Reef Crystals vs. Coral Pro salt

[drjett]

Hey everyone, I am moving up to a 90g from a 30g. I have been using Red Sea coral pro salt, but it is alil pricey and I expect to be doing larger water changes which means more money.

I am wanting to get everyone's opinion on reef crystals and the parameters the salt can maintain.

I current have the basic LPS but want to venture out to some SPS


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[drjett]

Thanks for the input.


I am also looks for what parameters the salt will produce in a fresh batch of water.

Thanks


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[bcavalli]

IMHO I use Reef Crystals and the basic mix is exactly in tune with my water change schedule. Generally 1.026 sal, 9.0 dKH, 440 Calcium and 1380 Mag. I can't speak for other brands.

 

[wannabeeareefkeeper]

Acandoit;1028341 wrote: Not quite as controversial as LED vs MH or T5's, but people definitely have opinions about salt mixes.

From my perspective, lurking on this forum and a couple others, it seems like people have success with basic salt mixes as well as the high end stuff.

I have gone from one spectrum to the other and am now using IO. My justification is that I am running a calcium reactor and test fairly regularly. Perhaps the higher cost salt is more forgiving if you test less but do regular water changes, but I seem to being doing fine with the less expensive mix. I also will do a Triton test every 6 months or so to make sure I don't have a deficiency on some trace element.

What is the "Triton test every 6 months"? What are the costs? Where do you get it done? What parameters are determined from the Triton test?

Wannabee

 

[oceandeep85]

almost ready to finish my new 40B and wondering about salt options as well.. following along.

 

[crew]

I use IO and then dose. I find it's cheaper to go this route than using a more expensive salt, as I'll be dosing 2-part anyway. For me, I see 400 Calcium, 8 dKh and 1300 Mag and that works for me.

I've used Reef Crystals in the past and it produced higher numbers, but I don't think it was worth the $10-20 more per bucket. It costs me pennies to dose IO up to Reef Crystal standards.

 

[davidinga]

Crew;1028519 wrote: I use IO and then dose. I find it's cheaper to go this route than using a more expensive salt, as I'll be dosing 2-part anyway. For me, I see 400 Calcium, 8 dKh and 1300 Mag and that works for me.

I've used Reef Crystals in the past and it produced higher numbers, but I don't think it was worth the $10-20 more per bucket. It costs me pennies to dose IO up to Reef Crystal standards.

Exactly what I do. "Reef" ready salt is overpriced and not needed the way I do it.