Salt for corals...

[Sgt Jonny Cat]

I am getting ready to add corals, and wanted to know which salt people recommend? Red Sea or Instant ocean?

Thanks everyone....

 

[Cherryred]

I use reef crystals��

 

[BowedFloor]

I've heard complaints about red sea not dissolving fully, and I've had this issue myself.

Personally I use reefers best ( http://www.korallen-zucht.de/en/sho...ers-best-coral-reef-salt-premium-quality.html ) and find it mixes up crystal clear very quickly.

Also with a claim like "Distinctive well-being of all tank inhabitants after water change" how can you go wrong!

 

[shesacharmer]

I use IO reef crystals.

 

[briankmarsh1980]

I like coral pro its a great salt I use to use it all the time.
That said I have been out of work since February and to save a few bucks I have been using reef crystals and honestly I havnt seen a difference in anything.

 

[Shanet]

Reef Crystals here too.

 

[xdestry]

i use red sea coral pro, never had a problem with it not dissolving. in fact it dissolves to be completely clear in less than 20 minutes for me whenever i mix it

 

[Siebo]

Salt for corals...

Red Sea (not coral pro) I carbon dose and the alk is to high in most other salts and u get burnt tips

 

[whiteshark]

Having gone on the "Divers Den" tour today, and seeing what they have there in terms of corals, I'd say Reef Crystals is a pretty damn good choice.

I still love Tropic Marin, but have been using RC lately with good results.

 

[Gagonzalez]

It kinda depends on what you would like to keep your ALK level at. Both Reef Crystals and Coral Pro have a high ALK level and are normally used by those who don't normally dose or run bio-pellets/carbon dose.

If your looking at not dosing and keeping Softies and maybe some LPS then RC or CP should work fine. If you plan on having SPS, I would recommend staying away from a high alk salt.

 

[dotkat77]

I just got ESV salt for the first time. We will see how it will go.

 

[Gagonzalez]

I just started ESV a month ago as well. Great salt. Has taken a few batches to get the salt where I want it but so far so good.

I used Coral Pro for a year. Can't say I liked it. Before that I used Reef Crystals which was great and I would go back to it if I were keeping my ALK high.

My parameters with ESV are tweaked a bit to match the salinity and Mag I want for now. Will lower the mag once I get the tank where I want. But that's why I love ESV. Lowering the mag is easy.

Salinity = 1.0264/35ppt
Ca = 440
ALK = 8.9
MAG = 1480

 

[mfinn]

I've used Reef Crystals for 10+ years and have been happy with it.
But recently I started using Kent Marine salt because it is a little cheaper.