lewisriverfisherman Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 (edited) Does anybody know a salt that has Alk at 9 dkh or below? I just got a bag of Kent and it is around 10.5, for my little of water volume it is to high. Thanks for the help I should add that I have been trying to keep my Alk @ around 9 Edited April 21, 2018 by lewisriverfisherman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrk13p Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Fritz or Red Sea blue top 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenbasketreef Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Mix it with instant ocean salt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdxmonkeyboy Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 my last two boxes of IO came in at 10.2 dkh!! not reef crystals... IO! Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewisriverfisherman Posted April 22, 2018 Author Share Posted April 22, 2018 Ok I got a bag of Fritz salt today and it checked out at 7.7 Alk. So this is the salt I will probably start using. Thanks for all the imput. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewisriverfisherman Posted April 22, 2018 Author Share Posted April 22, 2018 On 4/20/2018 at 6:11 PM, mrk13p said: Fritz or Red Sea blue top I am trying fritz thanks for the reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewisriverfisherman Posted April 22, 2018 Author Share Posted April 22, 2018 On 4/20/2018 at 6:15 PM, goldenbasketreef said: Mix it with instant ocean salt Last IO I had mixed up at 11 Alk so hesitant to buy this again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewisriverfisherman Posted April 22, 2018 Author Share Posted April 22, 2018 7 hours ago, pdxmonkeyboy said: my last two boxes of IO came in at 10.2 dkh!! not reef crystals... IO! Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk Mine was 11 dkh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenbasketreef Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 13 minutes ago, lewisriverfisherman said: Mine was 11 dkh make sure to check refractometer calibration Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewisriverfisherman Posted April 25, 2018 Author Share Posted April 25, 2018 On 4/21/2018 at 9:29 PM, goldenbasketreef said: make sure to check refractometer calibration Thanks Rudy for recommending this as my refractomer was a bit off. I roughly know that the 2 cups of salt at 4 gallons should read around 1.025 and it read 1.023 so I knew something was up tonight for my water change. 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CuttleFishandCoral Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 This was a update I got from the manufacturer about Kent It’s supposed to be 11-13 dKH. Kent and Oceanic are formulated to have extra calcium, magnesium, and alkalinity in them to compensate for those elements being used up by corals in the aquarium as they grow. They need to have higher than NSW levels to balance out lower levels in the aquarium. If they want something lower and closer to natural seawater, Coralife is formulated to be as close to natural seawater as possible. It’s not good for raising calcium, magnesium, or alkalinity. But it will provide water parameters fairly close to NSW if that is what you are looking for. My guess is that the salt they were testing months ago was from our old supplier and now we have a better control over the parameters since we are making it in house and it is being made the way it was always meant to be. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewisriverfisherman Posted April 25, 2018 Author Share Posted April 25, 2018 2 hours ago, CuttleFishandCoral said: This was a update I got from the manufacturer about Kent It’s supposed to be 11-13 dKH. Kent and Oceanic are formulated to have extra calcium, magnesium, and alkalinity in them to compensate for those elements being used up by corals in the aquarium as they grow. They need to have higher than NSW levels to balance out lower levels in the aquarium. If they want something lower and closer to natural seawater, Coralife is formulated to be as close to natural seawater as possible. It’s not good for raising calcium, magnesium, or alkalinity. But it will provide water parameters fairly close to NSW if that is what you are looking for. My guess is that the salt they were testing months ago was from our old supplier and now we have a better control over the parameters since we are making it in house and it is being made the way it was always meant to be. Thanks you for doing some leg work! 11-13 is a wide range. I would like to have a tighter range than that. I'm wondering if this is kinda the industry standard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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