BEST salt for a REEF tank?

[Wes]

IMO there are more important things to spend money on than fancy salt and when you have a big tank you go through tons of the stuff.

Traces of phosphate? Not a big deal considering you add traces of phosphate every time you feed. Calcium, Alk, and Mg? I consume alot of that no matter what salt I'm using so I am still dosing regardless of salt.

In other words, I use the cheap stuff (reef crystals).


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[NYreefNoob]

d&d pro is the best salt i have used and i have tried most of them, oceanic, esv, reef crystals, io, red sea coral pro which would be my swcond favorite, i base this on levels consistant and when i do a water change how my corals react, loved the esv but i dont do 50g wc and hate sitting there after it miss's testing it and seeing if i need to add 1 part or 2 of them to get levels up

 

[jaa1456]

d&d pro is the best salt i have used and i have tried most of them, oceanic, esv, reef crystals, io, red sea coral pro which would be my swcond favorite, i base this on levels consistant and when i do a water change how my corals react, loved the esv but i dont do 50g wc and hate sitting there after it miss's testing it and seeing if i need to add 1 part or 2 of them to get levels up

I heard D&D was also a great salt. I have not had to dose anything or lower or raise any of my ESV yet. So far everything is checking out good as far as levels are concerned. But I only have a 5 SPS and 3 LPS in my 65 and they are all on the small side, So nothings really eating it up. Although that will probrably change in the future.

 

[cybermeez]

Your mileage will vary, but I'm with NYreefNoob on the D-D H2Ocean. I've tried IO, Oceanic, Seachem Reef, and most recently (and for the longest) I was using Reef Crystals. Then last weekend someone suggested I try D-D. Initially I scoffed because of the price, but figured trying a bucket couldn't hurt. I could always go back to RC if I didn't like it.

I did a 25% water change with it after which all the corals had their polyps fully extended and the inverts were doind the happy dance. I've done a few more water changes in the past few days to get things fully switched over and see if the results hold. My critters seem very happy with it and I think I'll stick with it unless something changes.

Each tank will respond to various brands of salt differently. It depends on a lot of things including what lives in it, what you dose with, what reactors/filtration you run and how often water changes are done. Your tank will tell you what it likes best.

 

[jaa1456]

What is the price od D&D and for what size?

 

[D1J8Z]

What is the price od D&D and for what size?

http://www.saltwatercritters.com/inc/sdetail/1356

 

[NYreefNoob]

around $85 for 152-183g lol yes thats what the bucket says, for me thats over 3 months worth of water changes and is minor compared to what i have spent on other crap

 

[jaa1456]

That's not to bad, the ESV is around 75 for a 200 gallon mix

 

[stage3-S4]

yea d-d is good stuff I hear. Never used it but I have no reason to switch from esv. NYREEF did you switch mearly just for the annoying mixing methods involved with ESV?

 

[NYreefNoob]

i was given the 50g esv and seeing i only do 10g wc it was more of a hassle for me mixing it, but then again i am lazy also, i had always used oceanic on current tank

 

[stage3-S4]

i was given the 50g esv and seeing i only do 10g wc it was more of a hassle for me mixing it, but then again i am lazy also, i had always used oceanic on current tank

yea I do about 15 gallons every 2 weeks, so its not really a big deal for me. After making the first batch it really is easy now as I just add the exact same amount of each item everytime.