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02-17-2006, 04:09 PM
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#21 (permalink)
| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Davenport IA
Posts: 1,238
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For me it was:
IO- low cal/alk, why do a water change and haave to play catch up.
Reef Crystals- better cal/alk, mixes slow, expense locally.
Oceanic-favorite right now. High Cal, moderate alk. Mixes fast. Decent price.
Wouldn't mind trying tropic marin or seachem if I get around to mailordering salt. | 
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02-17-2006, 04:28 PM
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#22 (permalink)
| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: May 2005 Location: Indiana
Posts: 91
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Currently I am using Seachem Reef and it doesn't mix completely and leaves sediment in the bottom of the mix bucket. I will be trying tropic marin and will buy some tomorrow for my next water change
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75 g Reef
20 g Reef
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02-17-2006, 07:31 PM
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#23 (permalink)
| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Clifton, NJ,New_Jersey
Posts: 156
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Tropic Marin, it has been good to my corals.
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10/26/04:72 bow w/160lbs Fiji Rock, 2-250w MH, 2 96w 03 PC, 4 lunar lights,150 gal. wet/dry filter with built in protein skimmer,4-620 seio,1 Aquaclear 201 power head.100lbs of live sand,9w Turbo Twist. | |
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02-21-2006, 01:20 PM
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#24 (permalink)
| | Plankton
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Amarillo
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Instant Ocean, but hey what do I know. I haven't even put fish in yet. Ammonia still at 1ppm and Nitrites is at 5ppm. Not there yet, but I'm getting closer. No fish, but I'm on my second bucket of IO. Water changes for ammonia and all!!!
120 gal (eventual reef)
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120 gal/Perfecto, 240lbs LR, 200lbs Sugar White Sand, Turoboflotor 1000MLS, 25 gal/Sump-Fuge, 4-Maxijet 1200's, Quiet One 4000 return, lights - just ones that came with tank right now, Emperor 400 HOB, No livestock yet still cycling - tank born on 01-21-2006,
SaltyNovice
"Patience is the master of the Reef Auqarium" | |
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02-21-2006, 07:36 PM
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#25 (permalink)
| | Aiptasia Anemone |
tropic marin pro. from the moment i started using the mix i haven't had to dose anything. good calcium and alkalinity levels...although keeping in mind i don't keep sps. _________  | |
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02-22-2006, 05:34 AM
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#27 (permalink)
| | Montipora Digitata
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Montreal, Canada
Posts: 1,066
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I'm using something called Dophin Marine Salt, fairly new on the market. I just mixed half a tank worth two days ago and it's still quite cloudy. I got four powerheads going so I'm hoping things will clear up soon. Perhaps the salt wasn't mixed well enough (my screw-up, I guess). My question to the board is do I stop now and start all over or should I use something more well-known. Should I give the present mixture more time to clear-up or am I hoping in vain?
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02-22-2006, 06:51 AM
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#28 (permalink)
| | Coral Banded Shrimp
Join Date: May 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA
Posts: 350
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I was originally using instant ocean. Then I switched to the new Sea Chem salt because my LFS was out of IO. I am going to switch back on the next bucket. I find the Sea Chem salt dissolves quickly (from the granule state) but it makes the water cloudy for a while and it leaves a residue in my mix buckets, even after 24 hours of aeration. | |
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02-22-2006, 07:39 AM
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#29 (permalink)
| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brooklyn
Posts: 506
Karma: 104
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I use catalina water.
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55 gallon. PC lights 12K/Actinic/Moon, Chiller, Powerhead, Prizm Skimmer, Fluval, Eheim Pro2 | |
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02-23-2006, 04:27 AM
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#30 (permalink)
| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: englewood florida Age: 39
Posts: 30
Karma: 15
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i use instant ocean, works very well for me.......... | |
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