Where do you get your salt from and what kind do you use?

[egill]

Was curious as to where people purchase their salt from. I checked here at saltwaterfish.com and see they don't have any for sale so I hope this is ok to talk about. I just purchased (2) Reef Crystals Salt - REEF CRYSTALS SALT 200 GALLON (BOX) off amazon for $110 shipped. LFS sells it for $59.99 plus tax so I saved about $15.
Where do you get yours from and what kind do you use??
Mods: apologize if this is not allowed.

 

[cranberry]

I use Teco.

 

[meowzer]

I buy instant ocean in the 200G box for $39.99 online
Standard shipping is $11.99
I usually order with other stuff so that makes it even better....

 

[darthtang aw]

I use Morton salt and get it from the local supermarket...usually costs me about 5 dollars for 3 containers....lasts a year....

 

[flower]

Oceanic...pet store by the 5g bucket..$74.00, Makes 200 gallons...stays nice and dry. I never had hard clumps. I can use the empty buckets for fish only...it has saltwater fish all over it, so it is very distinct for fish only buckets.

 

[meowzer]

Originally Posted by Flower
http:///forum/post/3131156

Oceanic...pet store by the 5g bucket..$74.00, Makes 200 gallons...stays nice and dry. I never had hard clumps. I can use the empty buckets for fish only...it has saltwater fish all over it, so it is very distinct for fish only buckets.
$74

I get the 200G box for $39.99...it comes with 4 individual 50G bags...I open one at a time

 

[salt210]

the last 5g bucket of instant ocean that I bought cost $55 from one of the big chain stores
and that says it is for 160g

 

[miaheatlvr]

I walk 100ft to the OCEAN.. never ending supply and I hear its almost as good as Instant Ocean!

The real only way to keep goniopora's of any sort alive "long term".

 

[flower]

Originally Posted by meowzer
http:///forum/post/3131175
$74

I get the 200G box for $39.99...it comes with 4 individual 50G bags...I open one at a time

not around here by me....I paid $85.00 at another store. So I thought $74.00 was a bargin.. LOL...Is yours the Oceanic brand?

 

[salt210]

Originally Posted by meowzer
http:///forum/post/3131027
I buy instant ocean in the 200G box for $39.99 online
Standard shipping is $11.99
I usually order with other stuff so that makes it even better....
just found it for 39.99 plus 9.99 shipping

 

[flower]

Originally Posted by MiaHeatLvr
http:///forum/post/3131183
I walk 100ft to the OCEAN.. never ending supply and I hear its almost as good as Instant Ocean!

The real only way to keep goniopora's of any sort alive "long term".

I would be jealous, but then I remember..hurricanes, typhoons....In the end my brand is easier and cheaper to live with.
I will still be a little jealous over the goniopora however...

 

[beth]

No mention of stores here pleaz, but online vendors can usually offer a better deal than the LFS, even with added expense of shipping heavy freight.

 

[egill]

Originally Posted by Beth
http:///forum/post/3131313
No mention of stores here pleaz, but online vendors can usually offer a better deal than the LFS, even with added expense of shipping heavy freight.

Sorry bout that. Only reason I asked is because Saltwaterfish.com didn't offer it for sale.

 

[fishtaco]

Originally Posted by Darthtang AW
http:///forum/post/3131030
I use Morton salt and get it from the local supermarket...usually costs me about 5 dollars for 3 containers....lasts a year....
So funny, the first night we set up our tank my wife tested the salt to see if it had any mixed drink potential. LOL Oh yeah, I was using a crappy off-brand that was cheap, now am using instant ocean and will try reef crystals for the next bag. Don't want my tanks getting used to any kind of routine.

 

[aquaknight]

I don't think I've used the same brand of salt more then 3 times in a row, but on Coralife buckets at the moment (trying to collect all the fish t-shirts

).... LFS bought. Really like that they come in 3 bags in the bucket, opposed to IO/R.C just being dumped in the bucket.

 

[egill]

Originally Posted by AquaKnight
http:///forum/post/3131497
I don't think I've used the same brand of salt more then 3 times in a row, but on Coralife buckets at the moment (trying to collect all the fish t-shirts

).... LFS bought. Really like that they come in 3 bags in the bucket, opposed to IO/R.C just being dumped in the bucket.

that would be nice to have it in bags instead of he bucket. The first bucket I bought had a free towel in it. Wife laughed at me as I emptied the pucket into another just to find it, lol

 

[meowzer]

The IO 200G box comes with 4 50G bags

 

[cranberry]

Nothing beats the Teco bucket. You press this really easy lever and it twists off so easily. It has an O ring seal to keep the moisture out... better than my hammer method to open and close the others.
I haven't bought salt in a long time. I'm amazed at how expensive it has gotten.

 

[reefraff]

One of the large online vendors did have it with a flat shipping charge of like 9.99 or 14.99 for as many buckets as you like. If you get a few people together and order like 10 buckets at a shot it's a screaming deal. It's been a few years since I ordered so I am not sure if that is still the way they do it. I had a guy send me a pallet of salt to pass around to people to try out to help him expand his customer base. Sometimes the grim reefer thing pays off

I held back a few boxes of that stuff (ocean Pure) and had really good luck with it but my supply is about gone. Guess I will find out if the shipping deal is still there when I set up the new 120.