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Am I the only few that use coralife salt? I just switched over last month and I have tested freshly mixed at around 11 DKH, is this normal? I though it was supposed to be around 8.
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When was the last time you use it? I am using the Red Sea kit.I used to use Coralife salt and liked it but can no longer get it where I am, when I used it I found the alk was pretty consistent around 9dKH, what test kit are you using?
Got you, now at least based on my Red Sea test kit, alk at around 10.5-11 and ca450-470.I haven't used coralife for a while but it used to be my go to salt for many years. Usually mixed at 9.6 dkh the calcium was always sky high 500+.
I will test again but prob changed sinceMine always mixed up around 9 when I was using it.
For those of you that stopped using it, what was your reason?
For those of you that stopped using it, what was your reason?
Glad that I am not the only one seeing it high. I don’t dose two parts except 2.5 tablespoons of kalk via ato so I guess it ok for me. I typically do 10% water change weekly.Started seeing it mix up too high, 10-11dkh 480+ cal.
when using automated methods of mineral replacement (dosers, calcium reactors) you want to use a salt mix thats matches your target parameters, because if you do waterchanges, your parameters will eventually match your salt mix.
Petco has them for $43 a bucket for a while and quit often they got 30% off.I moved and could no longer buy a years supply locally on boxing day. While I did order it on amazon a few times (as recently as 2018 I just checked). The price fluctuates a lot. Since these days I have no choice but to order online I just wait for IO to be cheaper than cheap and buy a bunch of boxes then. If I get close to running out it's still going to be cheap regular price. Coralife was always moderately priced and always mixed good. I probably used it mostly for at least 10 years although I did stray occasionally and use other salts. I still have a ton of coralife shirts!
I liked that the alkalinity is lower then a lot of other salts and the super high calcium meant at times I didn't even dose CA only ALK.
Petco has it for $43 a bucket. Quit often they run the $30 off, I got 3 for around $100 and I will get $5 reward credit. That’s under $33 a bucket.I stopped because RC went on sale for cheaper on amazon for a bit than the petco sale of coralife. It was around $40/bucket. If the prices flip when I need salt again down the road I wouldn’t hesitate to switch back. I like both, and so does my tank.