reef crystals

Anyone know why I am getting 1.030 salinity from Instant Ocean Reef Crystals? I'm mixing up two gallons for my water change tomorrow and just tested the salinity and I don't understand how it's so high. Regardless I'm trying to raise my salinity, it dropped to 1.023, would I be fine to do a...

So I just bought the Hanna Alkalinity tester and just finished testing it and it is showing a reading of 7.6dKH and my pH is about 8, from the research I've done, I read that Instant Ocean usually has a high dKH of 12. My tank is relatively new but I want to start testing levels for corals as...

Instant Ocean Reef Crystals salt for reef aquariums - new bucket containing 160 gallons worth of salt. Available for Pick-Up in FT Collins area. WILL NOT SHIP.

Hey guys. I just joined the saltwater gang and bought my own 10 gallon tank. It’s small BUT we gotta start somewhere. Anyways, it’s already cycled and therefore it already has fish in it ( a clown fish) and live rocks. Since my first goal was to set up this tank for fish and get it within the...

Im getting ready to convert my system to an AWC-only setup, eliminating dosing altogether and allowing the salt mix to replenish cal/alk/mag/etc. Its a mostly LPS system with lower demands and I want to automate and simplify its maintenance as much as possible. Its a 68g system that I will prob...

Morning everyone. For years I have used instant oceans regular reef salt. Is there a benefit to using Reed crystals instead? Will it hurt anything if I change to them? I can afford some of the more expensive salt brand or id swap to Red Sea:

I was told from a family to switch my salt and I think I may regret it. I’m switching from reef crystal to Red Sea pro salt. My tank is LPS & softies dominated and after research I found out that RSCP have high ALK. Would my tank be fine? What should I do?

I've been struggling to get a grip on a low alkalinity problem in both my tanks. I've got a 20g reef only tank with a few beginners corals (zoas, acans, etc.) and two SPS corals (purple birdsnest and a green pavona). They all seem fine, the birdsnest is doing well, but my pavona is starting to...

Hi, so I'm running low on salt and have been using regular instant ocean. I wanted to try the reef crystals because it is marketed toward corals and it is cheaper on Amazon at the moment. Would it be okay to switch salts? Tank is about 2 months.

I joined R2R yesterday, here are pictures of my tank

Has anyone else had an issue with IO Reef Crystals having super high calc? I had a calc reading of 518 in my tank over the weekend and a fellow reefer on here suggested I mix some fresh SW and test the params, so I did and at 1.026 ppm, Reef Crystals is measuring calc at 522. Anyone else had...

Last Saturday I bought a Brute Garbage can I washed it thoroughly and dried it. I mixed 30 gallons of water (rodi) Instant Ocean RC temp is 78.0 salinity is 1.025 a few mins ago I was getting ready for water change and I see this. I kept the lid on it so nothing has fell in the water. Any...

Coral health? Mostly ok (a few birdnests flew the coop) Coral growth? LPS very nice, SPS pretty ok Don’t like Vermetid snails? Yes, though irrelevant for this post Allergic to cats? Yes Does size matter? 120DT / 200 Total ALK 9 CALC 380 MAG 1500 Brand shout out: reef crystals 2-part dosing 25ml...