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Old 09-22-2008, 03:55 AM
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I have been using RBS for a while now and love it. After using it for a bit I found all of my corals seemed to be happier, and growth has improved as well. I also liked the levels of the MG and Potassium. I have heard that there is another salt company that produces a very similar salt mix for about $ 15 dollars less (RBS @ $85), I forgot the name but am thinking of trying it out and if I see no differences I'll make sure to post.
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Old 09-23-2008, 03:43 AM
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ive just switched to kent and i dont like that white residue much either hahaha i might be switching to the rbs next bucket now hahaha.
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Old 09-23-2008, 07:36 PM
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ive just switched to kent and i dont like that white residue much either hahaha i might be switching to the rbs next bucket now hahaha.
I've found RBS supersaturates very easily compared to most salts and gets white/brown residue frequently. Just a warning. Make sure the water's heated to temperature first and add your salt slowly. It has unballanced calcium and alkalinity because supposedly it's for people with calcium reactors. Mixing it too fast will cause it's 13dkh to precipitate down to 7 or 8 and leave tons of powder in the water.

Using it at home I add calcium chloride to the water as I'm mixing it to prevent this, and then I end up with 400-420 calcium.
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