Clam and lighting questions....?

[quote=“Cdangel0, post:19, topic:4535”]
FWIW I used a bucket of Tropic Marin last year and got ridiculous growth and better color than I get with RC, granted I don’t know if it was the salt or I was just doing my water changes and testing as frequently as I should have been. But I am giving credit to the salt - if it were cheaper I’d probably be using that full time.[/quote]

I know it is only slightly cheaper retail wise, but for what it is worth I noticed just about 0 difference in my tank when using Brightwell’s NeoMarine vs. Tropic Marin. I used to switch back and forth, 1 bucket of one then 1 bucket of the other and really didn’t see any difference in a tank packed with stony coral(or my softy tank either, but to be honest I wasn’t paying much attention to it at all) I do have to clean out my salt mixing brutes more often, but that isn’t a big deal me for the price difference I pay.

It would be interesting to see if you tried switching if you saw the same results as you did in the past with TMPro.

I just upgraded my salt to my first box of IO. I have been using MEI Crystal Sea rot gut the past 10 years. When i finish the 4 x 200 gallon mix boxes of IO, i can upgrade again to the 4 x 200 gallon boxes of IORC i have stacked up in the guest room . I don’t like to run out.