What salt mix do you use?
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Right on Rene' !I'm going to order a Red Sea Calcium Pro kit! Just ordered the Red Sea Nitrate Pro and new T5's.
Brian Kim
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I am no expert by any means and I use Kent salt mix. Used reef crystal since 2000 but just recently settled for this new salt after trying a few others. It mixes clean and leaves no residues on your holding tank
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I'd just add some alkalinity and not worry about the salt mix. RC usually has well over 10 dKH.
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drstratton
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Thanks Randy!!!I'd just add some alkalinity and not worry about the salt mix. RC usually has well over 10 dKH.
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drstratton
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My lfs sells this, it seems to run just a bit more $ wise than reef crystals, but not much.
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Brian Kim
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Actually Kent should be about $2 cheaper.
Brian Kim
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Actually Kent should be about $2 cheaper.
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drstratton
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I'm not surprised that it's more at an lfs.
Carolinablur3
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I switched from RC to Crystal Sea bioassay lab formula about a year ago. Good so far...
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What difference have you noticed since you switched and why did you decide to switch? Thanks!
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Red Sea Coral Pro but I'm thinking of changing, mixes cloudy, then clears then seems to cloud when powerheads hit it again. And before you say it yes I mix to Red Sea's instructions/demo
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drstratton
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My IORC seem to mix very clear and I don't see to much in the way of residue left behind. I wonder if I have a bad bucket of salt mix. I might do an alk and cal check on the water I mixed up a couple of days ago just to see what it reads.
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I've used reef crystals from the get go (tank is 3 years old) and have been happy with it. My LFS sells the 200 gallon box for $39. As stated earlier be sure to mix your salt thoroughly in attempt to get a consistent mix. I get the 200 gallon box which comes in 50 gallon bags, empty a bag into a 5 gallon bucket and then have my 3 year old son roll the bucket up and down the hall a good bit
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drstratton
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Lol, that's a great way to put that little grocery burner to workI've used reef crystals from the get go (tank is 3 years old) and have been happy with it. My LFS sells the 200 gallon box for $39. As stated earlier be sure to mix your salt thoroughly in attempt to get a consistent mix. I get the 200 gallon box which comes in 50 gallon bags, empty a bag into a 5 gallon bucket and then have my 3 year old son roll the bucket up and down the hall a good bit
. My youngest is 25 and 6'3", I don't think I could talk him into rolling a bucket around for me. Seriously though, that's a great idea. I was wondering how the salt in the 200lb boxes were packaged. $39 is a great price.
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Regular Instant Ocean here. The big things for me is it doesn't have anything I don't want like organics or high elevated parameters. It's easier to add then remove. Plus, it's cheap and always on sale.
Carolinablur3
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I noticed a local reefer on here (can't remember who it was) said it is the salt that he uses. I read an old article and decided to try it.
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-03/rs/feature/
I made a few changes/upgrades to my sump/skimmer during that time (within a few months) so I can't point to any specific differences attributed to just the salt. But there hasn't been any noticeable negative difference either.
