RedSea Coral Pro Salt Mix.. Who uses it?
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I let it mix for a little longer cleared up just fine. It's been doing great for my tank no spikes of any kind, my corals have been loving it and I personally have seen some great growth. Everyone's tank is different and is kept at different alk levels I happen to keep mine at a high alk level, so this salt fit my tank perfectly. Every time I test the parameters of the batch I make they are always consistent. My sps was glowing like crazy til I had a temp spike while I wasn't home and they bleached out. 
From my experience:
1. Yes I have seen bad batches of salt from manufacturers and had a letter of such once from Red Sea. It's very rare but yes it happens.
2. Mixing RSCP too long does have some weird effect in precipitation. My containers would get covered in white film. I tested it time after time and never saw a difference or knew what it was.
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1. Yes I have seen bad batches of salt from manufacturers and had a letter of such once from Red Sea. It's very rare but yes it happens.
2. Mixing RSCP too long does have some weird effect in precipitation. My containers would get covered in white film. I tested it time after time and never saw a difference or knew what it was.
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No your just pissing me off you know nothing of the whole problem and you keep siding with a vender just because you think reefers on here dont know better! If they had better customer service there would be no problems but they have horrible service! You keep defending red sea because they are a vendor of yours i understand that but stop chiming in and trying to say there perfect and never have bad batches BECAUSE you look stupid when you do! Every manufacturer has had a bad batch from time to time and if they say different there lying! Point bieng just stop with the b/s i made it clear i was done hijacking this thread but i keep seeing your smart @$$ remarks and its making me wanna punch you ! So just stop point is we had a bad batch period! There salt doesnt work for my tank nor a few other tanks i help take care end of story! Im out this bi###
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try contacting Tropic Marin and see how far you get.....or IO....or ReefCrystals.....or (enter your favorite salt manufacturer)
IN MY HONEST OPINION....you have little/no idea of the service you recieved because you have few benchmarks to compare to.
Unfortunately, in today's world of corporate greed, the more typical scenario involves passing your problem over to some knucklehead on the other side of the planet who's accent is so thick that you give up out of sheer frustration before even completing the opening pleasantries.
IN MY HONEST OPINION....you have little/no idea of the service you recieved because you have few benchmarks to compare to.
Unfortunately, in today's world of corporate greed, the more typical scenario involves passing your problem over to some knucklehead on the other side of the planet who's accent is so thick that you give up out of sheer frustration before even completing the opening pleasantries.
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Omg, some people are waaaaaaayyyy to sensitive. Calm down. You don't like it? Don't use it. Simple as that. I've used coral pro and haven't had any issues, and if I did I would move on and not flip out on other people that haven't had any issues. Many people have had different issues with all salts.
best to just ignore people when they get that irrational.
In any case (back on subject) the common denominator I see from those few who state problems with Coral Pro is its high alkaliinity.
I suspect this is because they are running calcium reactors concurrently with pro. Shouldn't simply switching to the normal mix fix this?
I know TM was having similar issues at one time, with consumers confusing the word "pro" as being synonymous to being "superior"
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Not to pick on you, but it's obvious you've never used the product that you are defending. The alkalinity is way high (close to 13dKH) if you mix it per the directions to 1.025. I believe it was originally intended to replace dosing by providing elevated levels. A common problem with the salt, which Red Sea has admitted to online, is that the additives (dry two part and Mg) have a different grain size than the actual salt and can and will settle out during shipping leading to extreme alk levels when the user pulls salt from that section of the bucket. I would assume that most of the people using it with good results are either mixing it wrong (if you mix it too long the additives will precipitate out and you will get a lower alk level) or are doing small enough WCs that the rise in alk doesn't crash the tank.
No worries, I don't feel picked on at all. This is all good information.
Just to clarify, I do use Redsea pro (though not exclusively) I use Seachem's Salinity salt too, just depends on what I have handy at the time.
I do mix large batches of upto 150 gallons at a time (which supports your precipitation theory) but I also do large water changes of upto 1/3 tank capacity
Just to clarify, I do use Redsea pro (though not exclusively) I use Seachem's Salinity salt too, just depends on what I have handy at the time.
I do mix large batches of upto 150 gallons at a time (which supports your precipitation theory) but I also do large water changes of upto 1/3 tank capacity
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Hahahaha thats why hes defending red sea so much he gets kick backs or discounts what a clown ! Red sea coral pro was designed to raise alk and calc so you do not dose! Come on man how can you talk the talk and know nothing of the product! My initial complaint was that we got a bad batch you just cant read thats the complaint as well as customer service any way i used it took my levels to high so i stopped using it just that simple will i ever use it again no i wont doesnt mean it doesnt work for other tanks!!! Geez learn the facts!
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Not to pick on you, but it's obvious you've never used the product that you are defending. The alkalinity is way high (close to 13dKH) if you mix it per the directions to 1.025. I believe it was originally intended to replace dosing by providing elevated levels. A common problem with the salt, which Red Sea has admitted to online, is that the additives (dry two part and Mg) have a different grain size than the actual salt and can and will settle out during shipping leading to extreme alk levels when the user pulls salt from that section of the bucket. I would assume that most of the people using it with good results are either mixing it wrong (if you mix it too long the additives will precipitate out and you will get a lower alk level) or are doing small enough WCs that the rise in alk doesn't crash the tank.
and that the vast majority of people who use the product with great results must be doing something wrong?
sorry, I may have misunderstood (wouldn't be the first time) but I think you are showing a label that supports the exact opposite
No disrespect intended, but are you saying your main complaint is that their salt actually achieves what is explicitly printed on the label?
I have no complaint with the product, and yes it does achieve what is printed on the label.
and that the vast majority of people who use the product with great results must be doing something wrong?
Most people, yourself included, are mixing it wrong and it performs much like a "non-enhanced" salt would.
If you have never received discounted or free product from Red Sea, please continue the discussion, if not, this will be my last response, I'm not going to debate with a shill.
I have no complaint with the product, and yes it does achieve what is printed on the label.
and that the vast majority of people who use the product with great results must be doing something wrong?
Most people, yourself included, are mixing it wrong and it performs much like a "non-enhanced" salt would.
If you have never received discounted or free product from Red Sea, please continue the discussion, if not, this will be my last response, I'm not going to debate with a shill.
