I am switching to Red Sea Coral Pro for the same reason. My mixing container looks very similar to yours. I did a comparison between Reef Crystals, Tropic Marin Pro reef, Seachem Reef Salt, and Red Sea Coral Pro. Only RSCP was as advertised the rest were low in alkalinity, or magnesium, or both. All salts were tested at 78F in the same container mixed with the same pump and RODI water with 0 TDS. Reef Crystals and Tropic Marin Pro Reef left a brown residue and Seachem Reef Salt mixed cloudy and took a while to clear. Red Sea Coral Pro cleared up right away. Here are the results. Tropic Marin Pro Reef Mg 1350 Ca 470 Alk 6.6 dKH Seachem Reef Salt Mg 1200 Ca 527 Alk 10.47 dKH Reef Crystals Mg 1080 Ca 450 Alk 8 dKH Red Sea Coral Pro Mg 1470 Ca 480 Alk 12.32 dKH
+pablomay28 very cool indeed! What was your salinty/specific gravity set to? I will be interested to see how my results compare to yours. Thanks for the info - much appreciated!
+hawaiifavo Brother I just ordered 4 boxes of HW Marine for $54 a box at BRS. They have a door buster special today. I know I had said I was going to go to Red Sea Coral Pro but at $0.34 a gallon compared to $0.43 a gallon I had to jump on it. Got salt for more than a year.
You should be rinsing buckets and drying. As well as heaters and pumps for mixing. Rinse with prime and dry thoroughly. Tanks are work. I firmly believe that extra cleaning will work great for you. I don't get that. 210 been up and running for 17 years. A few minutes cleaning will save you hundreds and tons if time. Also buckets after cleaning should be air dried in sun. The sun is a amazing sterilizer. ❤❤❤❤
Great move reef crystals sucks sorry I've only used Red Sea salt and after setting up a QT I wanted to use a cheaper salt and the price was way cheaper but it sucks it takes a long time to mix and dose not clear up that good so good change
I am switching to Red Sea Coral Pro for the same reason. My mixing container looks very similar to yours. I did a comparison between Reef Crystals, Tropic Marin Pro reef, Seachem Reef Salt, and Red Sea Coral Pro. Only RSCP was as advertised the rest were low in alkalinity, or magnesium, or both. All salts were tested at 78F in the same container mixed with the same pump and RODI water with 0 TDS. Reef Crystals and Tropic Marin Pro Reef left a brown residue and Seachem Reef Salt mixed cloudy and took a while to clear. Red Sea Coral Pro cleared up right away. Here are the results.
Tropic Marin Pro Reef
Mg 1350
Ca 470
Alk 6.6 dKH
Seachem Reef Salt
Mg 1200
Ca 527
Alk 10.47 dKH
Reef Crystals
Mg 1080
Ca 450
Alk 8 dKH
Red Sea Coral Pro
Mg 1470
Ca 480
Alk 12.32 dKH
+pablomay28 very cool indeed! What was your salinty/specific gravity set to? I will be interested to see how my results compare to yours. Thanks for the info - much appreciated!
+hawaiifavo Brother I just ordered 4 boxes of HW Marine for $54 a box at BRS. They have a door buster special today. I know I had said I was going to go to Red Sea Coral Pro but at $0.34 a gallon compared to $0.43 a gallon I had to jump on it. Got salt for more than a year.
+pablomay28 Nice one! Gotta love BRS.
Great video and I switched from IORC to Red Sea and now I just switched to HW. I subbed to you and I love the channel.
Interesting stuff, looking forward to the results.
+Gene Alameda (Geno's Reef) This weekend hopefully!
You should be rinsing buckets and drying. As well as heaters and pumps for mixing. Rinse with prime and dry thoroughly. Tanks are work. I firmly believe that extra cleaning will work great for you. I don't get that. 210 been up and running for 17 years. A few minutes cleaning will save you hundreds and tons if time. Also buckets after cleaning should be air dried in sun. The sun is a amazing sterilizer. ❤❤❤❤
Amigo
For that size tank how much water do you replace due to evaporation per week
Thanks
Luis
+blish killeen I use a 28 gallon container for my ATO and Kalk - its lasts about 3-4 weeks.
Great move reef crystals sucks sorry I've only used Red Sea salt and after setting up a QT I wanted to use a cheaper salt and the price was way cheaper but it sucks it takes a long time to mix and dose not clear up that good so good change
What are your thoughts on this salt after 3 months?
+pablomay28 Hopefully this weekend I will be able to get the video edited and uploaded - I'm looking forward to it!