1SickReefer
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Tropic Marine, Just picked up a huge bag 82lbs makes 300g of water for 75.00 and the ALK, Ca and Mg are very consistent and are very close to NSW levels.
What salt brand do you use?
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smokinprice
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Well I guess I am alone as I use Coralife Salt. Always mixes nicely and I have never had a problem with it.
dextermoped
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I guess I must be the oddball. I try my best to avoid using one brand of salt. I guess I can get away with it since I have a small tank and I do water changes twice a week. I don't dose my tank with anything but calc and alk so I try and get my trace elements from my salts. My fav is Oceanic but right now i'm staring a buckets of Kent, IO, and Red sea. Anyone else do this?
Benny
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timespinner
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I've used Instant Ocean, Oceanic, Crystal seas bioassay, and now Reef Crystals.
IO - Very inconsistent over the last five years. Low in Alk, Calcium, Magnesium, and mix PH varies between buckets. In general, IO varies too much for my taste.
Oceanic - I saw a Diatom problem when I started its use (do a search on ReefCentral as others have had the same problem). After I stopped using it, the diatom problem went away...
Crystal seas - I really liked this, but it was expensive
Reef Crystals - Mixes faster and more completely than IO and has better Alk. Still low in Calcium and Magnesium, but so far the aquarium inhabitants seem to like it.
IO - Very inconsistent over the last five years. Low in Alk, Calcium, Magnesium, and mix PH varies between buckets. In general, IO varies too much for my taste.
Oceanic - I saw a Diatom problem when I started its use (do a search on ReefCentral as others have had the same problem). After I stopped using it, the diatom problem went away...
Crystal seas - I really liked this, but it was expensive
Reef Crystals - Mixes faster and more completely than IO and has better Alk. Still low in Calcium and Magnesium, but so far the aquarium inhabitants seem to like it.
RichConley
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Just switched (6 months ago) from Tropic Marin back to IO.
Tropic marin had poor mag levels, etc. I had to supplement it just like IO. I liked it, but couldnt justify any reason to spend $70 vs $32.99
Tropic marin had poor mag levels, etc. I had to supplement it just like IO. I liked it, but couldnt justify any reason to spend $70 vs $32.99
ducati1212
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I use Coralife Scientific Grade Marine Salt. If anyone knows anything bad about it please let me know I am a newbe
snowman5373
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I now use Catalina NSW and love the results from just two water changes. I can also vouch with using Oceanic salt and getting diatoms.
