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05-08-2009, 06:58 AM
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A General Guide to Salt Mixes
Here is a list of what I measured for the big three in a number of the salt mixes we use today. This is intended as a guideline and I, in no way, guarantee these figures. All I can say is they were all tested under the same conditions, with a number of different brand test kits, using the same methods for each test. I believe these numbers are reasonably what you can expect from these salts mixed at 35 ppt or 1.0264 A special thanks to Bertoni for putting it in nice form. Calcium Alkalinity Magnesium Aquatic Gardens 430 8 1240 CoraLife 560 9 1380 Crystal Sea Marinemix 340 9 1050 Crystal Sea Marinemix Bio-Assay 340 9 1050 D-D H2Ocean 450 10 1380 Instant Ocean 350 12 1070 Kent 540 11 1200 Marine Environment 480 7.5 1450 Oceanic 580 8.5 1650 OceanPure 510 10 1320 Red Sea 400 8 1300 Red Sea Coral Pro 490 7 1300 Reef Crystals 420 12 1260 Reefer's Best 420 11 1200 SeaChem Marine Salt 500 10 1400 SeaChem Reef Salt 540 10 1450 Tropic Marin 375 10 1230 Tropic Marin Pro Reef 450 8.5 1380 Tunze Reef Salt 420 9.5 1350 
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05-08-2009, 07:03 AM
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05-08-2009, 03:39 PM
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Makes me wonder, because my last bucket of Reef Crystals was
320 11 1140 I tried it because they said it was higher in Ca. Pfffft, that was a lie.
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05-08-2009, 06:48 PM
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The Seachem Reef Salt is my second choice, and it's a good 20 bucks cheaper per bucket... I may change my mind before I actually send the order in.
Myka, for sure we will have to do that some day... I will need to come down and get some stuff for the contest tank at some point this summer, if summer ever comes  On a side note, I think that very few salt mixes take things to NSW levels, but I want to be close(r).
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