Randy Holmes-Farley
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I use TM pro reef and I’d like to stick with it because of the quality of it. I think I’m either going to just go to the parameters that it is at and let the cal reactor maintain those levels or dose the new saltwater with something that will not raise the salinity once the corals start to use the elements to build their skeleton. Or is the whole “salinity rises, add RODI to bring it down which then dilutes the trace elements” blown out of proportion by Lou Ekus?
it is a fact that is true if you just use calcium chloride and sodium carbonate. It is not a fact that applies to many commercial two parts that are designed to take this exact effect into account.
Lou sells a product that gets around it by adding the Balling Part C as a third part. Other companies get around it by putting these same ingredients into the two part itself.