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Hypertek99 · 10-29-2007, 05:59 PM

Reef Crystals

Saltwater Noob · 10-29-2007, 06:02 PM

Oceanic for me I used to use IO but had better lucck with Oceanic

reefman420 · 10-29-2007, 06:06 PM

i use IO,but i had to buy some aquatic gardens reefsalt.they were out of io and i realy need a w.c.,I hasnt messed with water quality and dissolves super quick!

PEMfish · 10-29-2007, 06:07 PM

Ok, This is a good idea ( the thread )(I was going to do the same thing, beat me to it ).Some how this isn`t keeping my interest, Can this be converted into a poll? What size containers dose everybody buy? How often? Were do you keep it? Whats good about that brand?

BigAl07 · 10-29-2007, 07:07 PM

I recently switched from IO to Reef Crystals and the jury is still out. I'm watching this thread vewy vewy kwosely!

A

prow · 10-29-2007, 07:14 PM

reef crystals here. easy to find and priced right, very very consistant aswell. no issues at all.

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Originally Posted by InLimbo87

Instant Ocean Reef Crystals... Only issue I've had this far is keeping moisture out of the bucket (it'll clump and not want to dissolve). I'm considering another salt for this reason.

InLimbo87 , do you keep the scoop cup in the bucket. i had the same issue a while back, it was due to the glass cup i used to scoop with, i just left it in the bucket. now, no cup, no clump

. if not might be where you store it, its not the salt, its moisture getting in somehow.

Woodstock · 10-29-2007, 07:20 PM

Prow - I've just started using Reef Crystals for my hospital tank and have not bothered to test it yet... what are your values when you test yours?

goldenmean · 10-29-2007, 07:21 PM

I started with hw marinemix cuz that is what my lfs sold.
Then they quit selling it and I switched to AquaCraft's Bio-Sea.
Bio-sea dissolves fast and clean. I used to get ugly colorations in the substrate along the glass and that stopped with the salt change.
I also dosed B-Ionic two part but stopped that with the Bio-sea too.
Weekly water changes has kept Ph, Ca, and Alk at good levels.

Scooterman · 10-29-2007, 07:28 PM

Martin salt

Oh yea, IO in the 5g bucket, had an issue clumping myself, I guess I didn't tighten the lid enough because it is a pain, almost all gone though, so I'll watch that. It was the first time I had issues with IO, doubt I'd change.

prow · 10-29-2007, 07:50 PM

i do 20gal changes at a time. i have log book for this tank that was started 4/11/05. the tests i have for just the salt mix are a little old, about a year or so. those results were about;

Ca+: 380-400ppm
Alk : 4.2-4.4meq
Mg+: 1200-1260ppm
sal : 35ppt
ph : 8.2
no phos,NO3, NO2, NH3 or silicates

but the past year and half or so i have been using SeaChems Avd. Ca+. its like automatic dosing for me now, so i test after i add. i dose with 1.5tsp per 20gal. the results with that the past year have been very solid at;

Ca+: 450
Alk : 4.2
Mg+: 1300-1350

i like the numbers on TMPro with just the salt mix more than RC but, you do pay for it. using RC with SC's Ca+ is perfect and much cheaper.

kinghokus420 · 10-29-2007, 08:00 PM

I use all of the morton products! Awesome growth and polyp extension. my tank has never looked better. the corals really like the butter flavoring!

ok, i use reefcrystals.

PEMfish · 10-29-2007, 08:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kinghokus420

I use all of the morton products! The corals really like the butter flavoring!

Can i drink your tank?

Scooterman · 10-29-2007, 08:06 PM

I like the TM pro also but it is almost $50 more down here & can be difficult to get at times. I try & change 30/40G at a time when changing water & I also try to Log what I use, been using Kent turbo ca for the bump up but that is only because I had a large supply.

Fish Crazy · 10-29-2007, 08:21 PM

Instant Ocean

Bwlr · 10-29-2007, 08:30 PM

Oceanic

10-29-2007, 05:59 PM	#16 (permalink)
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10-29-2007, 06:02 PM	#17 (permalink)
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10-29-2007, 06:06 PM	#18 (permalink)
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10-29-2007, 06:07 PM	#19 (permalink)
PEMfish Golden Moray Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kane Co. Il. Posts: 2,096 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Salt Ok, This is a good idea ( the thread )(I was going to do the same thing, beat me to it ).Some how this isn`t keeping my interest, Can this be converted into a poll? What size containers dose everybody buy? How often? Were do you keep it? Whats good about that brand? __________________ Paul `EM See how it all came to be;http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...g-catchup.html My new tank; http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...-opciones.html Make it idiot-proof and someone will make a better idiot. I'll make the whole damn world jealous if given the money to do so. Don't make mistakes and learn from them, read and learn how to avoid mistakes. a)Fix the damn problem b)live with it -But absolutely no b*tching

10-29-2007, 07:07 PM	#20 (permalink)
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10-29-2007, 07:20 PM	#22 (permalink)
Woodstock The Wand Geek was here. ;) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 22,861 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Salt Prow - I've just started using Reef Crystals for my hospital tank and have not bothered to test it yet... what are your values when you test yours? __________________ ~Doni Marie~ *GOT ICH???* ~120 Reef Chronicle ~ *~Breeding Picasso Clownfish~* "Energy and persistence conquer all things." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________ 120 mixed reef, dual Reeflux 10k 250 MHs, dual Geiseman Actinic T5s,Neptune AC III, ASM g3, 2x Korallia #3, Mag 9.5 return

10-29-2007, 07:21 PM	#23 (permalink)
goldenmean Beautiful Katamari Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 4,063 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Salt I started with hw marinemix cuz that is what my lfs sold. Then they quit selling it and I switched to AquaCraft's Bio-Sea. Bio-sea dissolves fast and clean. I used to get ugly colorations in the substrate along the glass and that stopped with the salt change. I also dosed B-Ionic two part but stopped that with the Bio-sea too. Weekly water changes has kept Ph, Ca, and Alk at good levels. __________________ A 55g link in the GoldenChain My Second Quarantine Tank 2 (+) Year Retrospective of a 12g Nano Jeff What You Think Upon Grows... Have a Smooth Day!

10-29-2007, 07:28 PM	#24 (permalink)
Scooterman Elegance coral Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lafayette, Louisiana Posts: 1,184 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Salt Martin salt Oh yea, IO in the 5g bucket, had an issue clumping myself, I guess I didn't tighten the lid enough because it is a pain, almost all gone though, so I'll watch that. It was the first time I had issues with IO, doubt I'd change. __________________ Scott Ardoin (Ard-Dwan)

10-29-2007, 07:50 PM	#25 (permalink)
prow Manta Ray Join Date: May 2005 Location: Redondo Beach, CA Posts: 3,854 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Salt i do 20gal changes at a time. i have log book for this tank that was started 4/11/05. the tests i have for just the salt mix are a little old, about a year or so. those results were about; Ca+: 380-400ppm Alk : 4.2-4.4meq Mg+: 1200-1260ppm sal : 35ppt ph : 8.2 no phos,NO3, NO2, NH3 or silicates but the past year and half or so i have been using SeaChems Avd. Ca+. its like automatic dosing for me now, so i test after i add. i dose with 1.5tsp per 20gal. the results with that the past year have been very solid at; Ca+: 450 Alk : 4.2 Mg+: 1300-1350 i like the numbers on TMPro with just the salt mix more than RC but, you do pay for it. using RC with SC's Ca+ is perfect and much cheaper. __________________ "He who sees things grow from their beginnings shall have the finest view of them" ........Aristotle........ "The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad." - Salvador Dali my chronicle........ http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...al-system.html

10-29-2007, 08:00 PM	#26 (permalink)
kinghokus420 Scopas Tang Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: paradise ca.(northern) Posts: 431 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Salt I use all of the morton products! Awesome growth and polyp extension. my tank has never looked better. the corals really like the butter flavoring! ok, i use reefcrystals. __________________ josh Chico Reef Club chicoreefclub.org

10-29-2007, 08:06 PM	#28 (permalink)
Scooterman Elegance coral Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lafayette, Louisiana Posts: 1,184 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Salt I like the TM pro also but it is almost $50 more down here & can be difficult to get at times. I try & change 30/40G at a time when changing water & I also try to Log what I use, been using Kent turbo ca for the bump up but that is only because I had a large supply. __________________ Scott Ardoin (Ard-Dwan)

10-29-2007, 08:21 PM	#29 (permalink)
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10-29-2007, 08:30 PM	#30 (permalink)
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