Hi, was hoping someone could help me out on this... just as the title states, I recently switched from regular salt mix to Tropic Marin Pro Reef salt mix, because I have added several types of SPS to my reef over the last few months and wanted a salt mix that would provide a good baseline for Alk and Calcium. I understand that no matter what mix you use you'll ultimately have to supplement that which your corals use up over time, but I measured some freshly mixed saltwater before adding it to my tank and found that it had VERY low alk (around 3.5 dKH) and pretty low calcium (360 ppm) when mixed at 78 degrees F and 1.025 SG.
Am I missing something here? I thought the whole point in buying the good stuff was that it would at least start out at a good/balanced level I would not have to dose with ESV... could this be a bad batch, or is it always like this?
Any feedback would be appreciated.
Am I missing something here? I thought the whole point in buying the good stuff was that it would at least start out at a good/balanced level I would not have to dose with ESV... could this be a bad batch, or is it always like this?
Any feedback would be appreciated.