switching salt soon

[fencer]

+1 for Ms M
Although I do try and find a salt with higher potassium(coralife)

or I could supplement I/O with gator aid

[Myka]

Originally Posted by fencer

+1 for Ms M
Although I do try and find a salt with higher potassium(coralife)

or I could supplement I/O with gator aid

I just dose potassium. It's cheap. I have yet to find a salt that doesn't need magnesium dosing. I haven't tried RB though.

[randallino]

Myka,
What are using for magnesium dosing?

[Myka]

Originally Posted by randallino

Myka,
What are using for magnesium dosing?

8.5 parts Fauna Marin Magnesium chloride balling salt
1 part Epsom salt

[daniella3d]

I started with IO and had very good result with it but had to dose for calcium/magnesium and alkalinity. Then I switched to Red See coral pro in hope I would not have to dose but I still had to the same amount practicaly.

I was told that I would not have to dose with H2O so I tried it for 6 months and same thing...still had to dose for the same darn things.

I just switched to IO Reef Crystal a month ago and I don't have to dose for alkalinity any longer and just once a week for the rest. I think I will stick with Reef Crystal for now. Also my zoanthids did not really do well when I used H2O, not sure why.

[Bblinks]

I have just picked up a box of reefers best salt from jl for 100 bucks. I have always used reef crystal on all my tanks, now that my display is full of sps I figure I should try some thing better...
If there is no reason for the switch I would rather stay with my reef crystal. I have always mixed my salt with ro water and never had a problem with any residue form reef crystal.
My question for those advanced reefer with sps dominated tanks is it worth the extra money to use a "better" salt?
I know Myka's feed back has been salt is salt is salt is salt, but I am really curious if anyone else out there has seen a difference.

[globaldesigns]

Originally Posted by Bblinks

I have just picked up a box of reefers best salt from jl for 100 bucks. I have always used reef crystal on all my tanks, now that my display is full of sps I figure I should try some thing better...
If there is no reason for the switch I would rather stay with my reef crystal. I have always mixed my salt with ro water and never had a problem with any residue form reef crystal.
My question for those advanced reefer with sps dominated tanks is it worth the extra money to use a "better" salt?
I know Myka's feed back has been salt is salt is salt is salt, but I am really curious if anyone else out there has seen a difference.

I am in no way a pro, and I will admit that I am having some SPS issues with death and colorization... I switched to Reefers Best to see if it helps, been running for approx 4 months. Nothing really improving, as of yet. so I can't honestly say the salt change is helping me.

I have 1.5 boxes of RB and 2 more on order with my LFS, if I don't see really any changes after these boxes, I might think about going back to Reef Crystals.

[BlueTang<3]

Originally Posted by Myka

I just dose potassium. It's cheap. I have yet to find a salt that doesn't need magnesium dosing. I haven't tried RB though.

Reefers best mixes at about 1150(Elos) for mg i bought 10 boxes when i bought them. When i first switched from h20cean to best i has amazing colours. But i have either gotten used to them or they have faded.

[Myka]

Originally Posted by BlueTang<3

Reefers best mixes at about 1150(Elos) for mg i bought 10 boxes when i bought them. When i first switched from h20cean to best i has amazing colours. But i have either gotten used to them or they have faded.

Thanks for the feedback! Good to know RB needs to be dosed for magnesium just like the others. I still have another year's supply of H2Ocean, so I will stick with that for now. Maybe one day I will try RB.

[BlueTang<3]

I find your tangent after rolling the pail down the stairs around the house i always found very low alk readings from the few pails of h2 ocean i used. I always keep 90 gallons or so of water around for emergencies and with the h2 ocean i found it leaves some nasty stuff in the tub along with other salts also. With the Rb there is nothing even after 3 weeks. Another reason i changed is the crappy plastic handle on the pails or h2 ocean almost broke me toes a few times. When you read on zeovit.com some people say mg bang on some see it as high as 1800 so it seems weird.