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02-16-2006, 07:23 AM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: May 2005 Location: Indiana
Posts: 91
Karma: 12
 
|  Salt Survey
Looking for opinions on salt mix?????
What are you using? why?
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75 g Reef
20 g Reef
Living the salty side of life | 
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02-16-2006, 07:35 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator |
I use Kent.
I was using IO but the LFS very close to my house only carries Kent so I switched. It's been 2 buckets and things are good.
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02-16-2006, 07:36 AM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Monmouth County, New Jersey Age: 50
Posts: 241
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Instant Ocean, Its has a good Reputation.
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SETUP-3Reef shirt&bumper sticker,90gal Tank, 250 watt Heater, . 40lbs live sand , 40lbs L/R - 4x65watt PC , Mag12 return pump, 30 gal sump/fuge
FISH-1 Blue Throat Trigger,1 Yellow Watchman, 2 Green Chromis,1 Maroon clown,1 squirrel fish,Lawnmower Blenny
CORAL--Purple Zoanths, Stoney Atlantic Coral, Toadstool , Finger leather, Trumpet,Star polyps
INVERTS-1 Skunk cleaner shrimp,3 Feather Dusters,1 bristle star, 2sand stars, 30 mixed snails, 15 blue leg hermits,4Emerald crabs,2 Tuxedo urchins | |
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02-16-2006, 07:41 AM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Brigham, Utah
Posts: 21
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A 50/50 mix of Oceanic and IO... both are high in those additives that seem to be the major areas of want in a good salt mix: calcium, alk, and mag(as well as other trace elements/minerals)... been ongoing for 3 years, now.
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Cool... smells fishy here, too... | |
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02-16-2006, 09:20 AM
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| | Stylophora
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Montreal, QC,Quebec Age: 29
Posts: 999
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I use Kent also and do not have any problems of any kind with Alk or any other trace elements and or minerals stated in the link that Jason posted.
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20Gal, 45 lbs LR, 65W PC 10 000K + 65W PC 20 000K + 10Gal sump/fuge
Livestock :hermit and snails, Green star polyps, Button polyps, Finger leather, Xenia, Zoanthids, Mushrooms, Yellow polyps, montipora digitata, acropora, ?mistery polyps?, mistery crab, six line wrasse | |
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02-16-2006, 09:29 AM
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| | Aiptasia Anemone
Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: MORENO VALLEY, CA,California
Posts: 562
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Ive been using IO since i started but I'm going to switch to Kent or Tropic Marin. the IO takes a long time to dissolve. _________ 135g 3" SB 3- 400w MH, 2 65w PC actinic, 2 10K PC, 40g refugium, EV-180 PS ,Mag 18 ret,1700 PH,2 maxi 1200's air water and ice 5 stage RO/DI  | |
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02-16-2006, 10:59 AM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 164
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I started my tank with Instant Ocean (10/05) and have used it ever since, seems to be working great for me, no problems, except I have noticed it takes a while to dissolve. I might in the next water change try a new brand to see the difference in dissolve time.
I chose IO because as someone else mentioned it has a good reputation for quality products, and so far I have had great experiences with it.  _________ 20 Gallon Reef Tank
Berlin System
15lbs Live Rock w/ Live Sand
Coralife Lunar Aqualight
(1x Actinic and 1x 10,000K, 2x 3/4W Blue LEDs)
2 False Percula Clownfish * Blue/Green Reef Chromis * Fire Shrimp * 1 Halloween Hermit Crabs *
2 Scarlet Reef Hermit Crabs * 4 Turbo Snails * 5 Bumblebee Snails
Green Star Polyps * Yellow Polyps * Pink Eyed Zoanthids * Branching Green Hammer Coral *
Hawaiian Feather Duster
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02-16-2006, 11:18 AM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: St. Paul/Woodbury, Minnesota Age: 49
Posts: 1,181
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I use reef crystals for my reef tank and oceanic for my FOWLR _________ 75g reef with Nova Extreme 8 bulb HO T-5 lighting, refuge, Remora skimmer, DSB, Seio powerheads, Acro's, LPS corals, assorted zoo's & mushrooms, Yellow Tang, Maroon Clown, Blue Cleaner Goby , Cleaner, Fire and Sexy Shrimp, Coco Worm, T.Crocea Clam, Derasa Clam
120g FOWLR, 260w Orbit power compact lights, Remora Pro skimmer, 30g DIY Sump/Refuge, DSB,Seio Power heads, Powder Blue Tang, Purple Tang, Flag Fin Angel, False Eye Puffer, Copperbanded Butterfly and a Moorish Idol  | |
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02-16-2006, 11:40 AM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: May 2005 Location: Riverside, RI Age: 36
Posts: 423
Karma: 63
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Reef crystals
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100 gal touch tank for propagation;Current Sunpod2 HQI @1400k HQI ,38 gal Korrall sump, ASM G-3 skimmer, Mag 9.5. Stock changes often
125 gal ;Aqualight Pro HQI 2 HQI@1400k / Compact Fluorescent/Lunar Light Fixture, 5 powerheads, 30 gal sump, mag 12(return),Ocean runner 3500(return through chiller), ASM G-3 skimmer, UV sterilizer, Artic chiller Tobacco bass, maroon clowns, Seriatopora guttatus, Seriatopora hystrix, capricornis, Acropora, Spongodes, porites, Turbinaria,Stylophora pistillata, etc
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