It's all in the salt

Discussion in 'Salt' started by IHAVEMTS, May 8, 2009.

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  1. IHAVEMTS

    IHAVEMTS Fire Shrimp

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    I was wondering what brand of salt everyone is using. I started off with instant ocean now im using crystal sea. I dont like crystal sea and im going to switch. Im wondering what everybody else uses?
     
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  3. amcarrig

    amcarrig Super Moderator

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    Tangster and I use a custom salt mix that's specifically made for Aquatic Art Technologies by N.E Bio Laboratories. Before we had access to that, we used Instant Ocean.
     
  4. nctinter

    nctinter Skunk Shrimp

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    Tropic Marin pro reef...great salt!
     
  5. Triplemom

    Triplemom Pajama Cardinal

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    I was using the Instant Ocean Reef Crystals, which I was perfectly happy with. My LFS is only carrying the H2Ocean salt (more expensive). I did notice that I used less salt to match my salinity (between 1.024 and 1.025), so maybe the extra cost will balance out.
     
  6. steve wright

    steve wright Super Moderator

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    reef crystals for me, alhough corallife and red sea have also been used previoulsy

    also I reef for a short period, and Tropic marin before that

    Yep , I have used a few different ones but Reef Crystals is my 1st choice

    Steve
     
  7. IHAVEMTS

    IHAVEMTS Fire Shrimp

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    Is that a special order item? Sounds like it.
     
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  9. ReefSparky

    ReefSparky Super Moderator

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    I like Coralife salt. It's pretty high in calcium.
     
  10. Daniel072

    Daniel072 Giant Squid

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    I use reef crystals at this point. I found that it was hard to keep my alk up when using instant ocean and coralife. There are tons of good salts out there though.
     
  11. coolridernum1

    coolridernum1 Feather Duster

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    Red sea reef pro. didn't want to chance anything cost 74.99
     
  12. cuttingras

    cuttingras Starving Artist :)

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    oceanic for me...love it.