Salt?
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btkrausen
Fish Hoarder
This is "the" age old question since multiple salts became available in the hobby. You'll find that almost everybody will swear by the brand they are using.
Personally I use Reef Crystals. Its been around forever and works well for me. I might also be switching to Instant Ocean just because I'm running a fish only tank and it'll save me a few bucks without adding all the elements needed for a reef.
Personally I use Reef Crystals. Its been around forever and works well for me. I might also be switching to Instant Ocean just because I'm running a fish only tank and it'll save me a few bucks without adding all the elements needed for a reef.
andywe
Well-Known Member
There are many good salts out there. People like them for different reasons. For price, seems a lot of the time both the Red Sea and Instant Ocean Reef crystals are on sale a lot and are very popular
OCeanic ( what I prefer and use) has excellent stats as it is a bit higher in Calcium than a lot of other brands, and had the right Magnesium level.
H2H has a salt that reviewed very well last year when I was at Macna, but it was a bit expensive. Same with SeaChem's Salinity (which I also like a lot).
Instant Ocean (not the reef crystals blend) is really more for a fish only tank.
I advise you too look at the labels for Calcium, PH, and Phosphate amounts at 1.025 for whatever your looking at. PO4 should be low, PH 8.0-8.2, and Calcium at least 440. The last thing you want to do is mix up a batch of water, and then have to start adding components to get it in line with your tank parameters.
Hope this helps!
OCeanic ( what I prefer and use) has excellent stats as it is a bit higher in Calcium than a lot of other brands, and had the right Magnesium level.
H2H has a salt that reviewed very well last year when I was at Macna, but it was a bit expensive. Same with SeaChem's Salinity (which I also like a lot).
Instant Ocean (not the reef crystals blend) is really more for a fish only tank.
I advise you too look at the labels for Calcium, PH, and Phosphate amounts at 1.025 for whatever your looking at. PO4 should be low, PH 8.0-8.2, and Calcium at least 440. The last thing you want to do is mix up a batch of water, and then have to start adding components to get it in line with your tank parameters.
Hope this helps!
