Making your own synthetic reef salt?

[snakeblitz33]

Hello all!
I just found a post by a user named chaynes73 on another forum (thereeftank) and in a 6-29-11 post he posted a formula to make your own synthetic sea salt... I just thought I would share.
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"Put a wilted Kenya Tree coral in the tank a couple days ago and it is perking up more and more every day. Also put some Xenia that was growing in an off place from one of my other tanks in that was looking wilted.Once these perk up and grow I will try some SPS frags from the bargain bin.
The below recipe is for 50 gallons of water. You would need to multiply or divided it for smaller or larger quantities.
7 lbs - 14 cups Sodium Chloride (Morton's High Purity Swimming Pool Salt - Could also use Water Softener Salt). 68%
1.5 lbs - 3 cups Magnesium Chloride (Ice Melter) 15% ---> I used Kent Magnesium M
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1 lbs - 2 cups Magnesium Sulfate (Epsom Salt) 10% ----
.4 lbs - 12.8 tablespoons Calcium Chloride (Ice Melter, There are other sources) 4% ---> I used Kent Calcium follow directions on bottle
.2 lbs - 6.4 tablespoons Potassium Chloride (Water Softener available at HD) 2% ---> Kent Strotium has this follow directions on bottle
.05 lbs - 4.8 teaspoons Sodium Bicarbonate (Baking Soda) .5%
5ml as directed on bottle - Strontium (Kent Marine, etc.) Used above for KCL
Kent Marine Essential Elements - As directed on bottle for your volume of water. I did not use as was new tank with aragonite sand where I know I picked up the trace elements here as well as Calcium carbonate."
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if you make large batches of saltwater at a time, this might be something to look in to!

 

[geoj]

Once upon a time, there was only ocean water filled Barrels. If you lived in a land locked state there was no way to keep a saltwater tank. Then came the idea of mixing your own salt and at first it was horrible. Most people that tried killed their tanks. Resolving the salt-mix dilemma has raised some chemists too have cult followings on other web boards. So thanks to them all we have to do is buy a bag and add water.

 

[snakeblitz33]

Lol.
I dunno. It makes some sense. If you know your chemistry pretty well and you know how to measure out substances accurately and you get it close to natural salt levels, i dont see the harm in trying. I mean, why leave it all up to big name brands to produce salt mixes, eh?