Live aquaria reef salt?
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i heard it was repackaged fritz. Heard many good things on it.
Just switched to this from reef crystals. First thing I noticed is that it mixes clearer a lot quicker than RC. Also, Alk mixes more in line of what I keep my parameters at.
I have been using it since September. I'm currently halfway through a 180 gallon bucket and plan to continue with this salt for the foreseeable future. People say to choose a salt that mixes at the parameters that you want to keep your tank at, but I would have to disagree slightly. If you are dosing to replenish the elements, then yes, that is correct, but otherwise it won't be enough to keep up long term. To give you an example, I want to keep my tank at 8.5 dkh of ALK. I do weekly water changes (haven't missed a single one), have been using LiveAquaria and prior to that another salt that mixed to 8.5 dkh. Because I wasn't dosing though, my ALK was at 6.0, despite the 20% water changes. The options are to dose or choose a salt that will bring your levels up high enough to make a difference (but not so high that it shocks your system). I choose to start dosing 2-part again.
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I honestly started seeing some issues with a few of my corals when using LA salt. It might be coincidental. I do have a large variety of corals and have noticed that with Tropic Marin my anacroporas were surviving but they would never thrive. They are doing much better with LA... and growing nicely now... but my leptos are all suffering now. Kind of wierd. I sent in another ATI test so we'll see what's going on soon.
@futureinterest If you happen to send in a sample of freshly mixed LA salt as well, I would love to see the results.
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Thanks for the reply. I'm currently using Reed Crystal's. I'm thinking of switching back to my favorite salt and the one I consider the best "Salinity". However its expensive so I'm looking for something closer to Salinity but more cost effective.
Please keep us updated on the results. I’m looking to switch from reef crystals!
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I have been using LA salt for about 4 months now. I like the fact that it mixes clearly and cleanly. So far, it has not left brown residue in my mix tank like the Instant Ocean did. Thus far, no problems.
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The 205 gallon mix is on sale now. Not sure if they are still running the 20% off discount also. I usually find that c ode in my facebook feed or on a coupon website when it's being promoted.
https://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3753+6115+6119+3912&pcatid=3912
https://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3753+6115+6119+3912&pcatid=3912
It's almost always on sale there. Look for the stacking coupons they offer that include "On Sale" items for the best deal.
It also turns out that Jin's problems were most likely unrelated to this salt, he had other issues. I'll let him provide further details if he feels like it.
For me the crazy thing is that this salt has virtually no lithium and the reason I wanted to switch from RC is the high lithium. My IPC tests went from telling me to work it down to wanting me to dose it. Go figure. I'll take low on it vs super high though.
It also turns out that Jin's problems were most likely unrelated to this salt, he had other issues. I'll let him provide further details if he feels like it.
For me the crazy thing is that this salt has virtually no lithium and the reason I wanted to switch from RC is the high lithium. My IPC tests went from telling me to work it down to wanting me to dose it. Go figure. I'll take low on it vs super high though.
