Salt mix suggestions

[reef4beer]

Finally purchased my RO/DI and want to start making some saltwater.

Any suggestions on salt mix to try? Currently have a mixed reef with chalices, polyps, and some other lps.

Friend of mine suggested using red sea coral pro but wanted some 2 cents from everyone.

 

[jonbar1]

Loving HW Marinemix Reefer for over a year now

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

There's no best mix. Every mix has pros and cons, and if you know them you can make it work well.

FWIW, I use regular Instant Ocean for a variety of reasons.

 

[LE0]

i use sachem reef salt mixes to my preferred alk at 9dkh

 

[LetItReef]

Instant Ocean

 

[b-gin-86]

Hi.... I use instant ocean and I am thinking of changing. I have been battling brown algae or diatoms in my tank for about a year. I googled it and I read on a forum (I cant recall which one) that the member was using salt mix and when he switch his problem went away. does anyone have any suggestions or think this might work? also Randy do you add to the tank extra items that instant ocean does not have? I was thinking it might have too much silicates. thanks

 

[mguili1947]

I have been using instant ocean Reef Crystals since 2004 no problems

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Hi.... I use instant ocean and I am thinking of changing. I have been battling brown algae or diatoms in my tank for about a year. I googled it and I read on a forum (I cant recall which one) that the member was using salt mix and when he switch his problem went away. does anyone have any suggestions or think this might work? also Randy do you add to the tank extra items that instant ocean does not have? I was thinking it might have too much silicates. thanks

I don't think salt mixes are responsible for algae or diatoms unless the tank is deficient in a trace metal that the salt mix provides.

FWIW, there isn't much in RC that is not in IO that I'd actually want (RC has vitamins, IO does not). There are plenty of trace elements in IO.