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pimp2daizzo
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buybaff i still love your back drop lol
SERVO
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You are confused about another product. I've been using RC for about 10 years as well.
buy_baff
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It's been around a long time friend.
As far as doseing I was doing BRS 2 part for the first 6 months then switched to a ca reactor. I would say growth has been the same with eather. I run WM ecobak bio pellets. And top off with kalk via ATO.
I think the bio pellets have been the key. Because of them I have been able to over stock the tank with fish and feed them alot with causing excess nutrents. Then all the fish poo feeds my corals. I don't feed anything but fish poo.
seashark
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Here are a few pics of my tank it's 8 months old. I have used RC salt for the last 10 years ever sence I got into corals. And just to show you that RC salt is a excelent choice the first pic is from right after set-up so you can see how much stuff has grown in 8 months.
thats beautifull looking tank, hope my tank looks like yours some day
allsps40
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Has it really been that long. I remember when it was released, everyone was excited about the new salt from IO. I am on my 4th bucket of RC so about 2 years on only RC. Here is my tank. Still working on getting that color but little changes at a time. And I am trying to keep thing very stable.
buy_baff
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Thanks man! Your tank will get there just keep at it!
MadBeach79
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Has it really been that long. I remember when it was released, everyone was excited about the new salt from IO. I am on my 4th bucket of RC so about 2 years on only RC. Here is my tank. Still working on getting that color but little changes at a time. And I am trying to keep thing very stable.
What kind of lighting are you using? Sunpod? Phoenix 150w?
Here is our sps tank at the aquarium, we have been using RC for the last 3 years and we only dose kalk to compensate for evaporation, there is a calcium reactor that we use to keep alk/cal levels constant.
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May 2010
reefsahoy
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Here's my RC tank. This tank has never had any other salt mix. Just recently i did a real SW change of 5% just to see if anything changed but had to leave town for business and will not see any change until i get back in 9 days. The video is the latest pics i have which is about 2 months old.
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then these pics are from 8 month ago.
when i get energetic i will rescape the right island.
I dose vodka no more than 2 times a week when i remember, which is sporatic. Normally when i take a real close look at the tank and if i feel it needs it, it'll get regular dosing, then i back or stop off when i think the tank looks good.
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then these pics are from 8 month ago.
when i get energetic i will rescape the right island.
I dose vodka no more than 2 times a week when i remember, which is sporatic. Normally when i take a real close look at the tank and if i feel it needs it, it'll get regular dosing, then i back or stop off when i think the tank looks good.
Brian94558
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Does it require a lot of mag. dosing?
Alex T.
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Actually, you need to check your Reef Crystals parameters again. I just posted about this last week in the Chemistry Forum regarding the alkalinity. I asked if anyone else was getting a reading of 8 on alkalinity from their RC batches. I bought 2 buckets at one location and another at a location 100 or so miles from my house. Both were identical with the following parameters:
Ca 440
Mg 1350
Alk 8 dKH
Upon receiving some responses, Boomer responded saying that the formulation for RC has been changed. They never announced it....he pulled it out of a rep for the company. It seems to fall in line with what I've been noticing. So, if you're a vodka doser, rest assured that this salt won't cause burnt tips from higher alkalinity readings.
It seems they were listening to hobbyists' requests without wanting to admit it.:bounce3:
Ca 440
Mg 1350
Alk 8 dKH
Upon receiving some responses, Boomer responded saying that the formulation for RC has been changed. They never announced it....he pulled it out of a rep for the company. It seems to fall in line with what I've been noticing. So, if you're a vodka doser, rest assured that this salt won't cause burnt tips from higher alkalinity readings.
It seems they were listening to hobbyists' requests without wanting to admit it.:bounce3:
buy_baff
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RC dosen't have a high alk anymore they changed it. It's around 8 to 9 DKH now. I keep mine at 8DKH.
seashark
Member
+1 my readings also stays at 9 dkh
allsps40
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My lighting is a single 250w Phoenix 14k on an Icecap ballast in a Reef Optics 3 pentant. I think I will go back to a 20k maybe XM, got better color with a 20k.
My RC water tests at 500 ca 13 alk dont have a mag kit but I understand that the mag is very good. Around 1350. Mt test test at around 400-440 ca 9-10 alk. I am dosing kalk in my ATO to keep the levels from dropping. I loose 20ppm ca and 1 dkh a day from sps growth still even with 2 tsp kalk per 5 gallons, need tp dump up the kalk.
My RC water tests at 500 ca 13 alk dont have a mag kit but I understand that the mag is very good. Around 1350. Mt test test at around 400-440 ca 9-10 alk. I am dosing kalk in my ATO to keep the levels from dropping. I loose 20ppm ca and 1 dkh a day from sps growth still even with 2 tsp kalk per 5 gallons, need tp dump up the kalk.
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