Salt mixes brand help

hocabien · 09/01/2012, 02:00 PM

Hi,

I was using seachem to mixes my saltwater and because is available I was thinking of a difference brand salt like instant ocean. I am not sure is OK with two difference brand of salt in a system. Any advise on that.

Thanks

cloak · 09/01/2012, 02:10 PM

No problem. People switch salts all the time.

Mavrk · 09/01/2012, 10:52 PM

People do change salt all the time, but I recommend doing it slowly. Normal 10% weekly water changes is slow enough. Usually I see people complain about a salt, but it is really that they changed salt too fast and the system hasn't had time to adapt.

hocabien · 09/02/2012, 07:07 AM

thanks to all, Right now I set up my system as FOWLR, in about a years I will starting to add coral and enemones. Is there going to be any problem with instant ocean salt? I heard that this salt only good for FOWLR.

eagle9252 · 09/02/2012, 10:58 AM

for FOWLR yes for coral no.

So you will have to dose other needed items or change salt. I started with RC and then went to Salinity because it was a good deal. Then went to IO as it was an awesome price. things started going downhill for me and I did not want to dose.

I got 2 buckets of the Red Sea Coral Pro I got from Doc Foster for like 54 ea with no shipping cost and have just bought a large 225g Salinity as I think I'm going back. The yield vs price is cheaper and I like the salt. it is only a couple dollars on the RSCP vs salinity but the IO it much cheaper but it's missing stuff in the salt mix but FOWLR the extra stuff is not needed.

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1714505

hocabien · 09/02/2012, 05:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eagle9252

for FOWLR yes for coral no.

So you will have to dose other needed items or change salt. I started with RC and then went to Salinity because it was a good deal. Then went to IO as it was an awesome price. things started going downhill for me and I did not want to dose.

I got 2 buckets of the Red Sea Coral Pro I got from Doc Foster for like 54 ea with no shipping cost and have just bought a large 225g Salinity as I think I'm going back. The yield vs price is cheaper and I like the salt. it is only a couple dollars on the RSCP vs salinity but the IO it much cheaper but it's missing stuff in the salt mix but FOWLR the extra stuff is not needed.

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1714505

What is RC and IO?

downbeach · 09/02/2012, 05:05 PM

IO = Instant Ocean

RC = Reef Crystals (an Instant Ocean product, but with the added elements for reef tanks)

cloak · 09/02/2012, 07:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hocabien

thanks to all, Right now I set up my system as FOWLR, in about a years I will starting to add coral and enemones. Is there going to be any problem with instant ocean salt? I heard that this salt only good for FOWLR.

Regular old Instant Ocean salt will work just fine for a reef tank. It's probably the most popular salt out there IMO. As far as dosing goes, pretty much everybody is dosing something, no matter what kind of salt you use. HTH.

Ralph ATL · 09/02/2012, 08:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cloak

Regular old Instant Ocean salt will work just fine for a reef tank. It's probably the most popular salt out there IMO. As far as dosing goes, pretty much everybody is dosing something, no matter what kind of salt you use. HTH.

you are correct, however, there are salt mixes that I would rather use that I don't have to add anything to them to match my parems perfectly...and what I dose is only what is used daily in Calcium and Alk. less work for me, IMHO. Salinity is one of them.

either salt will get you to the same place, though.

garys reef · 09/02/2012, 08:33 PM

i have been using esv salt and love it mixes perfect everytimejust my 2 cents

bnumair · 09/02/2012, 08:57 PM

its normal to switch salts. people do it all the time. i have switched from lots of salts to red sea.

09/01/2012, 02:00 PM	#1
hocabien Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 95	Salt mixes brand help Hi, I was using seachem to mixes my saltwater and because is available I was thinking of a difference brand salt like instant ocean. I am not sure is OK with two difference brand of salt in a system. Any advise on that. Thanks

09/02/2012, 08:33 PM	#10
garys reef Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: long island Posts: 79	i have been using esv salt and love it mixes perfect everytimejust my 2 cents __________________ 90 gal in wall dt 40 gal breeder diy sump 4 AI sol blue led modules feef oct 1000sss skimmer apex controler Current Tank Info: mixed reef more sps

09/02/2012, 08:57 PM	#11
bnumair Dr. Reef at ur service Join Date: May 2009 Location: Tulsa, Ok, USA Posts: 7,751 Blog Entries: 15	its normal to switch salts. people do it all the time. i have switched from lots of salts to red sea. __________________ Water Quality: NO3 0,Phos 0,Cal 440,Alk 7.5,Mag 1300 "Reef Fast, You Crash, Reef Slow, You Pass" Mike's Reef 3:16 Current Tank Info: 350g DT,95g sump, 50g Frag tank, 4800gph return 4x Sea swirls. 6x AI Vega Color. 200# Pukani rock, dual recirculating skimmer, Biopellet, GFO Carbon rx's, Cal rx. Closed loop. 1.5hp chiller, genesis renew. Apex & RKE

09/01/2012, 02:10 PM	#2
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	No problem. People switch salts all the time.

09/01/2012, 10:52 PM	#3
Mavrk Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: California - South Bay Area Posts: 2,775	People do change salt all the time, but I recommend doing it slowly. Normal 10% weekly water changes is slow enough. Usually I see people complain about a salt, but it is really that they changed salt too fast and the system hasn't had time to adapt.

09/02/2012, 07:07 AM	#4
hocabien Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 95	thanks to all, Right now I set up my system as FOWLR, in about a years I will starting to add coral and enemones. Is there going to be any problem with instant ocean salt? I heard that this salt only good for FOWLR.

09/02/2012, 10:58 AM	#5
eagle9252 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 245	for FOWLR yes for coral no. So you will have to dose other needed items or change salt. I started with RC and then went to Salinity because it was a good deal. Then went to IO as it was an awesome price. things started going downhill for me and I did not want to dose. I got 2 buckets of the Red Sea Coral Pro I got from Doc Foster for like 54 ea with no shipping cost and have just bought a large 225g Salinity as I think I'm going back. The yield vs price is cheaper and I like the salt. it is only a couple dollars on the RSCP vs salinity but the IO it much cheaper but it's missing stuff in the salt mix but FOWLR the extra stuff is not needed. http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1714505

09/02/2012, 05:05 PM	#7
downbeach Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Smyrna, Delaware Posts: 3,767	IO = Instant Ocean RC = Reef Crystals (an Instant Ocean product, but with the added elements for reef tanks)