A General Guide to Salt Mixes

[Billybeau1]

Excessive cal and mag does not stunt any growth that I know of.

Just keep your alk stable. There is nothing wrong with 9.3 dkh IMO.

Sometimes we tend to over think this stuff. Do not get caught up in that trap.

 

[NanoCube-boy]

well, I agree, if have corals that are high demand in calcium and magnesium then it should be fine. If your corals doesn't consume as much, then it's time to swap synthetic sea salt.

 

[Tank2379]

I will stick with it till I run out then I will decide to keep it or not... but not saying they are a bad salt mix to have I guess once I start getting that growth then hopefully it will start consuming more Cal and Mag.

 

[NanoCube-boy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14708364#post14708364 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Tank2379
I will stick with it till I run out then I will decide to keep it or not... but not saying they are a bad salt mix to have I guess once I start getting that growth then hopefully it will start consuming more Cal and Mag.

me too.

 

[ginger7286]

I use seachem reef salt. Works great numbers are always consistent.

 

[Aquarist007]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14706250#post14706250 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Billybeau1
Excessive cal and mag does not stunt any growth that I know of.

Just keep your alk stable. There is nothing wrong with 9.3 dkh IMO.

Sometimes we tend to over think this stuff. Do not get caught up in that trap.

+1 on that answer

what problem is there with running high levels of calcium. If you can do it with a salt mix rather then using a calcium reactor that would seem a plus too me.
A number of reefers have reported optimum growth with levels of 1400 magnesium

 

[crharvel]

Any way to tell from the package markings on Reef Crystals if this is the new formula (or just the old formula in a flashy new pail )? Ordered 10 buckets from DFS in the last few weeks and hope it is the new stuff!

 

[NanoCube-boy]

You bough that much salt?

 

[Billybeau1]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14743959#post14743959 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by NanoCube-boy
You bough that much salt?

Who said the economy was gong in the black. :lol:

 

[NanoCube-boy]

yea. That's a lot of salt.

 

[Billybeau1]

Plus 3 buckets of Rox carbon on the left. :eek1:

 

[kc350twin]

DFS ran a good deal on that salt last month I believe. I did find it cheaper at Pet Solutions in the box though with their crazy low shipping cost.

 

[NanoCube-boy]

i see. YEA, DFS is cool.

 

[Aquarist007]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14746261#post14746261 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Billybeau1
Plus 3 buckets of Rox carbon on the left. :eek1:

Billybeau1---you gotta love this thread:

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1610917 :lol:

 

[Billybeau1]

That was a good one Capn. :lol:

 

[luther1200]

I was just reading some of this thread after thinking of trying a different salt brand at some point. I used to buy NSW from the LFS and they used IO. I have been making my own for 5-6 months and have been using RC.

The RC leaves brown residue all over thye mixing container and PH, do all salt mixes do this??

I was looking at the Tunze salt mix, and really liked the numbers. It would be nice not to have to supplement so much.

I was also looking at H2Ocean pro + salt. I didn't read the whole thread since its over 40+ pages so I might have missed it, but does anybody know the numbers on this salt? Or has anybody used it?

 

[Aquarist007]

Yes you did miss the chart at the very first thread before the split

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1287118&perpage=25&pagenumber=1

 

[Aquarist007]

I also started a discussion on H2oceanic at the bottom of page one of this split:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1589326

 

[luther1200]

Thank you.

 

[jmsalt1]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14542888#post14542888 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Randy Holmes-Farley
It really stinks about the high alk levels. I was planning on using Instant Ocean brand salts.

For most folks, I really do not think the alkalinity in the salt mix is very important. I know people agonize over it, but it doesn't really make sense to me for most situations. We add so much that the amount present in a water change will be quickly lost in the noise (IMO).

For example, I change 1% of the water daily.

Suppose that my tank runs at 2.5 meq/L (7 dKH) and I change it in with 4 meq/L (11 dKH).

That is adding the equivalent of 0.015 meq/L (0.04 dKH) per day.

In my normal top off of limewater, I'm adding about 0.8 meq/L (2.2 dKH) each day.

So I'm dosing about 50 times more with my dosing than the salt brings in.

Hey Randy,

How much of the overall demand for alkalinity is met by the above stated addition of limewater in your tanks? Just looking for more perspective on overall demand. Can't imagine mine being anywhere near yours so it would give me some point of reference.