Oceanic Salt
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I use Coralife exclusively however its usually low in ALK. We test each 60 gallon batch but it usually needs about 2 tsp of Randy's part 1 per 5 gallons to bring the ALK up to 10 DKH.
I got some good advice yesterday. All salt has settling during the shipping process so it will not test consitant throughout the bucket. I was told turn it upside down and shake the best you can. Then sit it on its side and roll it back in forth. This will make your salt more consistant regardless of what brand you use.
Makes sense.
Makes sense.
Coralife makes this easy. Each bucket contains three individual resealable bags.
Shaking a bag would be much easier.
Working in lean driven manufacturing though, I could recommend a quick cost savings for their company. LOL.
Working in lean driven manufacturing though, I could recommend a quick cost savings for their company. LOL.
One other thing to add. Debating salts could go on forever, but based off the intial tests of the Oceanic, I cannot see why I would switch to a different brand. We will see what the long term effects are, but they would not be able to sell it if it was all that bad. I used Instant Ocean for years, and it was fine, but never really had the calcium I needed. I will say this, Oceanic is extremely soluable, dissolves very quickly and easily. That is nice.
Right now , my only consern is the phosphates, and we will see how that goes.
Right now , my only consern is the phosphates, and we will see how that goes.
logiktest
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Kinda like cigarettes huh. :lol:
Company's could and would sell their products it even if it was the most deplorable mixture on the face of the earth. Just think about how many bottles of "quality additives" are sold within our hobby daily... "The label on the bottle says its all good, so it must be good right?" ... and people spend good money on this junk.
The deciding factors for my salt choice was availability and price. Coralife and IO especially are easily accessible almost anywhere in the continental US. Locally I consistently find the best deal with Coralife so thats the salt I use.
If it is price and availability, DFS is tough to beat on Oceanic, Instant Ocean, Reef Crystal, or Coralife.
Speaking of that, I will be wanting to do a group buy on salt from DFS in the next 2 months. I am down to 1 1/2 buckets.
Cant beat dfs on a group buy, shipping is 17 bucks regardless of quantity. When spread it out over several buckets, and thier low cost, it is tough to beat.
Lon, when you put it that way, it makes perfect sense.
Logik, I am just saying, there are a lot of reefers out their that use all these brands and have success. It really just comes down to personal experience and although my experience with Oceanic is short, it has been positive. Until it goes negative, I will not be switching.
Speaking of that, I will be wanting to do a group buy on salt from DFS in the next 2 months. I am down to 1 1/2 buckets.
Cant beat dfs on a group buy, shipping is 17 bucks regardless of quantity. When spread it out over several buckets, and thier low cost, it is tough to beat.
Lon, when you put it that way, it makes perfect sense.
Logik, I am just saying, there are a lot of reefers out their that use all these brands and have success. It really just comes down to personal experience and although my experience with Oceanic is short, it has been positive. Until it goes negative, I will not be switching.
I definately have to keep this in mind, especially since I have 400 gallons of Oceanic Saltwater in my aquarium. :eek2:
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