How's this salt?

arman · Mar 12, 2016

Have any one had any experience with marinium reef salt?
If had how was it?

Randy Holmes-Farley · Mar 12, 2016

Sorry, I've not heard anything about it.

Some of their claims are internally inconsistent (meaning untrue), but it may still be a fine salt mix.

http://www.mariscience.com/marinium-reef-sea-salt.html

these are the conflicting claims:

"With premium formulation, all of the major elements are in ratios that follow the Constant Chemical Composition of Natural Seawater"

"High alkalinity Extra Calcium Extra Magnesium"

Somehow, one of both of those claims are simply incorrect.

Cory · Mar 13, 2016

Lol thats really bad of them. I would wonder why they need to lie to push their product.

It seems they cant be consistent in what they say, i wouldnt think their salt is lol.

Hunter S Thompson · Mar 13, 2016

Looks like a super small company that doesn't do much business in the US. It doesn't take rocket science create reef salt. I'm sure it's fine if you get a good deal on it.

arman · Mar 13, 2016

Thank you guys for the answers.

arman · Mar 13, 2016

Randy Holmes-Farley said:
Sorry, I've not heard anything about it.

Some of their claims are internally inconsistent (meaning untrue), but it may still be a fine salt mix.

http://www.mariscience.com/marinium-reef-sea-salt.html

these are the conflicting claims:

"With premium formulation, all of the major elements are in ratios that follow the Constant Chemical Composition of Natural Seawater"

"High alkalinity Extra Calcium Extra Magnesium"

Somehow, one of both of those claims are simply incorrect.

Which one is incorrect and why?

Electrobes · Mar 13, 2016

arman said:
Have any one had any experience with marinium reef salt?
If had how was it?

Hey Arman: Out of curiosity, what parameters are you looking for in a salt? Maybe we could give you more easily found salt for you to try.

Randy Holmes-Farley · Mar 13, 2016

arman said:
Which one is incorrect and why?

I cannot tell you which one is incorrect, but they are mutually exclusive so cannot both be true. It's like saying "my car is green" and "my car is red".

My pure guess is that they do add more alk, calcium, and magnsium, and either didn 't recognize or didn't care that those are several of the major ions they were referring to in the other claim.

arman · Mar 14, 2016

Electrobes said:
Hey Arman: Out of curiosity, what parameters are you looking for in a salt? Maybe we could give you more easily found salt for you to try.

Hi.You know what,im not very professional.My first salt was an italian salt named prodac.And it was good(corals grew and opened very well).
But it doesn't exist in the market now.
I need a salt good for lps that cost not very much(im a student yet).

Randy Holmes-Farley · Mar 14, 2016

arman said:
Hi.You know what,im not very professional.My first salt was an italian salt named prodac.And it was good(corals grew and opened very well).
But it doesn't exist in the market now.
I need a salt good for lps that cost not very much(im a student yet).

Is Instant Ocean available to you? In the US that is typically among the least expensive and is perfectly adequate.

arman · Mar 14, 2016

Every thing cheap in US is expensive in my country(US has no commercial relation with us unfortunately).
But it does exist and 4$per kg.(Dont know how much is there but it belongs to one of the most expensive salts after KENT).

Randy Holmes-Farley · Mar 14, 2016

arman said:
Every thing cheap in US is expensive in my country(US has no commercial relation with us unfortunately).
But it does exist and 4$per kg.(Dont know how much is there but it belongs to one of the most expensive salts after KENT).

Can you list the types you can get that are in inexpensive for you? Then we can weigh in with pros and cons (if any).

arman · Mar 14, 2016

Blue treasure,Marinium,bright well(ive used this but i think sth is not ok with this.
And the rest are made in iran,that i think you havent seen.

Randy Holmes-Farley · Mar 14, 2016

arman said:
Blue treasure,Marinium,bright well(ive used this but i think sth is not ok with this.
And the rest are made in iran,that i think you havent seen.

The only one I am familiar with is Brightwell Neomarine, and it should be fine to use (assuming it is this one):

http://brightwellaquatics.com/products/neomarine.php

Bob O · Mar 14, 2016

I just switched to the MEI Crystal Seas bioassay lab grade. So far so good. Mixes well and thoroughly. Will test next water change batch and post Ca, Mg, and Alk levels.