Best salt
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keebler
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Originally Posted by shista
http:///forum/post/2800471
Does anybody know what is the best salt and best test kit????
Much debate. Really, if you have a good water source, you can get away with almost any tye of salt. I dislike instantocean and I use coralife because it has great availability. Reef crystals is
. Just wait a bit and you'll get a million opinions.
http:///forum/post/2800471
Does anybody know what is the best salt and best test kit????
Much debate. Really, if you have a good water source, you can get away with almost any tye of salt. I dislike instantocean and I use coralife because it has great availability. Reef crystals is
jerryatrick
Active Member
Test kit - Salifert
Salt - Tropic Marine Pro Reef
I use Oceanic Salt mix for my DT and have had great success. I started a 10 gallon frag tank and tried tropic marine pro reef. Very expensive salt but by far is the best when it comes to balanced water parameters.
Salt - Tropic Marine Pro Reef
I use Oceanic Salt mix for my DT and have had great success. I started a 10 gallon frag tank and tried tropic marine pro reef. Very expensive salt but by far is the best when it comes to balanced water parameters.
frogdog
Member
Originally Posted by Keebler
http:///forum/post/2800484
Much debate. Really, if you have a good water source, you can get away with almost any tye of salt. I dislike instantocean and I use coralife because it has great availability. Reef crystals is
. Just wait a bit and you'll get a million opinions.
why do you dislike instant ocean salt?
http:///forum/post/2800484
Much debate. Really, if you have a good water source, you can get away with almost any tye of salt. I dislike instantocean and I use coralife because it has great availability. Reef crystals is
why do you dislike instant ocean salt?
keebler
Member
Originally Posted by frogdog
http:///forum/post/2800508
why do you dislike instant ocean salt?
I used to use it and I got a really bad batch more than once. Make sure to test your saltwater before you add it to the tank!!! I also don't like api test kits. They make some good freshwater ones, but they are dubbed inacurate when tested against professional equipment. Salifert +2
http:///forum/post/2800508
why do you dislike instant ocean salt?
I used to use it and I got a really bad batch more than once. Make sure to test your saltwater before you add it to the tank!!! I also don't like api test kits. They make some good freshwater ones, but they are dubbed inacurate when tested against professional equipment. Salifert +2
addicted4life
New Member
I started with instant ocean. Then thought about why they would make reef crystals. Then I assumed instant ocean was prob a good salt for a fish only tank. Reef crystals for the reef tank, until I heard about all the reef crystal batch problems. Calcium reading all over the chart, etc..
I went German and never turned back.
Tropic Marin is my salt of choice, especially with the hugh 300 gallon bag they sell along with the price break you get from the big bag.
I went German and never turned back.
Tropic Marin is my salt of choice, especially with the hugh 300 gallon bag they sell along with the price break you get from the big bag.
girlina4x4
Member
I use Oceanic on my FOWLR, works great for me
mr_x
Active Member
tropic marin pro reef is supposed to be the best salt. it's way too expensive for me. i like oceanic.
oceanic has given me much better results than reef crystals, and i don't have to dose anything. i also would get a brown slime while mixing reef crystals and instant ocean. i don't get any brown residue with oceanic. you can open a can of both and sit them side by side and see the difference.
instant ocean is good for a fish only tank, but for a reef, you'll have to dose too many things.
salifert makes good test kits.
oceanic has given me much better results than reef crystals, and i don't have to dose anything. i also would get a brown slime while mixing reef crystals and instant ocean. i don't get any brown residue with oceanic. you can open a can of both and sit them side by side and see the difference.
instant ocean is good for a fish only tank, but for a reef, you'll have to dose too many things.
salifert makes good test kits.
aztec reef
Active Member
I've used io since day one,its cheap and it works.
I tried using reef crystals, and it was a little better but not enough to justify the price difference nor the need to change .
Plus I never alter my newly-mixed saltwater .
What's the point in buying bionic saltmixes, if you're going to mess with its chemistry anyways?
I tried using reef crystals, and it was a little better but not enough to justify the price difference nor the need to change .
Plus I never alter my newly-mixed saltwater .
What's the point in buying bionic saltmixes, if you're going to mess with its chemistry anyways?
keebler
Member
Originally Posted by Aztec Reef
http:///forum/post/2800704
I've used io since day one,its cheap and it works.
I tried using reef crystals, and it was a little better but not enough to justify the price difference nor the need to change .
Plus I never alter my newly-mixed saltwater .
What's the point in buying bionic saltmixes, if you're going to mess with its chemistry anyways?
Yeah, salt is something you should decide on a stick with imo. You can't get curious and make a salt switch all of the sudden.
http:///forum/post/2800704
I've used io since day one,its cheap and it works.
I tried using reef crystals, and it was a little better but not enough to justify the price difference nor the need to change .
Plus I never alter my newly-mixed saltwater .
What's the point in buying bionic saltmixes, if you're going to mess with its chemistry anyways?
Yeah, salt is something you should decide on a stick with imo. You can't get curious and make a salt switch all of the sudden.
noah's nemo
Member
I've used Oceanic from the start.No complaints.
aztec reef
Active Member
Originally Posted by Mr_X
http:///forum/post/2800735
i don't mess with the chemistry. that's my point. oceanic, and i add nothing. no supplements, no trace elements, nada.
So you're saying that u don't have to add a 2part additive/kalkwasser or The use of calcium reactor to mantain proper cal/alk or the occasional buffering
intervals ?
That's the only interventions by me. I could care less about extra elements.
I get that via feeding.
http:///forum/post/2800735
i don't mess with the chemistry. that's my point. oceanic, and i add nothing. no supplements, no trace elements, nada.
So you're saying that u don't have to add a 2part additive/kalkwasser or The use of calcium reactor to mantain proper cal/alk or the occasional buffering
intervals ?
That's the only interventions by me. I could care less about extra elements.
I get that via feeding.
addicted4life
New Member
Originally Posted by Aztec Reef
http:///forum/post/2800807
So you're saying that u don't have to add a 2part additive/kalkwasser or The use of calcium reactor to mantain proper cal/alk or the occasional buffering
intervals ?
That's the only interventions by me. I could care less about extra elements.
I get that via feeding.
All salts are far from equal with the levels of each of the many elements each salt contains. Someone tested all the various salts and posted results at --.
http:///forum/post/2800807
So you're saying that u don't have to add a 2part additive/kalkwasser or The use of calcium reactor to mantain proper cal/alk or the occasional buffering
intervals ?
That's the only interventions by me. I could care less about extra elements.
I get that via feeding.
All salts are far from equal with the levels of each of the many elements each salt contains. Someone tested all the various salts and posted results at --.
keebler
Member
Originally Posted by addicted4life
http:///forum/post/2800835
All salts are far from equal with the levels of each of the many elements each salt contains. Someone tested all the various salts and posted results at --.
I saw that, but they only tested one batch of each and I don't think that their results should be used. If you really wanted to do that, you would have to buy at least 3 batches of each type of salt and compare.
http:///forum/post/2800835
All salts are far from equal with the levels of each of the many elements each salt contains. Someone tested all the various salts and posted results at --.
I saw that, but they only tested one batch of each and I don't think that their results should be used. If you really wanted to do that, you would have to buy at least 3 batches of each type of salt and compare.
mr_x
Active Member
Originally Posted by Aztec Reef
http:///forum/post/2800807
So you're saying that u don't have to add a 2part additive/kalkwasser or The use of calcium reactor to mantain proper cal/alk or the occasional buffering
intervals ?
That's the only interventions by me. I could care less about extra elements.
I get that via feeding.
correct. i don't add anything. at the end of the week(i do weekly waterchanges), my calcium is still up.
http:///forum/post/2800807
So you're saying that u don't have to add a 2part additive/kalkwasser or The use of calcium reactor to mantain proper cal/alk or the occasional buffering
intervals ?
That's the only interventions by me. I could care less about extra elements.
I get that via feeding.
correct. i don't add anything. at the end of the week(i do weekly waterchanges), my calcium is still up.
aztec reef
Active Member
Originally Posted by addicted4life
http:///forum/post/2800835
All salts are far from equal with the levels of each of the many elements each salt contains. Someone tested all the various salts and posted results at --.
Sure we expect new salt brands to give u more elements/chemicals and what not.
That doesn't guarantee anything. Nor does the "superior" salts give u stable cal/alk/magnesium levels. Without the use of 2part additives ect.
IO has every major,minor and trace elements needed by ALL marine organisms. (Including. The most delicates species)
In the other hand, reef crystals and others contain elements in Greater concentration than those found in Natural oceans......
Why would I want that?
That's like adding a ton of reef suplements..
Elements. are always being added via foodstuffs, water changes,buffers,ect
Finding the perfect "salt mix" is like going on a wild gooze
Chase.
Everytime I visit the lfs, I see a new fancy bag of salt brand. I wonder what's next?
I remember. A decade ago when all supplements were ideal for reefs.(According to lfs).
Little did we know , all of this supplements were already present in saltmixes & foods.
IO has been around for decades....hopefully it won't get discontinued due to the large hosts of new saltmixes.
http:///forum/post/2800835
All salts are far from equal with the levels of each of the many elements each salt contains. Someone tested all the various salts and posted results at --.
Sure we expect new salt brands to give u more elements/chemicals and what not.
That doesn't guarantee anything. Nor does the "superior" salts give u stable cal/alk/magnesium levels. Without the use of 2part additives ect.
IO has every major,minor and trace elements needed by ALL marine organisms. (Including. The most delicates species)
In the other hand, reef crystals and others contain elements in Greater concentration than those found in Natural oceans......
Why would I want that?
That's like adding a ton of reef suplements..
Elements. are always being added via foodstuffs, water changes,buffers,ect
Finding the perfect "salt mix" is like going on a wild gooze
Chase.
Everytime I visit the lfs, I see a new fancy bag of salt brand. I wonder what's next?
I remember. A decade ago when all supplements were ideal for reefs.(According to lfs).
Little did we know , all of this supplements were already present in saltmixes & foods.
IO has been around for decades....hopefully it won't get discontinued due to the large hosts of new saltmixes.