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warr40
01/06/2007, 08:55 PM
hey i just bought the big 150g bucket of coralife salt but sum1 told me its not good.....is this true

drummereef
01/06/2007, 09:17 PM
Can't confirm, but there have been lots of complaints in the chemistry forum about Coralife Salt. If I remember correctly it has an unusually high amount of calcium with low alkalinity. Ask over there, you might get a better response.

syntax357
01/06/2007, 09:18 PM
Same stuff I use. I find is disolves better but others may disagree

warr40
01/06/2007, 09:48 PM
o b/c i'm affraid to use it for my w/c on my 5.5g

keaton
01/06/2007, 11:44 PM
i prefer oceanic, it mixes better.

warr40
01/06/2007, 11:54 PM
i'm also starting a new tank could this salt be good for the filling...its gonna cycle anyway?

Racing1
01/07/2007, 07:09 AM
I use it and have no problems with it. It mixes well and all parameters test ok when done.

DrBDC
01/07/2007, 07:57 AM
Oceanic is the one with the wacky ca/alk/mag levels. Coralife is fine the only real complaint is over possible problems from high lithium levels (but the fish are really really happy :D ).

FWIW all salts pretty much mix just fine if you give it 24 hours to mix and aerate. There's more going on during the mixing time than just the crystals disolving and even if you could get them to dissolve in 30 seconds, you would still want the 24 hour mixing.

It will push 480ish but alk will run around 10-11 and magnesium is good (I don't recall the exact number). That is higher calcium but not extreme like oceanic. I prefer to use IO and bump the ca and mag up to my target levels or just use RC and do nothing to it.