So sorry to hear this man.. that sucks. This is weird a guy i talk to actually had a bucket of salt (ATI) go bad and his mag levels were VERY low after mixed with RO/DI. He kept dosing mag and always had troubles getting it to be where it should be at and eventually crash. After he tested his mag it was only 475..his frag tank mag was 875 and his DT was 1200 (added mag in top off). It's a really good thing to check once and a while your salt levels when doing WC's..this is the second time i've heard of this happen because of salt.

OMG I feel so bad for you!
I switched to Seachem Reef salt 12 months ago and havent had any problems. Did this come on slowly or just Bam!? That just sucks!

I switched to Seachem a few months ago from Ocean Pure Pro....I haven't seen anything unusual.

Sorry to hear about your losses. If there is any consolation, most of us have pieces of the corals you've lost, so you can get them back again!

I still have a piece of that Kryptonite green candycane. Let me know if you need a frag back.

sorry to hear that. Your tank was soooo nice.hopfully things will change for the better sooner than later.

IMHO the biggest SPS killer excluding bugs, disease etc is fluctuating alkalinity or alkalinity that has dropped or has risen rapidly. Let me guess you are using a Salifert alkalinity test kit to monitor your alkalinity?

That really sucks!!!! I feel bad for you, it really hurts when you loose one nice coral never mind a lot of nice ones :sad: I guess we keep continuing on for the love of the hobby and the hope for things to get better.

Holey cow!! Thats terrible. I had the same experience the first time I tried Seachem, burned corals. Mine wasn't quite so drastic though and I immediately switched back. I even found Seachem was ok if I mixed equal parts with IO but I'll never use it on its own.

LMK if you want any donations to help get you back on your feet, I can ship you some stuff :biggrin:

Colin, that is some scarey recession. Are you sure it is just the salt? Nothing got dropped in by children? stray voltage? etc? How many water changes did you do with the bad salt batch? How long since you switched to a better salt after you noticed the problem? What salt are you using now? Have you tried dosing sponge power to see if it will help what's left alive heal faster?

Hey Colin,

SO sorry to see this happen to you... We are currently using Seachem as well and haven't had any negative side effects yet. Hopefully you can get this figured out soon and get back on track. Please let us know if there's anything we can help you out with and if you would like some frags once this is all over with.