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Otty · 02-14-2008, 10:06 AM

Good find there Geek!

I went to a behind the scenes tour at Newport Aquarium and talked with the biologist there and asked her what type of salt they used. She said that they have tired many and found they are not always the same between buckets. Some are taken from the top of the mixing vat and some from the bottom and they are not mixed very good. She also stated that they found Instant Ocean to be the most stable salt they used but they have gone to mixing their own salt now due to cost saving.

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Otty Giant Squid Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40 Posts: 3,376 Karma: 3588	Good find there Geek! I went to a behind the scenes tour at Newport Aquarium and talked with the biologist there and asked her what type of salt they used. She said that they have tired many and found they are not always the same between buckets. Some are taken from the top of the mixing vat and some from the bottom and they are not mixed very good. She also stated that they found Instant Ocean to be the most stable salt they used but they have gone to mixing their own salt now due to cost saving. _________ Scott 265g (Peninsula) 3x400w MH's, 4x95w Actinics, AAT Lunar Lights, OM 4-way CL, PM Bullet 3 Skimmer, DelZone Eclipse 1 O3 Generator, WavySea Plus for return, AAT Kalk Reactor, KNOP Ca Reactor w/PM Second Chamber, TradeWinds Chiller, ACIII Controller, Oceanus ATO, PM PO₄ Reactor, 75g Sump, 30g Fuge Born March 5, 2007 My 265 Gal. Tank Thread " REAL TIME TANK STATS "