which salt are you using?

[mitch303]

So I am trying to find a good salt to use for my new 75. I used Kent reef salt in my 55 and it always had low alk, I was dosing a good amount of 2 part to keep it where I wanted. I'm thinking of going with reef crystals. i'm looking for a salt mix with a good balance of calcium alkalinity and magnesium.

 

[Craigar]

To keep your levels more steady I like salinity It helps alot

 

[djkms]

Interesting you are thinking of going from Kent to Reef Crystals. I actually just switched from RC to Kent. So far every bucket has been rock solid at right about 10dKH. Mag has been low but I use Kent Marine Tech M to kill bryopsis anyways. I switched for 2 reasons. First was the nasty crap residue in my mixing vat that the RC would leave behind. The second reason was due to my skimmer going nuts for 2 days after water changes. It was so bad I would have to turn off my skimmer during that time. Not a good thing while carbon dosing.

I do really like the Kent to be honest. It mixes super fast, consistent parameters and it doesnt effect my skimmer.

 

[mitch303]

Yea a buddy of mine uses salinity and everything is doing real we ll with it, I can't seem to find it anywhere though. Really you are getting 10 dkh, what salinity do you keep it at. I was keeping it at 1.025and was getting 7dkh the calcium and magnesium were good though.

 

[SyntheticOcean]

Salinity. I don't have to dose. I do 20% water change every Sunday. I test the parameters 2-3 times per month, they have been spot on since switching to aquavitro salinity.

 

[mitch303]

I might go with the salinity then. where do you get it from? I haven't seen it online anywhere.

 

[SyntheticOcean]

You can't buy it online. Aquavitro has restricted to fish store sales only. DorkFish aquatics sells it. I saw another store here on the forum who sells as well.

 

[CRW Reef]

Aquatic Art and Keys Island sells it I know for sure

 

[Cake_Boss]

Check out the link in my sig "salt comp"

 

[mitch303]

good stuff thanks for the link. Anyone using coralife?

 

[crisc]

We use Kent exclusively now, it just makes sense with caring for over 14,000 gallons of salt water systems, mostly reefs, and I have had great luck with the numbers after mixing it up like Kris has. I'm not suggesting that it is the best salt out there, but it is a good one for sure.

 

[DyM]

Instant Ocean (6 years now)

 

[cremer9]

(ditto) io