Reefers Best Salt

[Delphinus]

Baking soda is fine but you should mix in some washing soda at a ratio of 3:1 or something like that. For the cost of a powder ($20-30 which lasts me months) I've never bothered with baking soda/washing soda. Well, that, and the fact that the washing soda I've seen here has this sort of lemony zesty scent. I don't know what that is, but I'm not putting it in my tank. You can bake baking soda in the oven though to make your own washing soda.

[Jason McK]

Just mixing my first batch of RBS now. Will do a water change on the weekend at some point.
I'll post my results

J

[rattler]

hey Greg

why don't you just cut the OPP with a lesser brand of salt ie: IO. I'm cutting what I have left of my OPP with IO at a rate of 50/50 and this has helped with Ca and Kh. it has brought up my alk and lowered my Ca to reasonable levels. Now i just add Kent buffer for now to steady out the Ca usage of the tank.

cheers

Geoff

[Puff]

sorry...what is RBS?

right now im using Tropic Marin. pretty good from what i can tell. still have a bunch left, but im always open to suggestions

[Brent F]

Originally Posted by Puff

sorry...what is RBS?

right now im using Tropic Marin. pretty good from what i can tell. still have a bunch left, but im always open to suggestions

RBS: "Reefers Best Salt" - the salt mix made by the company that makes Zeovit products. About $100 for a box

[Pan]

Anyone have some test results from RBS? The usual will do

[digital-audiophile]

So I bit the bullet and bought some RBS today.. I figured why not.. I finished the first bag of my OPP in the bucket (I have two left I'll post up on the buy sell for a steal)

As mentioned i made my last salt change with the OPP tonight so next week I will start the RBS.

I was in Golds today and Sean told me that they are going to be offering two part dosing Ca/Alk in the next few weeks and offer dosing pumps so that should help solve my lower end CA and Alk readings