Instant Ocean salt

[a2fire2i]

Does anyone know of a local (or close to local) place that I can get Instant Ocean salt for close to wholesale price? I can get a 160 gallon bucket for 32 bucks, but was looking to spend less as I am needing to buy quite a few buckets. Or maybe even the closest distributor of IO?

 

[kybreos]

well i dont know about wholesale pricing, you pretty much have to be a retailer to get that im guessing, But FAOIS has IO in what I believe are 200 gallon boxes for a good price. Thats where I get my IO. http://www.ichthythings.com/

 

[W Ellis]

If you find somewhere please lrt me know i will get a couple buckets myself.

 

[stevemc]

Where do you get it for 32? And who is cheaper? Let us know.

 

[cschweitzer]

What will save you money in the long run is getting Reef Crystals instead of Instant Ocean. Comes from the same company and costs a couple bucks more, but the amount of time and money you will spend bufferring with Mg, Ca, and alk will cost you more in the long run. Also, RC keeps the cyanno breaks to a minimum in comparison to it's fish only counterpart, IO. Eric Borneman just released qualitative results(pictures) from his salt test at MACNA. Using no buffers, just water changes and powerhead for flow, he is in the process of tallying the results, but the pictures show a lot. Go to www.marsh.org to find pictures of the results.

 

[poknsnok]

about how much are reef crystals?

 

[mflamb]

Rockin Reef has several boxes (3 50 gallon bags per box). I saw it last night at the party. Call Tom and ask.