I have used IO almost exclusively and have never had issues with PH or with Trace and I have alot of coral... So I don't pay the extra $$$$ for the more expensive salts.

If you wish, Dennis at Golds had a breakdown of what each salt did, contained, etc. I don't know if he still has that, but because of his research, this is why he no longer carries Reefers Best Salt (Zeovit) and this was long before he stopped carrying the Zeovit line.

IMO, Instant Ocean is great, but if you wish to use a more expensive salt, it will most likely do a great job also.

IO is a decent salt for the price, since when did 80 dollars become acceptable for a bucket anyways. Every salt has ups and down's, im to lazy to dig up the charts at the moment, but at a glance the price per bucket adds up real quick for people with large tanks. Besides no salt can make up for your indoor air conditions which may play a factor in your ph.

I guess it comes down to whatever works for you... In my case IO is great... I have 300 gallons of water that I have to work with, and have never had any issues.

I like instant ocean also because it has been around much longer than most other brands, kind of like the grandfather of all salts... So this is why I went with it in the beginning and just have stuck with it.

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This is good to know. Time for me buying some IO buckets.

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Sigh, went to gold today and only want grab bucket of IO salt, come home with bucket of salt, a tang and two corals. That is an evil place
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HEHE, I do the same thing. It is hard to keep some self control.

What kind of tang and corals, please post pic's when you have time.

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I bought power brown tang, hammer head, brain. I post picts in my album.

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Oceans is having a sale right now, 55 dollars for a bucket of reef crystals. Pretty good deal.