What salt do you use?

[Maxi]

I used to use oceanic natural sea salt, and from what I have read it has a lot of calcium.

I am making another gallon of it to do a water change soon.

I stopped using it a couple months back, and my corals stopped growing (except xenia). I was using instant ocean instead.

So, I am going to do another water change tomorrw when this water is ready, and see the difference.


What salt do you use?

 

[Mr. Ballistic]

I like Tropic Marin Pro Reef

 

[Aquarist007]

here is a good thread that compares the different brands of salt

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1287118

 

[whitleyjb]

I use IO salt.

I also add Kalk to the topoff water and run calc reactor to help keep the calc levels up.

 

[Playa-1]

I'm using Reef Crystals

 

[Maxi]

Thanks capn! I was looking for that.


Oceanic has the most calcium and magnesium out of all the other salts.. is that a good thing?

 

[reefworm]

Crystal Sea Forty Fathoms for bioassay research. Don't think it's listed in the comparison data the cap'n posted.
http://www.aquaticeco.com/subcategories/729/Crystal-Sea-Forty-Fathoms

 

[kingnai]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13035294#post13035294 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Playa-1
I'm using Reef Crystals

+1

 

[Aquarist007]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13035298#post13035298 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Maxi
Thanks capn! I was looking for that.


Oceanic has the most calcium and magnesium out of all the other salts.. is that a good thing?

It depends on the draw by your corals. If you have corals that are depleting those levels fast then you want to use that particular salt mix in your water changes.

Some reefers have no choice but to use well water that is high in alk for eg---then using a high alkalinity salt mix could cause problems in extemely high alk levels

just a few egs where this is important

 

[kau_cinta_ku]

I was using oceanic and am now going to switch back to IO and raise the mag. and cal. levels myself.

for some reason the oceanic was buring my corals every water change.

 

[TurboRobert]

I have tried various ones and the Oceanic seems to work the best for me.

 

[nikon187]

bio sea

 

[mattpenn]

reef crystals for me

 

[cloak]

IO.

 

[billdogg]

mostly IO unless something else is on sale!

 

[Nano Chris]

RC, but IO is cheaper and still works, if i had the money Tropic Marine.

 

[kzickovich]

I was using oceanic and it raised my calcium up to 550 I switched back to IO. Calcium started to drop and now i'm at 450. Now i'm using about a 70/30 mix between the two 70 being the IO.

 

[che25]

Another vote for Reef Crystals.

 

[RyanDragon]

IO

 

[bzotter]

Tropic Marin Pro Reef. Most complete salt mix available, get the big bucket that makes 200 gallons, it'll be more economical in the long run (available form MArine Depot).