- Location
- Deer Park, NY
I know there have been several threads on which salts are better and which people use, but I found this interesting and was wondering if anyone had heard the same.
I was talking to the owner of a LFS who has been in the reef business for over 10 years. He was telling me they used to use tropic marin pro reef until recently when they went to a seminar about salts. He said the person who invented TM Pro Reef was there, and he basically said that unless you are an advanced reefer who knows how things work chemically in the water, you shouldnt use Pro Reef because it can lead to a huge alkalinity imbalance in your tank, particualrly making it spike. Apparently the new thinking (supposedly backed by some studies) is that Instant Ocean salt is the best to use now. I was using Tropic Marin for about 6 months until I ran out and then switched to Pro Reef figuring that since I was really getting more into corals, it would help. I havent really seen a problem with my water chemistry. Wondering if anyone else has heard anything along these lines.
I was talking to the owner of a LFS who has been in the reef business for over 10 years. He was telling me they used to use tropic marin pro reef until recently when they went to a seminar about salts. He said the person who invented TM Pro Reef was there, and he basically said that unless you are an advanced reefer who knows how things work chemically in the water, you shouldnt use Pro Reef because it can lead to a huge alkalinity imbalance in your tank, particualrly making it spike. Apparently the new thinking (supposedly backed by some studies) is that Instant Ocean salt is the best to use now. I was using Tropic Marin for about 6 months until I ran out and then switched to Pro Reef figuring that since I was really getting more into corals, it would help. I havent really seen a problem with my water chemistry. Wondering if anyone else has heard anything along these lines.