What salt are you using? (PLUS Recent Salt Study)

[irishrose302]

I used to use Bio Sea but switched to IO just before I moved. Honestly saw no difference except the $ amount paid. All my levels tested out pretty much the same.

 

[shred5]

I am moving from read sea to a free bag of tunze salt I got.... I got to say the two small buckets of red sea salt always had brown residue on the bottom of the bucket if I let it settle a few days. I would love to know what it is.. I heard since it is dried natural sea salt it is just impurites for the ocean and drying proccess... Kind of scares me a little if this is true. But my results were pretty positive. I do have one more small bucket to use up but I really want to test out the new tunze salt.


Dave

 

[Azurel]

Ok now I am using a Oceanic and Instant Ocean MIX!

Hopefully you don't get the brown algae crap I got when I used Oceanic.....I liked the high calcium but the really low alk was a pain too....

 

[Azurel]

I am thinking about going back to Reef Crystals since there is only one place that carries the Red Sea Pro and they have had a hard time it seems getting it back in....

 

[Stixbaraca]

You guys ever hear of or use "Get Tanked 2 part Organic Sea Salt"?

I have been using it for a little while now, and it it awesome. The guy that makes it is semi-local, and a lot of people around here have been switching, and liking what they see from using it

 

[saltwaternewb]

I just set my tank up in March and started it with SeaChem Reef but since I dont have any live stock yet it is hard to make a judgment. I will stay with the SeaChem for now until I get some corals in the tank and see how everything does.

 

[BibleSue]

I started out with Tropic Marin & have stuck with it. It works for me.

 

[ReefArtist]

I use reef crystals and feel it's a good price at this point. To keep my parameters in check for my "change water" I always check the levels and adjust accordingly. A normal adjustment of course is the calcium. I’m not convinced that the Instant Ocean and Reef Crystals are not one in the same these days – different name same contents more money. I’ve found my calcium as low as 300 before (the complete bucket) but I still haven’t switched to another type. If I would switch it would be with Tropic Marin’s Pro Reef. I’ve calculated it out and it ends up being only about 10 bucks more per large container (after adding all the other chemicals to get RCrystals in check), but only when its on sale. So unless the manufacturer of Reef Crystals gets their act together I might switch. I must add that I’ve used Reef Crystals for years without problems but for the last 6 months + their salt has gone downhill – MHO.

 

[Stixbaraca]

I just started using this organic 2 part salt from "Get Tanked" Not bad so far!


http://www.gettankedaquariums.com/i...cial.Sea.Salt.2.Part.Gallon.Mix.Main.Page.htm

 

[rudylbj]

Hopefully you don't get the brown algae crap I got when I used Oceanic.....I liked the high calcium but the really low alk was a pain too....

I had the same problem with Oceanic--after a week of using it I had brown diatoms on everything and it took me a couple of months of new salt mix and water changes to get rid of it, what is up with that? I am now using natural saltwater and so far everything is doing great, never seen better growth and polyp extension and my corals never close up when doing water changes.

 

[tbaquatics]

For my business I use Reef Crystals. For personal tanks I actually am trying the Red Sea Pro stuff.

 

[ZOABOY]

Crystal sea marine...

 

[mofrags]

I was using reef crystals, but no more the last batch only had a calcium level of 200 ppm. the product went to crap. looking for something new.

 

[ofblong]

I started my tank up with what little IO I had left in a bucket I had from 2 years ago (yes it was still sand like and not hard). But I just bought a bucket of coralife based on a thread I started on MR's.

 

[ReefDoctor]

I use Reef Crystals

 

[Mr. Prototype]

I get the 5gal bucket of instant ocean.

 

[R34dawn]

I use the bucket of Coralife because the amount of mg. seems to be the hardest for me to maintain, plus it comes with a really descent shirt....lol

 

[Chris2222000]

I just did my first water change with D&D H2Ocean after using Oceanic for the longest time. Keeping fingers crossed...

-Chris

 

[CoralGeeks]

Ive always used Coralife salt, switched IO for a little cause it was all that was available in a pinch, soon after red slime appeared. Switched back to coralife, it went away. Bought more IO from fosters n smith cause it was cheap, low and behold, red slime showed up again, switched back, and it went away. I'll stick to Coralife from now on, lol.

 

[oceanparadise1]

Instant ocean and i have not had any problems yet knock on wood LOL