Anyone got a line on some salt deals?

[jason_mazzy]

I use IO usually BUT I would love to try blue bucket. I need a major salt sale (Broke this month, looking for a new job).

 

[Joeganja]

Well your in luck because marine depot has Presidents' Day sale. 10% off most stuff

 

[xREEFINaintEZx]

Amazon bro... Bout as good as it gets. I've seen 64$ bucket of reef crystals on 50%off once at petsmart in the last year and ahalf

 

[ahiggins]

Agree with amazon. Usually $10-$15 cheaper than an lfs.

 

[reefology]

I know it costs a little more but prefer to support my lfs. As a small business owner myself, I know how important it is to shop and support local.

 

[Rick.45cal]

I used red sea blue bucket for 9 months at least, I use IO now. Just regular old cheap IO. The only difference I have noticed is that I can change nearly twice as much water with IO as I can with red sea blue bucket for the same amount of money. If I was worried about my budget IO would be what I would stick with.

 

[jason_mazzy]

I was looking for blue because of the alk. Blue is @ seawater level. IO is high (which is fine for my more active tanks) and I am getting some wild colonies of acro and want to match them perfectly to their known environment.

 

[mfinn]

Dr. Foster & Smith and Petsolutions are the cheapest places I see. Usually better than amazon.

 

[Sabellafella]

Amazon bro... Bout as good as it gets. I've seen 64$ bucket of reef crystals on 50%off once at petsmart in the last year and ahalf

Bingo, the reef crystal buckets are like 25 bucks and regular is 20

 

[Rick.45cal]

I was looking for blue because of the alk. Blue is @ seawater level. IO is high (which is fine for my more active tanks) and I am getting some wild colonies of acro and want to match them perfectly to their known environment.

I use HCl acid to bring the alkalinity down to 7.5 dKH before I use it. (Aerate the altered saltwater to drive off CO2 created from the reaction).
It takes me 3 more minutes and costs almost nothing to fix! (I test all my new seawater for ALK/Ca/Mg before using. Every brand requires some adjustment in my experience, at least too my likeing.

 

[fishkeeper2]

Amazon bro... Bout as good as it gets. I've seen 64$ bucket of reef crystals on 50%off once at petsmart in the last year and ahalf

Watch for petsmart and petco deals. I bought a 150 gall bucket of Red Sea mix for $64.