opinions on oceanic salt

[gmneil]

i just picked up a bucket of oceanic salt anyone have any opinions about it? i normaly use IO salt but i liked the higher calciun in the oceanic did i make a good choice?

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

does your aquarium need a boost in calcium (proportianal to alkalinity)? If so, you probably made a good choice.
Many people mix IO and Oceanic salts into a 'custom blend' and have had good results- I'm one of them.
There's no well known record of problems when switching between IO and Oceanic.

 

[gmneil]

thanks, and yeah my alk was 13.01 and my calcium was only 370 so i needed to boost it a little to get where i needed to be so i figured the switch would help but i have always used IO salt so i was a little worried about the switch..

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

this online calculator gives a list of possibilities to use for boosting Ca

http://home.comcast.net/~jdieck1/chem_calc3.html

 

[benzc01]

I think Kent kicks a$$, I've used them all and they don't compare to Kent