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View Poll Results: What Salt do you Use | |
Kent
|     | 1 | 0.94% | |
Oceanic
|    | 9 | 8.49% | |
Instant Ocean
|    | 46 | 43.40% | |
Tropic Marin
|    | 4 | 3.77% | |
Tropic Marin Pro
|    | 5 | 4.72% | |
Reef Crystals
|    | 16 | 15.09% | |
Seachem
| | 7 | 6.60% | |
Ocean Pure
| | 1 | 0.94% | |
Ocean Pure Pro
| | 1 | 0.94% | |
Marine Environment
| | 1 | 0.94% | |
OTHER
| | 15 | 14.15% | 
10-28-2006, 07:04 PM
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#31 (permalink)
| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Jul 2006
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I like instant ocean. If I had to tell you why I like it, I would say " I have no clue"). | 
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10-28-2006, 10:11 PM
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#32 (permalink)
| | Purple Spiny Lobster
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Northern Virginia Age: 49
Posts: 497
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I never could get my nitrates below 20ppm, probably because I was stingy with my water changes. Once my nitrates spiked at 80ppm, I knew I had to do something. Bought a Air, Water & Ice Compact 5-stage RO/DI filter and bought a 45lb tub of Reef Crystals. After 5 20% water changes, nitrates are below 10ppm and all my creatures seem to be doing great. The salt disolves really easily, even in cool water. _________ -- SAW39 45 gal modified hex. Started and cycled August 2005.
2 Serpent Stars, Ocelaris Clown, Yellow Tang, Green Chromis damsel, Condalactis & Macrodactyla dorensis anemones, 1 big bristleworm, 1 small Banded Coral shrimp.
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11-18-2006, 03:37 PM
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#33 (permalink)
| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 28
Karma: 1
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Abyss Reef Salt 20kg * Introductory Special *
anyone heard of that??? Marine Salt
as i live in australia this is a good price and it's in aus, see if anyone knows?
lately ive been using aquasonic.
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100 cm x 40cm x 60 cm marine tank, aqua nova canister filer 1500lph, jebo protein skimmer, aqua one metel halide..1x150wat 10000k and 2 x 24wat blue actanic's.
Blue tang
Salifin tang
scotter blenny
bi colour blenney
royal dottyback
bicolour angle
sand goby
puffer
Bubble tip Anemone
frogspawn
3 other corals not sure about names,
12 kg's live rock | |
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11-18-2006, 03:50 PM
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#34 (permalink)
| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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Hey David. What part of Australia are you from? I was lucky enough to have been able to travel to your country about 3 years ago. I spent 2 weeks in Cairns and have been itching to visit again lately. 
As for the salt you mentioned, I've never heard of it so I can't say whether or not it's good. I've used nothing but Instant Ocean myself and have had no bad experiences. | |
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11-19-2006, 04:57 AM
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#35 (permalink)
| | Montipora Digitata
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Montreal, Canada
Posts: 1,066
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"Seachem Reef Salt" for my 20g and "IO" for my 120g but I have done water changes on my 120g using Seachem. Great salt (seachem) but a tad on the $$$ side.
Who said this hobby was cheap anyway!? | |
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11-19-2006, 07:51 AM
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#36 (permalink)
| | 3reef Sponsor
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Va/Ct
Posts: 4,287
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Well I have used I/O since 1970 or so and its never caused me a problem or did not perform as advertised and until it does I see no reason to switch. My sons both jumped to this and that new improved/better salt looking for a perfect mix LOL well it was their money and tank and all came back to I/O as well. If it ain't broke why fix it ? _________ Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible (Doug Larson) | |
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11-19-2006, 08:46 AM
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#37 (permalink)
| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Troutdale, Oregon
Posts: 38
Karma: 15
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I/O reef crystals here. I buy the 160 gal bucket and have had no problems with it.
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AG 120 gal, Coralife Super Skimmer(220 gallon),120 lbs. of Live Fiji Rock, Pondmaster 1800 gph pump, 4-48" VHO T12 (2 Artic White, 2 Acitinic Blue)
purple tang, clarkii clowns, flame hawkfish, foxface rabbitfish, naso tang
green star polyps, sun coral, candy cane coral, green zoos, mushrooms, BTA, Brain coral | |
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12-04-2006, 07:47 PM
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#38 (permalink)
| | Plankton
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 14
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The one I use, is Instant Ocean at 1.021 i use it becasue fish stores are few and far between in central ny and it is easy to get cheap and consistant in tests and amounts
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(1) 55 gallon tank
(1) Freedom Filter unit
(1) shop light
(1) Power-Glo 18000k T-10 40watt bulb
(1) 40 Watt Florecent Bulb
(1) 602 power head
(1) Ebo-jager 375watt submersible heater
(35lbs) Fiji Ultra-Premium LR
(10lbs) Marshall Island LR
(7lbs) Florida plant rock LR
(25lbs) Coral Base rock
(2) Orange Fire Fish Goby
(1) Mexican Turbo Snail
(3) Alage eating Hermit Crab
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12-06-2006, 08:25 PM
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#39 (permalink)
| | Purple Spiny Lobster
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Northern Virginia Age: 49
Posts: 497
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Are we overthinking this issue, or (gasp!) falling for the hype and advertising?
What do the large, public aquariums use?
Perhaps most commercial salts are just fine, with no significant difference between them except for price and packaging? We then only need to identify the brands with which people have had bad experiences and stay away from those. | |
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04-12-2007, 10:46 AM
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#40 (permalink)
| | Skunk Shrimp
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 287
Karma: 71
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ok wow, i thought salt was salt!! if its any count, all i've used is Oceanic, only because that's what the LFS guy sold me... it came in a big blue jug, and he thought it would be better to get it than several boxes of instant ocean... since it was enough for "50 gallons"... i've got a 55, so slightly low on the specific gravity (1.020/1.021)... all i know about salt is not to use table salt... what kills me, is that some companies make salt "specifically for reefs/corals" seachem, for one... but what if you have corals AND fish, like about 90% of people with SW tanks?? if there is in fact any differences between salts, then boy have i got a lot to learn!! | |
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