Reef Central tank of the month - FOOD recipe and salt recipe

[Mr Cob]

Enjoyed reading about Brad Blankenship's 400g reef:

http://reefkeeping.com/joomla/index.php/current-issue/article/87-tank-of-the-month

Especially interested in his salt mix of mixing Instand Ocean and Oceanic in equal parts...he also posted his recipe for fish food.

[justahobby]

I keep hearing about mixing salts. Sounds like something to read up on.

See the orange BTA?! Looked like orange sherbert in his tank.

[BSJF]

I mixed Oceanic and IO for years. It worked great and mixes easy. IO gives me the alk I want, and the Oceanic, the needed calcium and trace minerals.

[justahobby]

Make sure you test before mixing two buckets. My Oceanic had a Ca of 600. It would suck to waste two buckets when only one was bad.

[BSJF]

I did get a few batches that were very high calcium and eventually had to switch because of that.

I never mix the dry salt mix from the two containers, just mix them in the water. The main reason I don't mix it dry is that I might change the ratio based on if I need more calc or alk. But I also find it stores amd mixes better if you mix them in water. Mix the one with the higher alk first, then add the other.

[Mr Cob]

good info

[zerreissen]

"My tank is home to many unique creatures, but by far the star of show is my 24’ long x 16” wide Derasa clam"

Wow, that's a huge clam!!

[ErikH]

Great read and what a wave!