Tropic Marin salt?
 

Does anybody know what the difference between Pro-Reef and regular Tropic Marin salt is? Thanks in advance.

less filling.... tastes great...

no, oh I remember:

more money... less magnesium :p

the Pro use Tropic marin Pro
the Amateur use Tropic marin

:-)

i believe most of ppl that use TMP switched to something else... at least i know Loc and Ying is not using that anymore, and i used TMP for 5 months, now i'm using Redsea pro which is alot cheaper and better quality

I think I am going to use my leftovers to kill my neighbors lawn,, the guy is a jerk :p

I'm not using TM anymore either. Switched to Red Sea Pro too.

In a nutshell:
Use the Pro version if you are running a calcium reactor
Use the regular version if you are not

The difference is in the blending for alk

im using pro right now with decent results. not too crazy about mg ~ 1050 and dkh ~ 8.

how much lower is the mg on regular? alk is easily adjusted but raising mg is a pita.

I was shopping around due to the price increase in tmp, but I don't want to make too drastic of a change. might give tm reg a try.

the dkh on TM "Pro" version is purposely low to compensate for calcium reactors (which tend to raise alkalinity) but not a detriment if you don't have one....'tiss still in an acceptable range. The only drawback is that it is a waste a money; best to buy regular TM if you are not fighting high alkalinity issues.

The Magnesium measurement though doesn't sound right.....it usually measures around 1250 for the Pro
I would try another test kit for a second reading

Isn't it best to get a salt that already has the parameters where you would like them to be.

If you are changing water with new water that has lower alkalinity, you will eventually end up with water that has lower alkalinity. The calcium reactor when tuned should only compensate for the alkalinity that is used up on a daily basis?

I was an unhappy camper using the TMP. I tested TMP with Elos kit and found that magnesium was below par. With a salt being that expensive, I'd expect them to elevate mag level to 1350 even, which as I understand isn't detrimental to coral health.

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[B]Isn't it best to get a salt that already has the parameters where you would like them to be.
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now that is just crazy talk... of course you want to buy salt that you havce to spend 1/2 hour testing and fixing :p

After starting with instant ocean... and using about 5 other different salt mixes... I went back to IO.

Considering how much salt I use..IO is 1/2 of what TM is. And I really didnt see much of a differnence after using a 200 gal bucket.

Seachem -- chalky some sps hated it.

Oceanpure.. -- sps loved it softies hated it.

TM -- all corals seemed to like it.. but too expensive for my tastes.

IO - -all corals seem to like it. -- cheap.