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- Ridgewood, NY
best salt for reef tank
- Thread starter doorag1
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its a downgrade because instant ocean is cheap and dirty. It comes with nitrates and phosphates from the ocean in the USA and does not have the essentially elements needed in a reef aquarium. The money your spending dosing it could buy you better salt and save you a little time. TIME=MONEY
- Location
- Ridgewood, NY
Ok so lets get into this topic. I've used just about every salt in the market and just about every one has nitrates and phosphates. ESV had .02 phosphates, Reef Crystals (the one you're advocating) had .11 Phospahtes, etc, these might have been bad batches but I test my make up water every now and then and find very low levels of nitrates and phosphates from time to time. Right after that, I test my RO water, etc.. I agree as far as trace elements though. As far as dosing, if you have a high demanding tank you will need to dose anyways, Reef Crystals levels are not off the chart or too impressive either.
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- Location
- Long Island
What is your choice of salt brother?
- Location
- Ridgewood, NY
I'm using Aquavitro Salinity now and so far so good. Expensive though.
- Location
- Ridgewood, NY
+1. A salt mix with no impurities is very hard to find and would be very expensive. Some companies do a better job at that than others for sure.
i use red sea coral pro and hanna checker test kits and i do a 10%weekly water change, I only dose mid week and usually only a little alk and cal. The price difference in the salt is ten dollars a bucket and i even saw the huge bag for the same price as the bucket. The cost of dosing alk ,cal ,mag, iron, stronium ,iodine , and ect. At $10-$30 dollars a bottle is outragous. Who do you think is spending more pre-dosing ?
- Location
- Ridgewood, NY
I hear you, the problem with trace elements is there is no way to test for them so you could be overdosing and not know it. You have a very valid point on as far as dosing though.
- Location
- Ridgewood, NY
I know, I was just stating the salt I'm using now. Reef Crystals is a good salt also. I've used it until last month, trying a new one now. Let's see.
- Location
- Greenpoint Brooklyn
- Location
- Long Island
How much does a bucket cost? Is it like a two part salt?
- Location
- Ridgewood, NY
Sometimes you get lucky and find it for $70. I paid $80 this time around for a 225 gallon bucket. They say that you use 1/2 cup less though. I'm using it because one of my buddies has an amazing tank and that's all he uses. I'll update you guys.
- Location
- Ridgewood, NY
- Location
- Long Island
There is an MR member "Sunny" that uses it and his tank is amazing. My last question is, where can I buy it?
- Location
- Ridgewood, NY
I bought it at Maximum Reefs in Yonkers. What size tank do you have?
I see your from Li, country critters carries it. If I'm not mistaken that's what they use in there tanks I'm not sure what they charge though .
- Location
- Ridgewood, NY
Good to know, thank you.
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