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View Poll Results: Instant Ocean Vs. Reef Crystals | |
Instant Ocean?
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Reef Crystals?
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Don't use or have experience with either...?
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04-06-2008, 09:34 AM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 58
Posts: 3,952
  
|  IO vs. Reef Crystals
Getting ready to make a food order from DFS. Whenever I do order from them I like to add a couple of buckets of salt as the additional shipping charges are insignificant. (They base shipping on total price of order)
Today price of salt:
Instant Ocean 160 gallon mix $36.99 $29.59
Reef Crystals 160 gallon mix $39.99 $31.99
Know we have been down this road before, but don't recall results.
I have been a long, long user of IO.
Question: What does "Reef Crystals" give you that IO does not. And, correspondingly, is it worth the extra couple of $.  _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
12 Gallon NanoCube "...nothing good ever happens fast in a reef tank, only bad things happen fast..."
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04-06-2008, 09:56 AM
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| | Teardrop Maxima Clam
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Sun River,Oregon (Bend) Age: 34
Posts: 833
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Does IO come mixed with desired paramaters ,such as, calcium kh etc.? And I think IO makes reef crystals. I personally use Reef Crystals. _________ 55 g blenny, six-line, firefish, maroon clown, 4 g. chromis, ps. dragonet, yellow tang, zoas/paly's, shrooms, green stars, yellow polyps, button polyps,clove polyps, p. xenia, bubble coral, feather dusters, kenya , galaxea, hammer, blasto, f.spawn, trumpet, monti, bird's nest, green birds nest, , cleaner shrimp, coral banded shrimp.  Short term gain = long term pain, Short term pain = long term gain. | |
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04-06-2008, 09:57 AM
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| | Humpback Whale
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Age: 39
Posts: 2,767
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I remember the thread Scott and the majority uses IO. I have noticed thou that the mixes that come blended for "reefs" is better. The Cal, Mag, Sr and buffer levels are a higher than the others. _________ 9YR OLD 90G 30G w/d Mag18 150G skimmer 692w MH,yel&kole tang,foxface,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Goniopora(2), Acropora(2),Brain, Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, R&G open brain, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, enias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew  | |
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04-06-2008, 10:10 AM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: flint, michigan Age: 28
Posts: 196
Karma: 54
 
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what kind of tank are you going to be using your salt for if it is reef I would recomend tropic marin or oceanic they are the best salts on the market curently
however if you are running a fowlr tank or fo then io is perfect for ya
reef crystals and the other salts I mentioned all have higher basic elements than IO this includes mg and ca and several others
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04-06-2008, 10:15 AM
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| | Sailfin Tang
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: joliet,il Age: 40
Posts: 1,726
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parameters @ 35ppt
I/O: Ca 350, dKH 12, Mg 1070
RC: Ca 420, dKH 12, Mg 1260
highest Ca:
oceanic: Ca 580, 8.5 dKH, Mg 1650
highest dKH:
IO and RC
highest Mg:
oceanic
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04-06-2008, 10:21 AM
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| | Humpback Whale
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Age: 39
Posts: 2,767
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Great stats RG, did you do a survey on all those brands of salt? You tested each one? | |
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04-06-2008, 10:25 AM
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| | Sailfin Tang
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: joliet,il Age: 40
Posts: 1,726
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google "reef crystal salt parameters" and see what you come up with from the different sites that pop up | |
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04-06-2008, 10:56 AM
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| | Flamingo Tongue
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Humboldt SD Age: 22
Posts: 115
Karma: 41
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so rg what salt mix do you use? | |
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04-06-2008, 01:51 PM
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| | Sailfin Tang
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tatamy, PA Age: 15
Posts: 1,708
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RG uses hand made german salt crystals from a secret supplier in the european mountains..........each crystal is hand inspected and tested for proper additive levels and easy dissolving............
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55gal semi-reef: 2 250 watt halides
Corals: Hammer Coral, Florida Ricordia,A recently split hitchhiker Acan, Xenia, Leather Coral, Green Starburst Polyps, and some Zoas.
Fish: Coral Beauty, Yellow Tang, 2 Bicolor Chromis (Yellow/blue), Pajama Cardinal, Ocellaris Clown, Firefish, Coral banded shrimp, large pink sea cuke
10gal fresh community (for my little bro., calm down...) | |
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04-06-2008, 01:53 PM
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#10 (permalink)
| | Humpback Whale
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Age: 39
Posts: 2,767
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Quote:
Originally Posted by aquaboy  RG uses hand made german salt crystals from a secret supplier in the european mountains..........each crystal is hand inspected and tested for proper additive levels and easy dissolving............ | Sounds VERY expensive, must be a cop thing.  | |
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