I have a box that is up next but I just opened a new box of fritz blue so it will be a while. I trust LA so we will see how it goes.I think I might place an order for the 200g. Its only $50.... What ya think?
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I have a box that is up next but I just opened a new box of fritz blue so it will be a while. I trust LA so we will see how it goes.I think I might place an order for the 200g. Its only $50.... What ya think?
I have been primarily a Red Sea Salt user since I started in 2012, tried Salinity for a couple buckets but didn't like the precipitation or the slooow salt additions to avoid it and went back to red sea.I have only ever used Red Sea Coral Pro and have never had an issue that could be traced back to my salt mixture.
Been watching for a bit so I'll go ahead and post. I started off my new system with Red Sea Blue Bucket, but I will be switching, here is why. The red sea salt always leaves that yellowish, brownish crud in my mixing container. It's not just you! I'm not sure what this is and no one has ever been able to tell me, to me that's a problem. Second I sent in an ICP test and my manganese was off the charts. What would this do my corals? No idea, not particularly motivated to find out.
After watching the BRS series on the different salt mixes I settled on the Brightwell Neomarine, and yes I plan on sticking with it. I know you can succeed with all of the salts but it mixes clear, is on the cheaper side, has the alk and calc I am shooting for and holds it through storage. It says a lot about the company that the stated amount on the bucket is actually what it will actually make at a real salinity.
Did the fact that WWC grows all their corals in it push me over the edge in my decision? Yes, yes it did. I can see no better testimonial than all of their tanks, the corals they grow and the only trace element supplementation is water changes.
Agreed and my post wasn't meant to be a bash on you, sorry if it came across that wayThat's totally fair. In my above post I was just suggesting that just because a top company grows amazing corals using a specific salt (i.e. WWC with NeoMarine), that doesn't mean that someone should switch if they're not experiencing any issues. I would use NeoMarine if I was having legitimate issues with my current salt, or if I was starting a new tank. But I'm also pretty sure WWC could use any other reputable salt brand and would still be achieving the same results.
I use Brightwell products in my system, and love the company, so not bashing them, but even with their great reputation, folks like Randy have pointed out some questionable claims they make regarding some of their products. WWC might use NeoMarine and Brightwell products because they have a sponsorship agreement with them and they get it all for free, which at the volume they're using these products, would be a legitimate reason to use it over a competing product, not necessarily because that's their secret to amazing coral growth (because it's not).
Agreed and my post wasn't meant to be a bash on you, sorry if it came across that way
No worries and I couldn't agree more it was that last little push that got me to pull the trigger, definitely NOT the deciding factor, that would be the rest of the stuff.No, not at all. I just wanted to illustrate my point incase a newer reefer stumbled upon these posts so they would understand my reasoning which wasn't clearly spelled out when I first suggested people shouldn't switch products just because someone like WWC uses it. Thanks for making sure though.
No worries and I couldn't agree more it was that last little push that got me to pull the trigger, definitely NOT the deciding factor, that would be the rest of the stuff.
On a side note, choice of salt is always a hotly debated topic here. IMO, salt is only a minor aspect. You can’t blame salt for all of your problems
All my years in the hobby, never heard of quantum but willing to try it. Im a tropic Marin user with no complaintsI used Red Sea (blue bucket with lower Alk) for almost 7 years before switching to regular IO (local availability and very, very cheap compared to others). I definitely feel that the IO was a downgrade both in parameter consistency and clarity but with my tank size I was paying $70 a bucket and one bucket wouldn't even last a month. I get a 200G box of IO for $45 and my LFS usually just takes coral frags as a trade in; I don't think iv'e paid actual money for salt in 2-3 years lol.
I also suspect that red sea had more trace elements as I never ever ran into issues going months without changing water, with IO I have to dose trace elements if I go over 1 month without changing water.
I don't know what it is about changing brands, there has to be more to it than simple params as I went through a lot of what you mentioned when I switch AWAY from Red Sea to IO. Lots of slime algae, odd issues with corals...even lost what I thought was an indestructible SPS colony when I switched. It STN'd very, very slowly even all the healthy frags I took eventually succumbed to STN.
This doesn’t make any sense to me. My guess is that there will be no issues.Don't mix salts. Different brands use different salts to make their mix and the two may interact and cause precipitation.