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02/26/2011, 09:36 PM
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Location: Boynton beach, FL
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Recommended salt mix
I am interested in making my own salt water for water changes and wanted suggestions on what brands people use.
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02/26/2011, 09:53 PM
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Location: Colorado Springs, CO
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I've been using Reef Crystals salt for about a year now and am very happy with it. The trace elements seems well balanced for SPS/LPS growth.
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02/27/2011, 12:32 AM
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Moved On
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+1 on Reef Crystals
Instant Ocean is too low in calcium. You spend all your time dosing. |
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02/27/2011, 01:46 AM
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+1 on Reef Crystals
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02/27/2011, 02:27 AM
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I've used Instant Ocean and Oceanic. No problems with either.
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Can't sleep, clowns will eat me. America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it is not going to be a success. Sigmund Freud Current Tank Info: 300 reef, Aqua controller, Deltec calcium reactor, Reeflo 250 skimmer, Icecap bla bla bla |
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02/27/2011, 06:26 AM
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whatever is on sale, usually IO.
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I'll try to be nice if you try to be smarter! I can't help that I grow older, but you can't make me grow up! Current Tank Info: 120 mixed reef with 40b sump, RO 150 skimmer, AI Sol Blue x 2, and a 60g Frag Tank with 100g rubbermaid sump. 2 x Kessil A360w lights, BM curve 5 skimmer |
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02/27/2011, 06:29 AM
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I used IO for a little over a year and would always get a brown film in my mixing bucket. I recently switch to Reef Crystals and no gross rim! I have only done one small water change with it so I don't know of the chemical advantages yet, but am happy nothing died when I put it in.
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02/27/2011, 03:20 PM
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I use red sea coral pro
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Bare Bottom 90g AGA RR. 2 AI Sol Blue LED Fixtures, SWC 160 cone skimmer. 2 MP40W ES Vortech pumps, 1 MP10W ES Votech pump, Digital Aquatics Reefkeeper Elite, Tunze 1073 internal return pump. 30g custom acrylic sump with refugium. Current Tank Info: 90g AGA RR, custom 30g sump |
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02/27/2011, 03:40 PM
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red sea
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02/27/2011, 03:41 PM
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Moving on Up
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Southern NJ
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Oceanic
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02/27/2011, 03:58 PM
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Seachem Reef
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Current Tanks: 40 breeder with 40 breeder sump/fuge |
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02/27/2011, 04:00 PM
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IO for me
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120g DT 100lbs LR / 200 lbs LS, 45g fuge, VectraM1 Return, Herbie drain, 4x RW-8, 2x AI Hydra 26 w AWM, ASM G2, Apex controller, Apex BoB w floats ATO |
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02/27/2011, 04:21 PM
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Location: North Charleroi, PA
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+1 Reef Crystals. Less expensive, generally available, good levels of Alk, Cal, and Mag.
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02/27/2011, 04:45 PM
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+1 on reef crystals.
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02/27/2011, 04:59 PM
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Coralife
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20G Reef Tank, DSB, 25lbs of live rocks. Spec: Ph 8.2, >520 cal and 8 kh, Temp 77F, SG 1.026 Equip: Coralife 24x2 T5HO, 2x Koralia 425 powerheads, no skimmer. 2L HOB Sump: Cheato, feather dusters, copepods, bristleworms Livestock: 4 blue-legged hermits, 2 nassarius snails, 1 astra snail, 1 Argent Mono, 1 FireGoby Corals: Mushrooms, yellow polyps, zoanthids |
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02/27/2011, 05:03 PM
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esv salt works great, once you use it you will never go back
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02/27/2011, 06:06 PM
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LFS near me carris like 10 brands of salt. Talking about confusing a noob.
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02/27/2011, 06:10 PM
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Join Date: Nov 1999
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Usually IO, but I've used many others; Reef Crystals is probably the one I've used second most. Haven't noticed tremendous advantages any particular type.
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Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. -Douglas Adams Current Tank Info: 14g, 29g nano reefs |
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02/27/2011, 06:56 PM
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IMO they are all pretty much the same. IO measures nicely in Ca, Alk & Mg. It used to be notorious for being Ca deficient but I am nearly certain they changed their formula recently Although they have not owned up to it. IO is typically cheapest out there and is rock solid in terms of stability. It has not let me down in 20 years
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02/27/2011, 07:14 PM
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Made in the U.S.A.
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Location: Washington,PA
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I don't see spending the extra on Reef Crystals for all the "trace minerals" and what-not. I use Instant Ocean, and my 5 month old tank has perfect levels of calcium, KH, Magnesium, etc. The only reason to get Reef Crystals would be if you have corals and need a large surplus of Ca,Mg,Mn,etc.
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02/27/2011, 09:36 PM
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Location: Chicago, IL
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I have tried Reef Crystals, Oceanic, Instant Ocean, and Seachem Salinity. I am back to Instant Ocean because as others have said it is the cheapest and reliable. The Seachem Salinity was nice since it was batch tested and told you the exact levels of everything in the bucket you purchased but it was pricey.
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02/28/2011, 01:38 AM
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Location: West Lafayette, IN
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Aquavitro Salinity. Within hours of the first water change I used with it, the polyps on my sarco leather had never been more extended. Guaranteed lab tested numbers with good alk pH and Ca and all the traces. Worth the price imo
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