2022 salt poll

[Big Smelly fish]

EDIT: I forgot SeaChem's Salinity. Worst salt ever. Smelled like pee when mixed and against my better judgement I attempted to use it. Crashed one of my earlier tanks. I used 3/4 of that bucket as driveway snow melt. I believe it was around the same time one of the Atlanta's group bought it and had the same results.

Salinity was a salt I used in the past and really like and didn’t have any issues, it just got to be a pain finding it locally

 

[CanuckReefer]

What's an Alpo?

Low end dog food... 'Ole Roy' even worse lol...

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

What's an Alpo?

Dog food, lol. The most common, wet/dry dog food.

 

[AJsReef]

Tropic Marin Pro for the last 18 months or so, before the Red Sea blue bucket.

Used IO/RC for many years but fouled my mixing container and mixing pumps far too much for my liking (too lazy to clean)

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

Low end dog food... 'Ole Roy' even worse lol...

I had a friend that fed his dog ol Roy, may as well feed that poor pup sawdust!

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

IO & coralife user for years with the FOWLR tanks. Currently using RC, since I'm doing corals but I am noticing high cal, alk & mag. Thinking it's back to IO after the current bucket is gone.

 

[Reefing102]

IO for me. Salt is salt and if anything is off it’s cheaper for me to fix it with dosing than buying more expensive stuff

 

[ZoWhat]

MORTON SALT PELLETS



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[CanuckReefer]

IO & coralife user for years with the FOWLR tanks. Currently using RC, since I'm doing corals but I am noticing high cal, alk & mag. Thinking it's back to IO after the current bucket is gone.

Similar. I've utilized RC for years and never seen Alk this high. I dont mind the Mag, it's always been on the higher end. Have you or any other RC users noticed a change only recently in the Alk or always been quite high?

Anyone think I could mix the IO and RC to get a lower number or this would be a bad idea lol...

 

[BanjoBandito]

Really? I'm the only one using Syn Biotic Tropic Marine? No wonder it was on clearance when I bought it.

 

[Uncle99]

Similar. I've utilized RC for years and never seen Alk this high. I dont mind the Mag, it's always been on the higher end. Have you or any other RC users noticed a change only recently in the Alk or always been quite high?

Anyone think I could mix the IO and RC to get a lower number or this would be a bad idea lol...

I see no reason whatsoever in mixing if it results in the levels you seek.
Just means you have to keep 2 salts.

 

[CanuckReefer]

I see no reason whatsoever in mixing if it results in the levels you seek.
Just means you have to keep 2 salts.

Thanks for response! Might try it then an experiment a little. If it keeps me from dosing and dumps the Alk a bit, I'll take it!

 

[Gtinnel]

Cant beat the price, ~27$ per box. Can't remember what promotion was going on but I snagged 3 boxes.

What site did you get that from, and was it recently or am I probably too late to start looking for the promotion?

 

[MaxTremors]

I’ve used many salts over the years, I used IO for many years, then used reef crystals. I’ve used most of the popular brands either just as an experiment or if my usual salt was unavailable. I think most salts are totally fine, just pick one that mixes to (or close to) the parameters you keep your tank at.

For the last year I’ve been using Fritz RPM (blue box), and I really like it. I know that they’ve had some quality control issues in the past, but I’ve had no negative experiences with it, it mixes to the parameters I prefer, mixes fast and clean, and isn’t terribly expensive, but most importantly, my corals have all done really well with it. If Fritz is unavailable, I usually get Red Sea (the one with the lower Alk).

One other salt that I didn’t see listed, that is surprisingly decent is Coralife. I’ve used it a few times and it was pretty good (but again most salts are pretty good). Fluval also has a salt that is decent.

 

[wmb0003]

What site did you get that from, and was it recently or am I probably too late to start looking for the promotion?

https://www.petco.com/shop/en/petcostore/product/instant-ocean-aquarium-salt

I think I signed up for repeat delivery then canceled after they came in. 35% off your first repeat delivery but I think there was another sale going on at the same time too. Right now it looks like its ~$33 per box after discount

 

[Tamberav]

Instant ocean… proven to work… available everywhere… even petco and pet smart. Can still get it super cheap with sales or discounts.

I tried many salt mixes including the expensive ones and never a difference.

 

[Tamberav]

https://www.petco.com/shop/en/petcostore/product/instant-ocean-aquarium-salt

I think I signed up for repeat delivery then canceled after they came in. 35% off your first repeat delivery but I think there was another sale going on at the same time too. Right now it looks like its ~$33 per box after discount

Petsmart has the first delivery 35 percent off also. It will let you add more to the cart then when it claims too

 

[14 foot reef]

I use Live Aquaria salt and love it.
but sadly, it wasn't in the poll.

Live Aquaria is Fritz Blue Box Salt with different packaging.

 

[Midrats]

None of the above. HW marine for me

I used to use that stuff regularly back in the Nineties. Call me weird, but I love the way it smelled . What's it mixing up to these days?

 

[Jen1978]

Forgot to say I am using TMPR but reading all of the stories about the Turkish batches leaving residue does concern me a little moving forward. I am hopeful my steady supply of the German buckets will continue here in the UK. I know we have all been told it is fine and there is nothing wrong with it but this is evidence something has changed somewhere regardless.

Is there a definite way to know where each batch comes from? I bought a box a few months back and it says Made in Germany. Do I trust it?