Alkalinity of Salt Mixes

[Zero Nitrates]

What is the alkalinity of salt mixes at a salinity of 35 or 1.0264?

Being a newbie I am still learning the ropes and it seems to me that this hobby has a lot to do with keeping water. Through gracious advice on this forum I have realized that the water we are adding to our tanks during water changes is vitally important in maintaining water parameters.

I have researched this subject and only found

Coralife Scientific Grade 6 dkh

Red Sea Coral Pro 12.3 dkh

D-D H2Ocean Magnesium Pro Plus 9.3 dkh

There are many other mixes available. It would be a great service to us newbies to have real world info on which salt mix to use.

Please post alkalinity of the salt mix you use. (Calcium and other measurements would be great too)

Thanks.

 

[glb]

What is the alkalinity of salt mixes at a salinity of 35 or 1.0264?

Being a newbie I am still learning the ropes and it seems to me that this hobby has a lot to do with keeping water. Through gracious advice on this forum I have realized that the water we are adding to our tanks during water changes is vitally important in maintaining water parameters.

I have researched this subject and only found

Coralife Scientific Grade 6 dkh

Red Sea Coral Pro 12.3 dkh

D-D H2Ocean Magnesium Pro Plus 9.3 dkh

There are many other mixes available. It would be a great service to us newbies to have real world info on which salt mix to use.

Please post alkalinity of the salt mix you use. (Calcium and other measurements would be great too)

Thanks.

Following.

 

[Zero Nitrates]

Kent Marine Reef 9 dkh

 

[ritter6788]

9-10 dkh, Reef Crystals tested with Hanna Checker.

 

[akitareefer]

Some info I found in another forum regarding salt mix parameters. Not sure how old this data is or if there have been changes:



"Here is a list of what I measured for the big three in a number of the salt mixes we use today. This is intended as a guideline and I, in no way, guarantee these figures. All I can say is they were all tested under the same conditions, with a number of different brand test kits, using the same methods for each test. I believe these numbers are reasonably what you can expect from these salts mixed at 35 ppt or SG 1.0264 @ 25 C.

Salt Product Calcium Alkalinity Magnesium Aquatic Gardens 430 8 1240 Brightwell Neomarine 370 11 1140 CoraLife 560 9 1380 Crystal Sea Marinemix 340 9 1050 Crystal Sea Marinemix Bio-Assay 340 9 1050 D-D H2Ocean 450 10 1380 Instant Ocean 400 11 1350 Kent 540 11 1200 Marine Environment 480 7.5 1450 Oceanic 580 8.5 1650 OceanPure 510 10 1320 Red Sea 400 8 1300 Red Sea Coral Pro 490 7 1300 Reef Crystals 490 13 1440 Reefer's Best 420 11 1200 SeaChem Marine Salt 500 10 1400 SeaChem Reef Salt 540 10 1450 Tropic Marin 375 10 1230 Tropic Marin Pro Reef 450 8.5 1380 Tunze Reef Salt 420 9.5 1350"


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[CoryC]

ESV 8.5-9 but very consistent from batch to bath. I went away from RC for inconsistencies.

 

[Zero Nitrates]

Thanks Ritter6788, Akitareefer and CoryC!

 

[RedReefer]

Some info I found in another forum regarding salt mix parameters. Not sure how old this data is or if there have been changes:



"Here is a list of what I measured for the big three in a number of the salt mixes we use today. This is intended as a guideline and I, in no way, guarantee these figures. All I can say is they were all tested under the same conditions, with a number of different brand test kits, using the same methods for each test. I believe these numbers are reasonably what you can expect from these salts mixed at 35 ppt or SG 1.0264 @ 25 C.

Salt Product Calcium Alkalinity Magnesium Aquatic Gardens 430 8 1240 Brightwell Neomarine 370 11 1140 CoraLife 560 9 1380 Crystal Sea Marinemix 340 9 1050 Crystal Sea Marinemix Bio-Assay 340 9 1050 D-D H2Ocean 450 10 1380 Instant Ocean 400 11 1350 Kent 540 11 1200 Marine Environment 480 7.5 1450 Oceanic 580 8.5 1650 OceanPure 510 10 1320 Red Sea 400 8 1300 Red Sea Coral Pro 490 7 1300 Reef Crystals 490 13 1440 Reefer's Best 420 11 1200 SeaChem Marine Salt 500 10 1400 SeaChem Reef Salt 540 10 1450 Tropic Marin 375 10 1230 Tropic Marin Pro Reef 450 8.5 1380 Tunze Reef Salt 420 9.5 1350"


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Thanks for posting this.