00W's AIO Smorgasbord

WalkerLovesTheOcean · Apr 20, 2024

00W said:
How y'all doing?
Good Saturday?

It's going great actually! I just had some dorito walking tacos, and I got a RFA and lepto for my tank! How's your saturday?

luis angel · Apr 20, 2024

WalkerLoves_TheOcean said:
Hey, Luis! Welcome! I always like to make my own saltwater, because when I go to my lfs to get it the TDS is just about 10, which I prefer to not put in my tank.

Your tank looks awesome! Keep up the good work!

The problem is that lately I have only read the bad things about putting sea water and maybe that is there playing in my mind, but I would also thinking to prepare my water so i can save a little more money for corals lol

kevgib67 · Apr 20, 2024

WalkerLoves_TheOcean said:
It's going great actually! I just had some dorito walking tacos, and I got a RFA and lepto for my tank! How's your saturday?

Pictures?

kevgib67 · Apr 20, 2024

kevgib67 said:
Pictures?

Not just the RFA and Lepto but also the walking tac!

WalkerLovesTheOcean · Apr 20, 2024

luis angel said:
The problem is that lately I have only read the bad things about putting sea water and maybe that is there playing in my mind, but I would also thinking to prepare my water so i can save a little more money for corals lol

Oh, lol. I thought you meant buy the saltwater from your LFS. If you mean actually taking water from the ocean, I would not do it. I would be worried about viruses and stuff like that. I wouldn't do either. Making saltwater at home is a quite high expense in the beginning, but it will slowly pay itself off.

WalkerLovesTheOcean · Apr 20, 2024

kevgib67 said:
Pictures?

kevgib67 said:
Not just the RFA and Lepto but also the walking tac!

LOL. It's in my stomach already. I will try to get a pic of it but no guarentees...

00W · Apr 20, 2024

00W · Apr 20, 2024

WalkerLoves_TheOcean said:
It's going great actually! I just had some dorito walking tacos, and I got a RFA and lepto for my tank! How's your saturday?

Great Walker thanks!
Drove home with the window down and sunglasses on.
65 right now loving it.

luis angel · Apr 20, 2024

I know that this question is opening a Pandora's box lol, but what salt do you guys recommend?

WalkerLovesTheOcean · Apr 20, 2024

luis angel said:
I know that this question is opening a Pandora's box lol, but what salt do you guys recommend?

I use coral pro blue bucket. My coral love it, and I can mix it the same day I do my WC.

00W · Apr 20, 2024

luis angel said:
I know that this question is opening a Pandora's box lol, but what salt do you guys recommend?

I use regular IO.
Used red Sea coral pro also for years too. Good salt. Mixes that day like Walker mentioned.

kevgib67 · Apr 20, 2024

WalkerLoves_TheOcean said:
I use coral pro blue bucket. My coral love it, and I can mix it the same day I do my WC.

luis angel said:
I know that this question is opening a Pandora's box lol, but what salt do you guys recommend?

I use Fritz RPM, but being on here so long I think the go to is IO, very cost effective and people seem to like it.

kevgib67 · Apr 20, 2024

kevgib67 · Apr 20, 2024

00W · Apr 20, 2024

luis angel said:
I know that this question is opening a Pandora's box lol, but what salt do you guys recommend?

Honestly most of them made now are pretty good.
There's always a thread debating which one is better/worse etc etc but they're all fine.
I switched to IO because I got a bunch of it from petco for $26 a bucket, still don't know how I did that and honestly it's fine.
I can mix it forever and not worry, no brown gunk in the bucket and it's cheap.
Red Sea coral pro, blue bucket good Fritz is what Kev uses. I've tried a lot and only one I didn't like.
Just remember it's not just the salt.
It's the water.
Gotta use great water or the salt is worthless IMO.

00W · Apr 20, 2024

kevgib67 · Apr 20, 2024

00W said:
Honestly most of them made now are pretty good.
There's always a thread debating which one is better/worse etc etc but they're all fine.
I switched to IO because I got a bunch of it from petco for $26 a bucket, still don't know how I did that and honestly it's fine.
I can mix it forever and not worry, no brown gunk in the bucket and it's cheap.
Red Sea coral pro, blue bucket good Fritz is what Kev uses. I've tried a lot and only one I didn't like.
Just remember it's not just the salt.
It's the water.
Gotta use great water or the salt is worthless IMO.

I guess the only the only one I would avoid is the Red Sea salt made in Turkey. The one made outside of Turkey is fine. A year ago there were a crazy amount of complaints about it.