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AF "Reef Salt" and "ProBiotic" carries the right parameters for running a low nutrient system, among others Brightwell's Neomarine, Tropic Marin Pro Reef, TM Bioactif (Similar) to AF Probiotic and others mixes can do the job. AF has a great price point on their reef salt and I had happy corals. But I was receiving buckets that were not matching their parameter sheet in the bucket. Way off, so I was having to dose up alk and calcium separately (for no precipitation) while mixing. IF AF fixes their bucket to bucket #'s to hit their over all batch #. Then I will switch back to AF. I have lost trust in their QC procedures for awhile but they finally commented on the issues on the other thread. No company is perfect and things happen but AF had some issues for me that just wasn't a fluke. Regards Govols,
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Go to link below and take time to watch all 5 videos. They are simple to understand, makes sense and a lot of happy reefers use it and proven out that the program works.
A lot of reefers use Red Sea Blue bucket instead of (RSCP). We've posted a thread to AF to make a video series like Red Sea for their product line. They said their already working on it. I currently use Red Sea Reef Foundation ABC+ powder and Reef Energy. AWESOME products. http://www.redseafish.com/reef-care-program/
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12/13/2016, 01:39 PM | #29 |
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No it has no bacteria in the salt. Some reefers love it
Google Red Sea Coral Pro Cyanobacteria and read post's. I gave me cyano too. Went back to Reef Crystals and cleared up ASAP. After I finished AF used one bucket of Brightwell's (Very Good) Had some left over Reef Crystals. When I finish it I'm going back to Tropic Marin Pro Reef. Used it for along time. I was trying to see if I could get AF price point at TM quality. Also AF and Reef Crystals take more salt to mix up to 1.025 than (RSCP), TM and Brightwells. So if you buy a bucket of AF for 175 gallons you will re
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you will really get a tad over 150 gallons of that bucket mixing to 1.025 SG.
Same for Reef Crystals. But I can buy a 200 gallon box of Reef Crystals for $49.00 at Dr Foster and Smith or Pet Solutions. Can't beat the price for Brightwells at BRS. Over all I'm a big believer in TM Pro Reef. Mixes crystal clear and leaves no residue in mixing containers. My reef loves it too. At times it has a little low alk though. There's a study done by an independent company testing AF to TM to RSCP and a bunch of other brands. IO and Reef Crystals coming in last. In the end TM PRO Reef and RSCP came out on top from my impression. AF had low suffer content. I've used Reef Crystals over the past 30 years and still think it's about the best bank for the price point but I just prefer TM Pro Reef. If I can find that test I'll copy you the link.
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Here you go. It's complicated at times and trans lated from Polish.
If you like the high parameters of (RSCP) and not fighting cyano it's rated on top. I don't like an alk of (RSCP) about 12 DKH for growing corals faster but the coral colors will be less vibrant than a lower alk. I'd rather have slower growth with the better coral colors JMO. http://www.nano-reef.com/topic/37619...t-comparision/
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Did you get a chance to watch Red Sea's 5 part video series?
NOPOX must be able to work with a higher alk and have no ill effects on SPS corals. I use AF Pro Bio S with their NP Pro.
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I have not watch the videos yet. There are many videos about Red Sea. It looks like from the test RSCP salt is really good salt |
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Fyi,
Just be careful with if your going to carbon dose. It's alk is about 12dkh. They say to keep your alk between 7-8 for carbon dosing. At higher alk it burns SPS tips or worse. I don't know if we accomplished anything between your Idip or other test kits but it's been fun. Red Sea Pro has always done me right and BRS recommends them. The Hanna Alk pocket checker is the most accurate digital test out there. Regards, Govols
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Hanna is only accurate on Alk? The point of my experiment was to compare idip and red sea really |
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People swear by the Hanna digital Alk.
Their other kits has very mixed reviews and hard to use to get accurate results. I know the Red Sea alk is accurate, checked it against other kits. If I didn't trust the RS alk I'd by the Hanna Alk checker in a heart beat. Here's a link. You can read the reviews. http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/alkali...ine-water.html
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The only thing I liked about the Hanna alk checker was the digital read out (no color change to deal with) however, when you can test back to back with different bottles of reagents and get a 30+ ppm difference between the bottles it's hard to like it anymore.
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So is digital test kit that super accurate is a unicorn item really?
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man...I just want to have one that works and reliable and accurate....I am surprised that we are almost get to 2017 and no such thing exist for reefers. Grrr |
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Don't get me wrong I love Hanna alkalinity and nitrate checkers, but unfortunately in my experience failed too. Not too long ago we had problems when reagent started going Low at the end of reagent,Hanna blamed caps on the bottle when bottle was standing on the side. To me most critical point is alkalinity so, I always use Hanna but when reading turns one way or the other I always double check with Salifert before making a decision. Good practice is double or triple check with different brands.
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Yep I would always double check against a different kit if readings started to seem off... Then just stopped using it and just used the other kit (salifert)
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