Oceanic Salt Mix

[nseawater]

I was at a LFS and they said that the Oceanic salt mix has a new fomula that raises the ALK. and lower's the calcium. I've always had a problem with calcium being too high.

Is this true? Should I keep buying the new Oceanic and was about to buy a new type of salt mix.

 

[Mrs.kbmdale]

We just bought a 90g container of Oceanic in lieu of our normal Reef Crystals, so I would also like to know if this is true.
Anybody have any input?

Brianna:rollface:

 

[CeeGee]

buy a small bag and test it.

 

[hookdonreefs]

I will never use oceanic again. Its tropic marin for me.

 

[Lpsfanatic338]

I've always used oceanic and had great results with it

 

[nseawater]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6552476#post6552476 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Lpsfanatic338
I've always used oceanic and had great results with it

I too use Oceanic but have thought of swiching to a different brand - high in calcium - every time I mix oceanic salt mix with RO water, I would always get high in Calcium and almost every time my test result would be at a high 500ppm!? So I end up mixing it up with IO. I'm just sic of it. But when I was told by a lfs that oceanic has a new formula that lowers calcium a bit I thought of asking RC people if they've heard of it.

 

[nseawater]

Any other input?

 

[crpeck]

Oceanic user here sick of it for the same reason as you tagging along to see what you find out.

 

[3rotorFD]

OCEANIC SALT= MORE CALCIUM!............

 

[deansreef]

use tropic marin, consistant results are the key to success

 

[reverendmaynard]

Well, I just bought 2 200gal buckets at the lfs because it was on sale ($45). Tested the first 2 batches. Both came up slightly positive for both nitrates and phosphates. I'll use it anyway because I don't have any corals yet, and wont 'til this salt is gone, most likely. Maybe it was on sale because it's the last of the old formula, but I doubt I'll buy it again.

 

[WarDaddy]

interesting... looks like it is time to switch.