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Old 01/06/2008, 01:35 AM
Billybeau1 Billybeau1 is offline
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A General Guide to Salt Mixes

Here is a list of what I measured for the big three in a number of the salt mixes we use today. This is intended as a guideline and I, in no way, guarantee these figures. All I can say is they were all tested under the same conditions, with a number of different brand test kits, using the same methods for each test. I believe these numbers are reasonably what you can expect from these salts mixed at 35 ppt or 1.0264

A special thanks to Bertoni for putting it in nice form.


Calcium &nbsp&nbsp

Alkalinity&nbsp &nbsp

Magnesium

Aquatic Gardens

&nbsp&nbsp 430

&nbsp&nbsp 8

&nbsp&nbsp 1240

CoraLife

&nbsp&nbsp 560

&nbsp&nbsp 9

&nbsp&nbsp 1380

Instant Ocean&nbsp &nbsp

&nbsp&nbsp 350

&nbsp&nbsp 12

&nbsp&nbsp 1070

Kent&nbsp &nbsp

&nbsp&nbsp 540

&nbsp&nbsp 11

&nbsp&nbsp 1200

Oceanic

&nbsp&nbsp 580

&nbsp&nbsp 8.5

&nbsp&nbsp 1650

Red Sea

&nbsp&nbsp 400

&nbsp&nbsp 8

&nbsp&nbsp 1300

Reef Crystals

&nbsp&nbsp 420

&nbsp&nbsp 12

&nbsp&nbsp 1260

SeaChem Reef Salt

&nbsp&nbsp 540

&nbsp&nbsp 10

&nbsp&nbsp 1450

Tropic Marin

&nbsp&nbsp 375

&nbsp&nbsp 10

&nbsp&nbsp 1230

Tropic Marin Pro Reef

&nbsp&nbsp 450

&nbsp&nbsp 8.5

&nbsp&nbsp 1380


Last edited by bertoni; 01/06/2008 at 01:40 AM.