I am impressed!!!

[psykobowler]

It's hard to argue with someone who thinks synthetic salt is better than real ocean water. All the livestock in that red sea max originated in the sea. All the salt mixes are attempting to replicate ocean water. I absolutely agree that contamination is possible during transport of nsw but I have not heard of anyone having negative effects with nsw. They do get uv or ozone treated. My least maintenance tank is a 9 gallon cube in my office. I change a gallon of seawater a week since there is an lfs selling seawater close by my office in the bay area. The corals are always healthy and more vibrant after a water change. I never needed dosing. I don't even know the salinity of the water. If nsw is cheap and transportation cost is not an issue I would use it in my 300 gallon and 150 gallon tank at home.

 

[tmz]

I would like to see them back up this claim with an independent lab test of their salt showing this accuracy. It sends up marketing hype warnings to me with claims like this.



David

Me too. They can't back that up. It's misleading in as much as it's used to imply their product is superior to others. There are several threads about it.
Another piece of Brightwell hype goes with a product claimed to dose kalk and magnesium together. That wont work since the magnesium will precipitate in the limewater.

 

[reefgeezer]

Yep. Some reefers have diferences with Brightwell's products and claims. However, I think it would be fair to say some reefers differ with many other manufacturer's who make unverifiable claims. We are equal opportunity "haters" of dubious claims.

I am under the impression that Brightwell product line resulted when certain personnel left Kent Products to form their own company. I sold and used Kent's product line for many years when I owned an LFS back in the day. I still think they produce quality products that do mostly what they claim.

I've always kind of assumed that Brightwell's products were just reformulated Kent stuff. I tried a few and found them to be more dilute (thus more expensive) than the Kent version. Because of the expense, I never used them long enough to form an opinion as to how well they worked. Now I don't use any additives so it doesn't make any difference. I do still use Kent's salt. The Kent salt really does completely dissolve and leaves nothing in the mixing bucket. It doesn't heat up either. Its numbers are not "spot on" NSW but don't claim to be. They are however very consistant (what I can measure) and IMO that's the key. I really think the NSW thing is over rated.

 

[d0ughb0y]

I like kent because they list the contents of their product. no secret ingredients.

I don't pre-judge or jump on any bandwagon just because someone just starts bashing a product or a person and it is fun to join in on the bashing. (that's what the other message boards do, but I have noticed RC has been going in that direction as well).

that is why I always buy the product to see for myself if it is good or not. I will try kent salt next.

 

[AquaReeferMan]

The only thing that impressed me with the Brightwell salt was the way it mixed up. It was very low in Ca and Mg when I was using it, as stated in the salt mixes sticky.
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1714505
Needless to say I went back to Tropic Marin Pro.

 

[kichimark]

For what it's worth I've using Brightwell salt because my favorite LFS (vividaquariums) uses it for their tanks including their display and if you've had the pleasure of seeing that tank in person you'd probably want to do whatever it is they're doing. ..

Hmmm they told me they use TM

 

[davidtsx]

I have been using Brightwell's salt for about a year now. Yeah it gets hot when mixing but I don't have any other issues with it. When I mix it to 1.025 I get a 430 cal, 8 Alk and 1300 mag. Before I was using RC and was having problems with numbers being off.

 

[bertoni]

The LFS probably uses whatever is in stock...