Reef salt or regular salt

[A_Blind_Reefer]

That chart above is completely outdated.

Reef Crystals has been closer to 11-12dkh for quite a while.

As to the original question, just use IO Purple from day one and be done.

+1 for this.

 

[newbee1208]

Okay that’s what I was thinking would be the way to go, thanks for confirming!

I’m in the process of getting ready to set up a new tank (first saltwater) and I’m going to be running it as a FOWLR for probably at least a couple months, could be longer, and will eventually add in corals. Question is, should I still use the reef salt from day 1, even if corals won’t be going in for 2-3 months? Or should I use regular salt, and then when corals are added I can start using the reef salt? I wasn’t sure if using the reef salt prior to adding corals in would necessarily hurt anything.

Thanks for asking the question I’m starting and new tank soon I have almost every thing and I really want to put corals In my tank in a few months and was wondering which salt to go with . I really didn’t want to get own the line and have to switch to reef salt I thought why not use it from the beginning. The answer really help me decide. Also how did your tank turn out .