Poll: What brand of salt does everyone use?

[Lunchbucket]

IO but the only problem is the ca+ is a little low for me

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Lunchbucket

 

[Ben1]

I use IO although in a recent post by Chris_h he was compaining over low ALK/CA and bad dissolving. I just bought home a new bucket and what he was complaining about is clear, it isnt dissolving right.

 

[Ben 4]

The September, 2001 issue of Practical Fishkeeping Magazine did a study of the various salt mixes out there and they rated Instant Ocean the best overal salt. Reef Crystals, Kent Marine and Red Sea salt also were rated highly.

 

[Anonymous]

Tropic Marin is my personal favorite and the one we use here in the store. IO and Kent are our other brands and I have no qualms about substituting either.

Salts I would avoid are Coralife, Red Sea and ALL of the off brand salts.

 

[reefin geek]

IO right now. Tropic Marin next and will stick with it

 

[Cresta]

Instant Ocean for me. I tried Red Sea once since that was the only brand the local pet chain store carried. One thing I've noticed is the sand that remains on the bottom of the mixing bucket. Probably the sand that was bagged along with the Red Sea water when they evaporated it.

 

[beemert]

kent

 

[esmithiii]

IO

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[MattM]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Ermin:
<strong>... Probably the sand that was bagged along with the Red Sea water when they evaporated it.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Or it's those non-soluable compounds like calcium carbonate that formed as it was being evaporated.

 

[THillson]

Instant Ocean.

 

[new reefer in michigan]

I use IO

 

[bigtank]

Kent and Instant Ocean. Both are fine.

 

[64Ivy]

IO. For about 20 years.

 

[VC]

Instant Ocean

 

[IBJJ]

I O

 

[Rich-n-poor]

Instant Ocean.......

if it aint broke dont fix it
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[Anonymous]

I used IO for years and decided to try Coralife. Coralife seems to work fine. However I do plan to return to the old standby IO.

 

[myreef]

Tropic Marin for me also. Int he 12 years I have been in the hooby, I have always heard it is the best. I am now a believer.

 

[joeyipsc]

IO or Reef Crystals.
nope, did not find a difference in performance
but I did notice that whe I use Reef crystals ,
The mixing tub I used tends to deposit white
residue after leaving the mixture turning for about 1 day.
joeyipsc

 

[NasotheHutt]

IO seems to take the prise!