What salt do you use?
- Thread starter Jimbo327
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Was using RC for quite a while, but got kinda tired of many hours required to get salt to mix cleanly without cloudiness.
Recently switched to HW Marine salt and really like how fast it mixes together and it matches my parameters nicely. Would consider switching back to a "cheaper" salt. Running mostly LPS with a handful of SPS, I don't think the LPS are too particular on salts, For me, the cheaper salts just tend to be lower on magnesium than what I would prefer to run at (+1350 ppm).
My main motivation for starting with RC was due to it being the salt by LFS uses. I liked knowing if I had an emergency and needed to do a large water change, I could rely on LFS saltwater in a pinch.
Recently switched to HW Marine salt and really like how fast it mixes together and it matches my parameters nicely. Would consider switching back to a "cheaper" salt. Running mostly LPS with a handful of SPS, I don't think the LPS are too particular on salts, For me, the cheaper salts just tend to be lower on magnesium than what I would prefer to run at (+1350 ppm).
My main motivation for starting with RC was due to it being the salt by LFS uses. I liked knowing if I had an emergency and needed to do a large water change, I could rely on LFS saltwater in a pinch.
Used to use Red Sea Pro for the longest time, but as my tank became more LPS heavy, realized my tank cannot utilize the higher parameters especially since I have a Calc reactor and the alk would stay 13+ sometimes if the calc reactor was on just a bit. Mixed a new batch to find it mixed at 12 sometimes decided to switch over to IO this month as it is the cheapest and the Calc reactor should take care of the rest.
hopefully nothing blows up
hopefully nothing blows up
that’s a good question
The whole set up is ten years old, when it was at once an SPS tank, but as life went on, it went through a softies phase, an LPS stage, and now maybe a mixed reef stage. All while having the same equipment of the 10+ year old skimmer, lighting and calc reactor.
maybe it is time for an upgrade after all…
The whole set up is ten years old, when it was at once an SPS tank, but as life went on, it went through a softies phase, an LPS stage, and now maybe a mixed reef stage. All while having the same equipment of the 10+ year old skimmer, lighting and calc reactor.
maybe it is time for an upgrade after all…
Gotcha, a tank that's lived many lives and iterations haha. That must be a reliable calcium reactor to still be kicking it after all these years
Any excuse is a good excuse to upgrade
Any excuse is a good excuse to upgrade
Looking at their recent models, it seems all the quirks I had qualms about have been modified and fixed so good on them for listening to feedback (not mine but I’m sure others had the same complaints)
