Salt water correct

[blokrocbet]

Randy have you ever heard of a salt called salt water correct?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

No, I haven't. Sorry.
I found a link to a store brand with that name, but I know nothing about it:

http://www.gettankedaquariums.com/I... Store Brand Artificial Sea Salt Mix_Page.htm

 

[blokrocbet]

This salt has stabalized my Calcium. How can that be?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Maybe it has more in it than your previous salt mix. Some have excessive calcium levels, and some less than NSW.

Have you measured the calcium level in it?
What salt did you previously use?

 

[blokrocbet]

I was using IO. No matter what i did i could never get the levels up and keep them up. After using salt water correct i had a very stable Ca level of 440. It was stable with no kalk for months .The reason im asking is people are saying that this is impossible. (the people are not chemists just know it all's) Granted i didnt have a lot of corals at the time

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

IO has lower than normal calcium, and that might explain part of your previous calcium problems. Some salts, like Oceanic, have excessively high calcium, and if used for water changes it could supply the calcium necessary for a low demand tank.

Were you supplementing alkalinity in some way?

 

[blokrocbet]

Kent marine bufer

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Then it might work out that water changes can stabilize calcium in a low demand tank.

 

[blokrocbet]

Thank you. Randy would you like me t send you a sampel of the salt?

 

[blokrocbet]

Thanks Randy. Would you like me to send you a sampel?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

No, I don't really have time for such testing. But I would suggest that you test the new salt water for calcium.