[kwirky]

I've mixed at least 15-20 buckets of the stuff at the store. I use it if we run out of reefer's best. It takes FOREVER to mix and sometimes doesn't fully mix if the salt was added while the water was cold. Sometimes the cloudiness doesn't go away even 12+ hours later. The alkalinity and calcium is pretty good though, usually testing in the recommended ranges.

We have lost livestock here and there, nothing major, because of the slow mixing speed of this salt. When you've got 200-300 gallons of water to change in a single day and only a 50 gallon mixing basin this is not the best salt to use. That's why we prefer reefer's best over the seachem even though it's like double the cost (and cost is important when you've got profit margins to maintain). Overall the gripe for this salt is it doesn't mix fast like oceanpure pro or reefer's best.

If it's given a full 24 hours though it's not bad. The price is great for how it tests and I think reefers who have the time to wait for the stuff to mix can find it a good quality salt for the price. We trust our corals with this salt over oceanpure pro.