Quick Question About salt mixing

[Montaquelaveist]

Just had a general question wanted to know if it is okay to go from one salt mix to another i recently ran out of ESV ( which im not getting ever again ) but i only have Instant Ocean 200 gallons of it will i be okay have to do a water change today and its the regular IO not Reef Crystals

 

[albano]

Yes...why not more ESV?

 

[kenconnect]

I switch salts my self about 2 months ago. I was using esv and changed over to h2o. Didnt effect my fish or coral. But imo u MAY have to dose more with i.o. If you have corals

 

[Montaquelaveist]

Yes...why not more ESV?

No more ESV cause it almost made my tank crash too many parts for me K.I.S.S for me and I have a calcium reactor so i should be fine until i get the H20 salt myself just didnt wanna shock my corals theve been throuigh enough lol

 

[rambler67]

as long as the ph and salinity is the same you will be fine.

 

[Josh]

I spoke to a salt manufacturer at MACNA and he was very adamant that changing from one salt to another is going to have an impact on ANY tank. Basically each salt has a certain ion fingerprint and if you have been using one salt for a long time the livestock is used to that type. If you change salts it may cause a negative or positive reaction in your animals. The gist of the conversation was that customers mistake these reactions for one salt being better than another.

So just pay attention to what the tank is telling you and do the water changes as minimally as you can.

 

[alrha]

when changing salts, i generally do much smaller water changes to start to keep the change and adjustment as gradual as possible. you should acclimate your system to the new salt just as you would acclimate new specimens to your system. Try to start with 5% changes gradually increasing as your system adjusts to the new salt.

 

[kenconnect]

I deff will not do i.o. And then h2o. I feel that it will really throw it all out of wack. To switch and then switch again. So if ur going to get h2o just do that. And dont waist ur time with i.o.

no more esv cause it almost made my tank crash too many parts for me k.i.s.s for me and i have a calcium reactor so i should be fine until i get the h20 salt myself just didnt wanna shock my corals theve been throuigh enough lol

 

[MatthewScars]

IO is terrible. I just got a batch which sent my mag over 1700. Obviously thats not the case for all IO salt, but there is a reason its the cheapest...

ESV is a bit of a pain, but from the short time ive been using it, its pretty great to be able to exactly control your levels. But after I go through it im switching to RedSea.

 

[Montaquelaveist]

IO is terrible. I just got a batch which sent my mag over 1700. Obviously thats not the case for all IO salt, but there is a reason its the cheapest...

ESV is a bit of a pain, but from the short time ive been using it, its pretty great to be able to exactly control your levels. But after I go through it im switching to RedSea.

ESV is a bit of a pain but im tired of the mixing i think im gonna go back to Coral Pro by red sea cause its a little harder to get the H20 I only have one more batch of ESV left i hope i get my salt before my last esv runs out

 

[kenconnect]

Ma has the h2o all the time.

 

[Montaquelaveist]

Ma has the h2o all the time.

Cool you wouldnt happen to know how much they charge for a bucket ive heard that thats a good salt mix made for sps tanks

 

[kenconnect]

Hmm some times they have specials..So as they say in commercials prices may very..lol But they have 2 sizes. A 50 gal and a 200 gal.

 

[Montaquelaveist]

Hmm some times they have specials..So as they say in commercials prices may very..lol But they have 2 sizes. A 50 gal and a 200 gal.

cool ill give them a call

 

[kenconnect]

Here's the info just incase u don't know.
http://www.manhattanaquariums.com/

 

[albano]

But they have 2 sizes. A 50 gal and a 200 gal.

From what I read, the 200g bucket only makes 150+g at 1.026...is that right?
If so, then it's very expensive salt.


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[Downbeach]

I bought a few buckets of H2Ocean last year, for about 60.00 ea. on sale. They were the largest I'm aware of @ 23 kg, and advertise 152 to 182 gal. It was good salt and I got about 160 gal. @ 1.026. The price is now in the mid 70's, so I'm back to Reef Crystals. @ 42.00 for a 200 gal. box it's hard to justify the other "premium" brands.

 

[kenconnect]

Sorry I stand corrected it is 182 gal. Mix

 

[Montaquelaveist]

so is the reef crystals any good or should i go with H20 im looking to stay with one type and keep that going i have two tanks one 120 reef and one 90 FWLR

 

[rebelson]

Have you considered Tropic Marin?