Author: GoonterSubject: Need advice: Buy new bucket of salt or supplement?
Posted: September 27 2020 at 12:54pm
Hello!
So here is the story. I noticed my parameters decreasing in calcium/alk and I’m using instant ocean salt which I bought a bucket and have started using that instead of a bag. I tested with API and asked on a separate forum and they insisted it I needed to get salifert test kits... I got nearly the same numbers. I figured maybe I didn’t mix the bucket well enough and it may have had stuff settle, so I tested water prior to mixing the salt and after and it’s been the same. Calcium is around 340 and alk is about 9 on both batches.
My corals are looking great which is what I’m leaning more toward over numbers. So here are my options and I can’t decide which is a better route?
-Continue using the salt mix but start supplementing.-Buy a new bucket of the same mix and hope it’s a better composition.-Switch salts.
Parameters:28 gallon - 1 fish, 6 corals (1 SPS) I don’t think my tank has a heavy enough bio load that this these parameters should be a problem and with the size I think all 3 options are viable. Salinity 1.025Temp: 77Alk: 8.9Ca: 355Mg: 1140
Any advice on which is the best/cost effective/least headache approach?