Is this salt good?

[frankin09]

In your guys opinion is this salt any good? I only have 4 frags of Zoas. Tank has been up for almost 2 months.

 

[HeyLookItsCaps]

In your guys opinion is this salt any good? I only have 4 frags of Zoas. Tank has been up for almost 2 months.

I would say that is the most common salt you’ll see people use. Absolutely fine. Recommendation from experience though, find another bucket and pour it back and forth to mix it dry really well. Don’t want things separating

 

[Mmar2385]

In your guys opinion is this salt any good? I only have 4 frags of Zoas. Tank has been up for almost 2 months.

Yes! I recommend if you are going to keep corals! I use this and my corals are all doing wonderful!

 

[frankin09]

I would say that is the most common salt you’ll see people use. Absolutely fine. Recommendation from experience though, find another bucket and pour it back and forth to mix it dry really well. Don’t want things separating

Could I use a bucket where I mix my salt water?

 

[austibella]

I used reef crystals for years good salt and price but I did change to Fritz pro RPM salt. It mixes clean no residue.. .

 

[frankin09]

I used reef crystals for years good salt and price but I did change to Fritz pro RPM salt. It mixes clean no residue.. .

Will look into it.

 

[blaxsun]

Yes. I use Tropic Marin, but it's also super expensive.

 

[HeyLookItsCaps]

Could I use a bucket where I mix my salt water?

Sure, or a Home Depot/Lowe’s bucket. You’re just wanting to get it stirred/mixed up real good while still dry. I had a “bad batch” once that was sending my alk through the roof, called their customer service and found out the bucket I had was on the shelf for a LONG time, so it was separating from being settled so long. Now I do this every time I get salt out of caution.

just make sure you give it a good mix/stir/etc.

 

[Gtinnel]

I've used reef crystals for years without any issues. It's not the best salt but it'll work just fine for the price.
The only issue I see is once you start getting stony corals using a saltmix that has different parameters than your tank can cause parameter swings when you do a water change. This can easily be negated with small frequent water changes...or from no water changes like many people do.

 

[outhouse]

yep stick with one brand, been using Reef Crystals for decades, As stated a few other brands mix better, but their prices are a higher. I do monthly 100g water changes, so cost matters

 

[sfin52]

I would say that is the most common salt you’ll see people use. Absolutely fine. Recommendation from experience though, find another bucket and pour it back and forth to mix it dry really well. Don’t want things separating

You can roll the bucked and flip it upside down and rotate. All your doing is mixing to prevent settling. Good idea with any salt brand.