red sea coral pro and sps

[4age]

Hi Guys

anyone have any advice on using this salt for sps..im currently using the aquamedic salt..i hear the coral pro has very high alkalinity..wont this cause problems if I eventually get my nutrients down?

 

[CoralsAddiction]

I use this salt and it's really good. First noticeable thing after using this mix was tremendous growth of coraline algae. My dKH stays between 9 and 10. Never lower or higher.

 

[SaltyWalter]

What size tank do you have and how often do you plan to do waterchanges and how much at a time?

In my old small 30gal system I was changing out 5 gal a week and the tank did terrible becasue of how high the alk and cal would jump, I gave most of my 200g bag to a friend with a 72 bow, just a mixed reef, does no dosing and just keeps random zoa/paly/shrooms, duncans, frogspawn and the like and his tank does great on it. And I swapped back to the normal Red Sea on that tank, and now I use NeoMarine on my new system.

 

[Mark426]

Many people have good luck with RSP but just as many have problems with the ALK mixing so high. If you do decide to use RSP then I would make the change very slowly and watch how your livestock adjusts.

 

[Peter Eichler]

If you're worried about the higher alkalinity then why use the pro? The main difference between the two is just that... It's like buying a turkey sandwich and then complaining because you don't like turkey Switch to IO or the standard red sea salt...

 

[4age]

im from south Africa..unfortunately due to the high dollar rand exchange salt has gone up in price and my local lfs only has the pro in stock at the moment..i have a 350litre four foot tank..do 10% wc twice a month

 

[swk]

Used to use coral pro then realized that it was not a good fit as I was running alk at the bottom end of NSW levels due to carbon dosing. Was recommended the regular blue bucket RS salt by another member. It mixes to a alk of around 7.5 and have had a great response by my critters.

I agree that it's a waste if you're planning on running a lower alk level. Otherwise its a great product, but I love the regular salt just as much

 

[Peter Eichler]

im from south Africa..unfortunately due to the high dollar rand exchange salt has gone up in price and my local lfs only has the pro in stock at the moment..i have a 350litre four foot tank..do 10% wc twice a month

They don't have Instant Ocean?

 

[Tweaked]

I love the RS regular as it's one of the only salts I get consistent low alk mixes out of which works great with my low nutrient system. The pro was just too high for my tastes and like to hover around 7.8 - 8.0 alk.

 

[tdb320reef]

I mix Red Sea blue bucket/pro. 75/25 and it comes out 9-10 which matches my tanks running Alk

 

[tdb320reef]

They don't have Instant Ocean?

Io still has high Alk of 11 if worried about matching aquariums Alk.