Whilst having a look online for some salt a thought crossed my mind as we all know anything marine related has an increased cost. I came across a company selling red sea salt direct from the Rea Sea from my understanding which at best is basic, each crystal contains 45 trace elements with only foundation elements needing to be topped up to make it suitable for our reefs after looking at red sea salt they also harvest their salt from the red sea and add trace elements, considering the sheer scale required to harvest so much salt from the ocean I can't see there being many companies actually doing the harvesting.
Am I completely bonkers to think that this may work or is it possible? I was thinking of buying some and making a batch up testing the sample and then adjusting to the needed values and then to send a sample of for an ICP to see just exactly what is in.
At the moment from what I can see the cheapest red sea coral pro salt works out at about £2.72 per kg where as this is only £1 kg or even less if buying in bulk! and foundation elements wouldn't be much.
Just wondering has anyone tried this in the past or know of anyone who has?
Btw I am happy to just keep buying the salt as I do but just wondering.
Am I completely bonkers to think that this may work or is it possible? I was thinking of buying some and making a batch up testing the sample and then adjusting to the needed values and then to send a sample of for an ICP to see just exactly what is in.
At the moment from what I can see the cheapest red sea coral pro salt works out at about £2.72 per kg where as this is only £1 kg or even less if buying in bulk! and foundation elements wouldn't be much.
Just wondering has anyone tried this in the past or know of anyone who has?
Btw I am happy to just keep buying the salt as I do but just wondering.