What salt do you prefer?

[Michael]

I use RC... but I think the next bucket may be TMP based on the numbers I have been seeing.

a great salt for sure, i used it for a good year myself, but was constantly dosing to get the alk level up, i found imo it was poor, i think the D&D is similar but a better alk level, still go for it, overall its definately a great salt

 

[T Man]

I use Oceanic but have considered changing to Tropic Marin.

 

[sue711]

Seachem Reef Salt now. I have used Coralife, and Reef Crystals. I hated the fertilizer smell of RC, and the brown deposit it left all over the equipment. Coralife is a great salt, but I'm leaning towards the Seachem.

 

[njfish77]

Tropic Marin is the best.

 

[menthol]

IO. A lot cheaper option for me if you do DIY alk-ca-mg supplements.

 

[TeePee]

Instant Ocean for several years. Never noticed the slime that some folks talk about. Plus I can get it in the 200 gallon size from TFP which i like.

 

[MarkD40]

RC seems purer to me. I have a 50 gallon mixing tank where I let the water sit after the salt is mixed and noticed that with IO there would be a brown silt floating on the to of the water. Not sure what it is but I don't get that with RC.

 

[Kataro]

Reef Crystal for me, first salt I ever used but my water parameter been pretty stable and my corals looks good =)

 

[blueye]

used reef crystals, always had to supplement mag.switched to Bio-Sea love it ,never will go back to RC again.

 

[fishchef]

Coralife is the salt here in St. Louis. Great prices and to tell you the truth I hardly ever dose any additional elements. CA, Mg, and dKH remain at proper levels. Very stable levels. I have been using nothing but for the last 15+ years.

 

[cuse1]

rc here as well

 

[jdrabek]

I like SeaChem. I have used IO and RC and SeaChem has worked best for me for keeping my PH where it needs to be.

 

[Trolldoll]

Oceanic for me.

 

[usb540]

Started with reef crystals. Slowly switched to oceanic but tank did not do so well. Switched back to reef crystal and tank looks healthier.

 

[lostanime]

IO. I ran tropic marin pro for a while, but I need to dose/supplement regardless for SPS tank so it just makes more sense for me $$ wise to run the cheap stuff.

 

[ashish]

For many years i used to just assume salt is salt.. NO dont make a mistake and pick up any salt. even some reputable salt companys suck. From now on i stick with Instant Ocean. I used a 50 gallon oceanic for few water changes and the fish did not react the same way they do when i used instant ocean.. Also for the first time in 1 year my PH began to drop in those 6 weeks of using oceanic. Reef crystal or instant ocean

 

[calamari]

I have been using reef crystals for a few years now and i have not had a problem with it. In the past for my fish only systems i used seachem and i was very happy with that also. i may try the seachem reef salt in the near future to give it a shot.

 

[possys]

red sea for many yrs

 

[So*Cal Reefdude]

Oceanic all the way. good levels with fresh mixed salt. doesn't clump and i could only mix it for a few hours if i had to. which i had to before, actually minutes. i used IO one time because it was cheep, after adding it to my tank everything started to go crazy, corals sliming everywhere and fish doing loops. i mixed up some Oceanic and stirred it for about 15-20 minutes and did a 75% change. within minutes the fish started to act normal and corals opened back up.

 

[tripinpn01]

Tropic marin pro here. Alk might be a tad bit low but is perfect since i dose MB7/ vodka