Why does the salt smell citrus? Using Redsea blue bucket.

[KGV]

I have always wondered why the salt smells this way. Doesn't seem like a natural smell. Any ideas?

 

[taricha]

good question. I wonder what inorganic compounds in a salt mix could actually generate a smell. My I.O. salt also has a smell, but I don't know what the smell is from, or how I'd describe it other than "salty".

 

[X-37B]

Funny I just smelled mine and it does have a slight citrus scent.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Almost all smells are organics. Ammonia and hydrogen sulfide are among the few inorganics likely to be in a reef environment that smell.

 

[Pod_01]

Interesting topic, I use Fauna Marin or Tropic Marin salt (who ever is available). I don’t smell anything but while back when TM had its Turkey crisis some commented that they smelled citrus.
Maybe the salt is made beside a spice production line, just kidding.

 

[KGV]

Interesting topic, I use Fauna Marin or Tropic Marin salt (who ever is available). I don’t smell anything but while back when TM had its Turkey crisis some commented that they smelled citrus.
Maybe the salt is made beside a spice production line, just kidding.

I should add that the Redsea blue bucket salt has always smelled like that and has always given me good results.