lower dkh in io reef crystal
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BlueBadger
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No but here’s a Link on reef2reef. Seems like it’s do-able but you will need to monitor pH and aerate it to bring it up. Also, today I learned that Mariatic acid is hydrochloric acid.
Are you trying to lower your KH or start a new tank at a lower KH? I’d just search for a salt mix that suits your desired KH value or let your tank coast down slowly (.2dkh/day) if you want to lower KH.
Are you trying to lower your KH or start a new tank at a lower KH? I’d just search for a salt mix that suits your desired KH value or let your tank coast down slowly (.2dkh/day) if you want to lower KH.
ReefAddict
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Make the move to Brightwell NeoMarine. Mixes at a sweet 7-7.5dkh. I been so happy with the move from IO.
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Ttran102
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Petco has reel me in with their sale buy 2 get 30 percent off and then repeated delivery another 35% so I bought 3 cases of 200g for only $125 lol. Thought it was a good deal so mind as well start with this salt since I saw many people on r2r use muratic acid to lower down the alk and aerate overnight for ph to go back up. So was thinking about trying this. Because before I use liveaquaria salt with stable parameters of 8-9dkh. But sometime you get a bad batch and have to throw away the whole case of salt. So want something stable and don't have to check alk all the time before water change.
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Ttran102
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I thought about this before but I have a smaller tank so salt is not a big matter. This time it will be double of the volume so each time water change it will be like 30g for a 15% water change. So each month i probably use about 160g bucket of salt and $80 each month is pretty costly compare to instant ocean because petco always have a sale going and it will cut the cost down to almost half. I'm pretty sure people with 200-300g tank use instant ocean for their tank and their sps still look as good as other brand name salt.
BiGGiePauls33
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Same here.
