I have a ton of IO salt mix (about 500 gallons) from my days long ago in fish only tank. I'm using it until it until gone. I have a new tank that is fishless cycling at this time. I mixed up a batch of IO to 35ppm salinity for a water change and out of curiosity, tested the mix (after 24 hours of mixing and heating). It came out to the following:
35 sal (refractomter)
9.8 dKH (Hanna)
420 cal (Red Sea)
1320 mag (Aqua Forest)
I was just going to use the IO up and switch to Tropic Marin Pro before adding corals but these parameters are not far off from my what I thought I would start with (alk is high - want 9 dKH). Does anyone use IO with success in a mixed reef tank?
Any experienced feedback would be appreciated on IO (not reef crystals).
Thanks.
35 sal (refractomter)
9.8 dKH (Hanna)
420 cal (Red Sea)
1320 mag (Aqua Forest)
I was just going to use the IO up and switch to Tropic Marin Pro before adding corals but these parameters are not far off from my what I thought I would start with (alk is high - want 9 dKH). Does anyone use IO with success in a mixed reef tank?
Any experienced feedback would be appreciated on IO (not reef crystals).
Thanks.