Red Sea Salt ( Good or bad)
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buzz
Active Member
Have you ever used Red Sea Salt Elvis?
I haven't, but in reading the specs, it doesn't sound so bad to me...
http://www.redseafish.com/Products/C...reef_salt.html
Personally, I used Kent Sea Salt in setting up my most recent tank...
I haven't, but in reading the specs, it doesn't sound so bad to me...
http://www.redseafish.com/Products/C...reef_salt.html
Personally, I used Kent Sea Salt in setting up my most recent tank...
broomer5
Active Member
Selecting and using a particular brand of saltmix is one of those "who's going to buy it and use it - then turn around and say it's a bad saltmix" ....... sorta things.
Same with most everything we BUY. We bought it - so most of the time we then turn around and say how great it is.
Doing anything else but that would open us up to look foolish to our friends and peers. Hey man - look at this crappy piece junk I just bought !!!! It only cost $300.00 and it's junk !
Ain't gunna happen.
I've bought A LOT of crappy stuff for my tanks - not ashamed of it - just sorta stinks thinking of the wasted money.
SO .............. back to the topic at hand.
I've never used Red Sea Saltmix.
Instant Ocean or Reef Crystals are it for me.
Mostly IO
Here's a good article for those of you that may not have seen it.
For those of you that have - sorry for "repeating"
Pretty decent comparison on various major saltmixes.
Now ... please excuse me while I go install my new Skilter250
and Lee's protein skimmer Saltmixes
Same with most everything we BUY. We bought it - so most of the time we then turn around and say how great it is.
Doing anything else but that would open us up to look foolish to our friends and peers. Hey man - look at this crappy piece junk I just bought !!!! It only cost $300.00 and it's junk !
Ain't gunna happen.
I've bought A LOT of crappy stuff for my tanks - not ashamed of it - just sorta stinks thinking of the wasted money.
SO .............. back to the topic at hand.
I've never used Red Sea Saltmix.
Instant Ocean or Reef Crystals are it for me.
Mostly IO
Here's a good article for those of you that may not have seen it.
For those of you that have - sorry for "repeating"
Pretty decent comparison on various major saltmixes.
Now ... please excuse me while I go install my new Skilter250
and Lee's protein skimmer Saltmixes
buzz
Active Member
All is good Elvis.....my point on that was just not to be too quick to discount a product that you aren't really familiar with. If you have experience with a product, and find it works well for you, absolutely keep using it. But there are a lot of good products out there that other people have had good experiences with too.
I know nothing about Red Sea Salt, except what I just read. On my first tank, I bought actual Catalina ocean water, so no salt mix there. On my new tank, I used Kent, but that is the extent of my salt experience.
Broomer - Nice site! Very useful information.
...my point on that was just not to be too quick to discount a product that you aren't really familiar with. If you have experience with a product, and find it works well for you, absolutely keep using it. But there are a lot of good products out there that other people have had good experiences with too.I know nothing about Red Sea Salt, except what I just read. On my first tank, I bought actual Catalina ocean water, so no salt mix there. On my new tank, I used Kent, but that is the extent of my salt experience.
Broomer - Nice site! Very useful information.
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alti
Guest
DO NOT GET THE RED SEA SALT ON SALE AT *****. i had a terrible experience with that crap. the salt does not seem to be mixed very well. some batches would require me to mix 1 cup per 2 gal of water and some batches needed 1 cup for 4 gal of water and some needed 1 cup for 1 gal of water. i also had a terrible diatom bloom in my tank when i used it. do yourself a favor and get the instant ocean instead.
radioactive
Member
I used Instant Ocean Mix . Have never had the chance to use Red Sea. Has anyone ever heard of Deep Ocean Reef Crystals ( It is also a salt mix ) . I am setting up a 180g , and can get this 300lbs for 70.00 .
Broomer any advice please ?
Broomer any advice please ?
javatech
Member
i got them there when they were $24 each back in june and i used it to start my tank up and my cycle only took 4 weeks and i had NO diatom bloom at all in my tank and and just a bit of green hair
but that came in with some live rock and it has not spread at all. IMO it works fine and i have not had a problem with mixing it i do use RO/DI. give it a try if you don't like it switch back to IO
but that came in with some live rock and it has not spread at all. IMO it works fine and i have not had a problem with mixing it i do use RO/DI. give it a try if you don't like it switch back to IO
broomer5
Active Member
radioactive
If I was setting up a 180 gallon tank - I know I would be looking at ways to save money.
But choosing a "new" saltmix - one that I never had any personal experience with - and filling the 180 with it - would be a pretty frightening experience.
I'd look at other places to save money.
Saltmix and good quality RO or RO/DI water would be two places I would not skimp. No way.
I'd even go as far as saying - I would prolong the set up until I could "afford" these two items.
Instant Ocean and RO/DI water.
Then ........ I would "KNOW" what to expect - and not sit back and wonder " Gee I hope this new salt I picked is good stuff mixed with my tapwater"
What if it sucks ?
Ya know
If I was setting up a 180 gallon tank - I know I would be looking at ways to save money.
But choosing a "new" saltmix - one that I never had any personal experience with - and filling the 180 with it - would be a pretty frightening experience.
I'd look at other places to save money.
Saltmix and good quality RO or RO/DI water would be two places I would not skimp. No way.
I'd even go as far as saying - I would prolong the set up until I could "afford" these two items.
Instant Ocean and RO/DI water.
Then ........ I would "KNOW" what to expect - and not sit back and wonder " Gee I hope this new salt I picked is good stuff mixed with my tapwater"
What if it sucks ?
Ya know
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alti
Guest
you seem to be giving alot of advice for a person who was just cycling their tank and asking what the little shrimpy things were a few weeks ago.
robb
Member
Originally posted by radioactive
Has anyone ever heard of Deep Ocean Reef Crystals ( It is also a salt mix ) . I am setting up a 180g , and can get this 300lbs for 70.00 .
Broomer any advice please ?
I use Deep Ocean Premium Reef Formula in my tanks and have never had any problems. I used Instant Ocean years ago on my first salt tank. When I started my 90g 3 years ago all they had in stock was Deep Ocean salt. I have used it ever since.
entice59
Active Member
i used to use instant ocean but when i wanted to get another bag from a wholesale fair, the kent marine guy talked me into getting the kent sea salt mix by saying how much better it is then instant ocean and costing only 10 bucks (same as instant ocean) http://kentmarine.com/saltwaterseasalt.html
doesnt seem like any of you guys are using it though...
doesnt seem like any of you guys are using it though...
jhead
Member
I bought a new tank and it came with Kent salt. Nothing that I can say bad about the mineral content or mixing, but the smell drove me nuts, it might just be my sniffer. I could smell it before I could see it. I drained the tank and went out and got IO. Not sure what the difference is but it's noticable to me.