Whatcaneyedo, this is very good information, this is what I'm looking for. If you can, just vote for the salt you use the most of.

Thanks,

Reefer's Best for my Reef tank.
IO for my FOWLR.
But my FOWLR isn't really a FOWLR anymore. I have some Shrooms, Palys and LPS in there. I also run ZeoVit on both tanks. Because of these factors, I'm likely going to go with just Reefer's Best once the IO is used up.
Long story, short....Reefer's Best.

Instant Ocean

Because it is inexpensive and has high alkalinity but low Magnesium and Calcium.

I add a Magnesium Chloride and Magnesium Sulfate mix to bring the Magnesium up to (1300 - 1400).

I also add Calcium Chloride to bring the Calcium up to (400 - 450).

Lately I have been doing water changes of 60G on a 525G system once every 6 weeks.

Tom R

I want to thank everyone, this is very good information, that can be very useful.

Keep it Coming, keep it coming, more, more, more.

You missed some major players
 

Hey you failed to include other great products like meer salts, BioSea and they have one more blend marine something or other. all three by the same company. i use biosea and its awesome. i tried others but this one has had the greatest results in my tank. I used IO at first cause its cheaper than a happy meal, then tried oceanic and SeaChem. of all of them, i found BioSea Mixes consistently, and my corals love it. once i switched to it i knew that was it. tank has never been better.

I am now using Reefer's Best because I can get it from J&L. Mixes okay, seems to create a film on top of the mix no matter what I do to try and mix it properly. I find I need to suppliment with this salt.

I prefer to use Marine Environment or Biosea, but I have to ship it in from Edmonton and mixing the 2 part Marine Environment gets to be tough with my tanks being as small as they are. Both of these mixed really well and I didn't find much if any need to suppliment.

Started with IO but it left the mixing bucket filthy and never mixed well.

Welcome to Canreef Tony!!

P.S. If you would like to add some more salt brands to your poll let me know. I can add them for you.

Instant Ocean

For the price, I've never had any problem with it, and I see a lot of successful reefs run with it.

Tried Seachem: Terrible, coated my mixing tank with calcium carbonate, started STN on a couple of acros

Tried TMP: Didn't notice any difference in coral health after 3 buckets, but I liked not having to correct levels

I've been using IO for the last 15yrs without any problems and I don't see any reason to change :biggrin:

Jeepers with the growth rate you are getting on your fuzzy sticks I wouldn't change a damn thing either!! :razz: