Red Sea Salt - Mixing Blue + Black Buckets

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I mix 2 parts blue bucket and 1 part reef crystals. Because I had reef crystals and wanted to use it, and now I like the little extra kick of trace it has. Not to mention it saves a couple bucks.
 

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This is basically what D+D H2Ocean is. It is made in the same factory with parameters right in the middle of the two Red Sea salts.
 

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I do 50% blue and 50% black at 1.026 salinity. I have a calcium reactor.
When I measure my tank the next day I get, cal = about 430 mag = about 1400 Alk runs around 9dkh
 

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I do 50% blue and 50% black at 1.026 salinity. I have a calcium reactor.
When I measure my tank the next day I get, cal = about 430 mag = about 1400 Alk runs around 9dkh
Do you still doing the 50 % - 50% salt mix?
I was thinking to start doing the same.
Good coral success doing that way.
Please let me know. Thanks
 

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Has anyone been mixing the Red Sea Salt and the Coral Pro salt? If so what mixture do you do and what parameters do you get?
Why?

Fair enough if you want to get rid of an old bucket of Coral Pro.

If you want to boost the major elements of Blue Bucket there are cheaper ways to do it.
 

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FWIW, the OP has not been on in months, but I agree.

That said, mixing any salt mixes is typically fine and the parameters that result (except ORP and pH) will just be a weighted mathematical average of the two that are used (as I am sure you know, but other readers may not). :)
 

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