not implying that I'm being untruthful. Each and every time I wanted to order this salt I had to wait for it to be available. That is no fabrication. I never said i had a problem with TMP itself. I found the salt itself to perform as advertised. I just had to sometimes delay water changes and that drove me to change to another salt. Look at the posts about the subject and I think you'll see building frustration in the community.

If you've not had any problem getting TMP that's great. Don't change. It hadn't been my experience, so I switched.

Not at all my friend, I understand the frustration, basically it sucks, I just have some faith Lou at tropic is speaking the truth, or else I’m going elsewhere also

 

[Topekoms]

Is it possible that you don't see the crud because it's white and not tan like IO?

Nope don't see it cause it's not there

 

[MasonK24]

Just a FYI, Chewy.com sells 200 Gal Reef Crystal boxes for $60 with free shipping and fantastic customer service. I wont buy salt anywhere else. They also sell live sand.

Ive ordered salt from them and its been on my doorstep the next day. Im not even joking.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I’m tired of the stress of not being able to get this salt and am ready to change brands. Looking for recommendations from those who have had success changing. What did you change to and how was the transition?

have you reached out to tropic Marin? He has plenty of it.

Tropic Marin Pro Reef Salt 200 Gal Bucket [AT922LL7] - $69.23 : hototin.com

 

[Drendo]

have you reached out to tropic Marin? He has plenty of it.

Tropic Marin Pro Reef Salt 200 Gal Bucket [AT922LL7] - $69.23 : hototin.com

I reached out to Lou directly late last year to see if he knew of anyone who had any. I was basically told to keep searching online and that it was coming.

 

[paintman]

If Tropic Marin dropped the word Pro and just called something like Tropic Marin Ocean Crystals nobody would pay double the price for it over RC. Unfortunately this hobby has become all about ego and self absorption. Just look at what people are paying for a dime size frag with a stupid name tagged to it.

 

[ZoWhat]

Red Sea Pro

Or

Fritz RPM Blue

are solid choices. Just about everything else is a compromise

 

[Sarcazian]

Who pays $63 for a bucket of RC? I typically pay less than $40. This chart is a bit misleading.

Good catch. It's downright wrong. Amazon has it with S&S for about $0.28 a gallon - following that chart.

I picked up my last bucket from petco locally for $34 with their local pickup 25% off. So, like $0.25 a gallon.

 

[Mellotang]

Do you think it comes with the broken tab??

i wouldn’t buy any salt with the tab broken

 

[Mellotang]

Especially @ $69 for 200g

wholesale cost more than that

suspicious

 

[vetteguy53081]

Do you think it comes with the broken tab??

i wouldn’t buy any salt with the tab broken

Im sure this is a file photo

 

[vetteguy53081]

Especially @ $69 for 200g

wholesale cost more than that

suspicious

I have two buckets here from Petco.com and they were $71 each w/free ship on sale

 

[Mellotang]

For TM Pro reef?

 

[Mellotang]

Looks like $97

 

[jaganshi066]

I hope you're not implying that I'm being untruthful. Each and every time I wanted to order this salt I had to wait for it to be available. That is no fabrication. I never said i had a problem with TMP itself. I found the salt itself to perform as advertised. I just had to sometimes delay water changes and that drove me to change to another salt. Look at the posts about the subject and I think you'll see building frustration in the community.

If you've not had any problem getting TMP that's great. Don't change. It hadn't been my experience, so I switched.

It’s true even here in socal I’ve been to a few stores and they are either out or don’t carry it. Maybe some stores don’t carry it due to the price but he’s right the availability isn’t there unless you go to a few different stores just to find tmp.

 

[jaganshi066]

Is it possible that you don't see the crud because it's white and not tan like IO?

A couple of stores here said they have to wash their big mixing containers when they use Red Sea or fritz so they switched to tmp and not a problem.