<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6676088#post6676088 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by lessans
Russianpimp123 is right and wrong. The water you add to the tank is very important. He's wrong when he says it's more important than the salt mix. That just plain old doesn't make sense. The salt mix is what makes the water SALTWATER. Thus, the salt needs to be of good quality to make quality saltwater. I'm fairly new to the hobby, but I have 6 months of flawless results and anything in my tank that seems problematic (i.e. cyanobacteria breakout) is actually part of the tank maturing process. BTW, my cyanobacteria went away. I use Kent Marine Sea Salt. I highly recommend it. I might actually switch to Tropic Marin Sea Salt after I finish my current Kent Marine 5 gal bucket of salt (makes up to 200 gals. of water). I can purchase it from thatpetplace.com for like $68 for a 5 gal bucket. $68 is not that bad of a price. Salt mix is very important in water quality because some mixes contain nitrates and phosphates which can lead to cyanobacteria and other nuisance algae.