Swtiching back to TMCP Salt from Red Sea Coral Pro

mmotown · 10/21/2007, 06:51 PM

When I first started out in this hobby I had good success with TMCP. As I matured in this hobby and followed the various band wagons I switched to RSCP. I must admit I did jump on some band wagons from reading too much on RC. I got away from the basics. The bascis are what I started out with and had good success. I ran into problems with ALK etc but now that I have that corrected I want to go back to the beginning. Beofore I switch back to TMCP salt, I wanted to know what your thoughts are about each salt. I appreciate your feed back

tylorarm · 10/22/2007, 02:09 PM

I had one person in the business tell me that TM Pro and Red Sea Coral Pro were the same. No idea if this is true or not. I personally have a 2 buckets of TM Pro and 6 buckets of RSCP in my gararge and find the initial metrics of the RSCP needed less supplementation than the TM Pro in terms of dKH and mg. Both have good Ca levels and don't need supplementation.

stony_corals · 10/22/2007, 02:23 PM

I haven't had any problems with RSCP...

Canarygirl · 10/22/2007, 02:23 PM

I've had a couple of observations about RSCP (I have never used Tropic Marin):

One time when I did a water change with RSCP my corals slimed. This was alarming and I bought a different salt immediately afterwards.

After a few months I ran out of the other salt and did 1 water change with the RSCP. After 2 days I had an algae bloom. I also used RSCP in my QT tank, and had an algae bloom in there (hair algae growing on the walls). I haven't had that experience with a QT tank before, while using other salts.

Maybe these two events can be explained in other ways, but one other RSCP former user said that he believed that algae spores were not adequately removed from the RSCP salt. Anecdotes, I know, but that's all I can offer.

Nanook · 10/22/2007, 05:00 PM

This thread has been moved to the current forum.

hyperfocal · 10/22/2007, 06:12 PM

With any change, it is wise to ask "What problem am I trying to solve?" If you can't answer that question, and subsequently answer why the proposed change will *fix* that problem, it's probably a bad plan.

It's my opinion that changing salt on whim is a Bad Idea(tm). It doesn't matter what salt one is changing from, or to -- the change itself is a bad idea that will lead to problems (or perhaps, the desire to perform a change is concurrent with other husbandry issues that lead to problems? Any reefer Psych students need a thesis topic?

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10/21/2007, 06:51 PM	#1
mmotown Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Dallas TX Posts: 1,520	Swtiching back to TMCP Salt from Red Sea Coral Pro When I first started out in this hobby I had good success with TMCP. As I matured in this hobby and followed the various band wagons I switched to RSCP. I must admit I did jump on some band wagons from reading too much on RC. I got away from the basics. The bascis are what I started out with and had good success. I ran into problems with ALK etc but now that I have that corrected I want to go back to the beginning. Beofore I switch back to TMCP salt, I wanted to know what your thoughts are about each salt. I appreciate your feed back

10/22/2007, 05:00 PM	#5
Nanook Ancient Eskimo Legend Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Saint Louis, MO Posts: 41,852 Blog Entries: 11	This thread has been moved to the current forum. __________________ The wind blew, the chit flew, and then they came two by two. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Current Tank Info: 375g Tanganyikan Tank & 470g mixed reef

10/22/2007, 06:12 PM	#6
hyperfocal Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Edge of oblivion Posts: 1,708	With any change, it is wise to ask "What problem am I trying to solve?" If you can't answer that question, and subsequently answer why the proposed change will fix that problem, it's probably a bad plan. It's my opinion that changing salt on whim is a Bad Idea(tm). It doesn't matter what salt one is changing from, or to -- the change itself is a bad idea that will lead to problems (or perhaps, the desire to perform a change is concurrent with other husbandry issues that lead to problems? Any reefer Psych students need a thesis topic? ) __________________ "Froth at the top, dregs at bottom, but the middle excellent." -- Voltaire Current Tank Info: getting back into the hobby

10/22/2007, 02:09 PM	#2
tylorarm Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 759	I had one person in the business tell me that TM Pro and Red Sea Coral Pro were the same. No idea if this is true or not. I personally have a 2 buckets of TM Pro and 6 buckets of RSCP in my gararge and find the initial metrics of the RSCP needed less supplementation than the TM Pro in terms of dKH and mg. Both have good Ca levels and don't need supplementation.

10/22/2007, 02:23 PM	#3
stony_corals Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,323	I haven't had any problems with RSCP...

10/22/2007, 02:23 PM	#4
Canarygirl Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 1,789	I've had a couple of observations about RSCP (I have never used Tropic Marin): One time when I did a water change with RSCP my corals slimed. This was alarming and I bought a different salt immediately afterwards. After a few months I ran out of the other salt and did 1 water change with the RSCP. After 2 days I had an algae bloom. I also used RSCP in my QT tank, and had an algae bloom in there (hair algae growing on the walls). I haven't had that experience with a QT tank before, while using other salts. Maybe these two events can be explained in other ways, but one other RSCP former user said that he believed that algae spores were not adequately removed from the RSCP salt. Anecdotes, I know, but that's all I can offer.