Salt study results from MACNA conference

[Angel*Fish]

The preliminary results are out - Red Sea & Reef Crystal are sort of tied for best and Instant Ocean was the worst out of the 10 tested....

Eric Borneman and Kim Lowe gave their presentation this morning - the study was only finished two days ago and so the data has not been completely compiled and processed yet

 

[Andrew]

Guess I use the worst salt.

 

[Angel*Fish]

Me too! :lol:

Here's a link to the study http://www.marshreef.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=20


And here's the Key: Note -- not the order of results!!!

A Coralife
B Reef Crystals
C HW Marine Mix
D Crystal sea
E Tropic Marin
F Red sea
G Kent
H Oceanic
I
K Natural sea water - control

And here's a link to the article by Eric Borneman regarding the study in RC Magazine
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-09/eb/index.php

 

[marinelife]

This is interesting, use IO as well, Can not wait to see the final results

 

[sjm817]

I always spring for the whopping extra $3 per 160G bucket of RC over IO.

 

[Angel*Fish]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8213086#post8213086 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by sjm817
I always spring for the whopping extra $3 per 160G bucket of RC over IO.

Well I guess you knew it it was better - I talked to the Instant Ocean rep and he acted like any idiot should know that RC are for reefs and IO shouldn't be used for them - but from the study, and this is preliminary, it looked like IO wouldn't be great for a fish only tank either --- I hate to admit it, but until today, I've just used IO because many successful reefers say it's good/ok. I haven't done the proper reading on the different salt

But at least I'm in good company E.Borneman says he uses IO or what ever is on sale

 

[fsn77]

Interesting... who knew $3 could make up the difference between worst to first?!?

I'm definitely interested in seeing the final report once it comes out.

 

[marinelife]

I use IO because the is all that we have around here in buckets, The LFS only sell IO

 

[sjm817]

I had no clue. I just figured for the extra $3 (DR FosterSmith), what the heck. I've never seen or heard of any complaints of IO. In fact RHF uses it and he knows his stuff.

Also interested in the full report.

 

[Angel*Fish]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8213171#post8213171 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by marinelife
I use IO because the is all that we have around here in buckets, The LFS only sell IO

Well I saw the Reef Crystals in buckets too, so it seems like your LFS's shouldn't have any trouble getting them, if you want them -- they come from the same factory

 

[Fatboy]

Which letter is Instant Ocean..... J ? I don't see any pictures of I.

 

[marinelife]

Yeah I may have to see if they will order it in

 

[UnderwaterExotic]

Personal Preference!!!

 

[LOTUS50GOD]

My experience is that IO is low in Mg. Most reefers dont check Mg when they check for Ca.

 

[Angel*Fish]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8213203#post8213203 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Fatboy
Which letter is Instant Ocean..... J ? I don't see any pictures of I.

Sorry - yes Instant Ocean was "J"

 

[chrismunn]

i knew i shouldnt have left so early. so red sea salt huh? i just read an article on advanced aquarist online mag about thier salt study. there study consisted of finding out what concentration of each compound was in a various amount of salt brands, and which ones had the highest concentrations of toxic heavy metals.
in that study, it was recorded that instant ocean, and tropic marin salts had the closest values to natural sea water. i was trying to find the link, but i cant even find the web site anymore...

 

[kappaknight]

Very interesting... I just switched from IO to reef crystals due to some threads here about the increased Ca and other levels. I'm glad I bought two buckets of RC instead of two buckets of IO.

 

[stereomandan]

I remember old studies that showed IO to be great. How big was the sample size, just one random bucket or bag?

:edit: I see that they took 11 random samples of each salt. Not bad!

Dan

 

[hypermikie]

I have always had good sucess with my Crappy IO....

 

[thor32766]

yeah spend the 3 extra bucks and get the RC!