Tropic Marin Pro Coral Salt - Not that Pro?

pro is made for people with calcium reactors, if you don't run one, and use pro, your numbers will be off.
 
What if the real benefit of the Salt with a Calcium Reactor?
This is a quote from Tropic Marin's web site "• Manufactured from pure, pharmaceutical grade salts, free from nitrates, phosphates and other unwanted chemicals."
Yet in the independant salt tests this was found to be false - they had higher levels than other salt mixes!
 
Take that salt "analysis" and flush it down the toilet where it belongs. Feel free to do the same with any others you come across.


When you get your bucket of TMPR, mix it up with RO/DI water, measure the SG with a properly calibrated refractometer to achieve the desired level you wish. Obtain a few high quality test kits (I recommend Elos) and perform your own tests. Once you have obtained some realistic results, you will be able to make a more informed decision as to whether this salt meets the basic conditions you set forth for the health of the animals in your care.

Once you decide whether or not this salt is worth using in your tank, make a few water changes with it and note how your animals react. Do they stay closed up for extended periods or do they seem to display vibrant colors?

I no longer use TMPR, but only because I found out through my own trial and error that there are better salts out there for my needs. Your animals are the best indicators you have; watch them and let them tell YOU what salt they like the best.
 
I like TMPR, I would like to experiment with somthing new but I am kind of unsure how to switch to somthing different without a negative impact on my little reef.

What did you switch to Old Salty?
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11902121#post11902121 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reefcrazy0821
so oldsalty what is the salt that you are using? i use tmpr and if this is the case i want a new salt as well
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I am using Marine Environment; the very same salt that tested 566ppm of Ca in that report that was posted. Every batch that I have ever tested resulted in 450ppm of Ca when mixed to 1.026; even with using different brands of test kits. I find this brand to outperform TMPR on several levels; your results may vary. I'm not promoting this brand or that brand so much as stating to the original poster that his/her results will most likely be very different from those stated in the link provided.

One cannot grasp the exhilaration of driving a Porsche Carrera through reading about it in a car magazine; you have to get behind the wheel. Don't read about salts, try them out!!


Edit: I want to make it clear that I do not think TMPR is a bad salt; I had pretty good success with it. Had I not stretched out in an attempt to take things to the next level, I would probably still be using it today.
 
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Take that salt "analysis" and flush it down the toilet where it belongs. Feel free to do the same with any others you come across.
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I'm reluctantly coming to the same conclusion - :mad:


...mix it up with RO/DI water, measure the SG with a properly calibrated refractometer to achieve the desired level you wish. Obtain a few high quality test kits (I recommend Elos) and perform your own tests.
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+1. Don't assume your salt is right...not even from bucket to bucket from the same manufacturer. Testing only takes a few minutes. For me, 2007 was a year of bad salt.Use this to fix the big three (http://jdieck1.home.comcast.net/~jdieck1/chemcalc.html) and hope the rest of the parameters are in an acceptable range then observe the health of your tank over time as Old Salty recommended.
 
I too was unimpressed with the results of TMPR for what it cost. Some of my corals actually lost color after I made the switch. I think I am going back to Reef Crystals.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11906090#post11906090 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by reefcrazy0821
thanks...where do u get that salt from?
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I get it from Premium Aquatics; they are a vendor on this site and just all around great people to deal with.
 
Good suggestions so far. I was a plain old Instant Ocean user for 12 years or so and have cranked my calcium reactor to keep things in balance. Never had any negative effects but I'm now using Seachem Reef Salt due to the nice balanced and elevated Calcium and Alk. So far I have been very pleased with it. But it would really be unbalanced for tanks with not a lot of SPS or LPS or fish only tanks for sure. So you really won't find the perfect all-in-one for every situation salt. You need to do your own testing and find what works for your marine system. What is best for me might not be for you.

That being said TM is a fine salt and should serve many reefers well. I personally prefer the numbers in the Seachem mix for my particular system and I prefer the price of the Seachem.
 
I have been using Standard TPM for quite a while now and love it. I thought about switching to the SeaChem, but have decided to wait until the Deltc Salt Mix is released in the states. It really looks like they have finally did what noe one else has seem to figure out, use real unaltered evaporated sea salt with minor buffer and Ca additions. The specs on it sound very impressive.

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