Salt dilemna

[Notsolostfish]

I ran out of salt of the nyos, and i need to do a warer change. The nyos salt is out of stock everywhere. And according to BRS its going to be few weeks out. In the meantime is it safe to do a 30% water change on a 150G with redsea blue bucket? Or would it change the whole chemistry? Ty.

 

[RoanokeReef]

I'm getting ready to ditch NYOS salt, love it but every time I need a bucket it's out of stock. To answer your question, as long as the blue bucket is close in parameters I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Mixing or changing one salt mix to another is not a problem as long as you note any impacts it might have on alkalinity.

 

[ReefED!]

Mixing or changing one salt mix to another is not a problem as long as you note any impacts it might have on alkalinity.

Wouldn’t it take a massive water change for that to matter as well?

Even using 11 dkh coral pro with a 20% water change should barely change the alk of a 7.5 dkh tank

 

[Pistondog]

Wouldn’t it take a massive water change for that to matter as well?

Even using 11 dkh coral pro with a 20% water change should barely change the alk of a 7.5 dkh tank

Would raise alk to 8.2 dkh. 20% of the difference.