Seachem Reef Salt
 

Is this brand any good? I need to buy salts on Boxing Day. Right now looking at IO Reef Crystal, Seachem Reef Salt and H2O?

Personally I think that IO Reef Crystals is the best price on Boxing Day, mostly available in stock and has decent levels to maintain a reef. I have been thinking of switching to another brand but just cant justify the price difference. There is also the situation that has occured for a few people when they switched salts that had more trouble with there tanks and even a few crashed hard.

Right now is fish only tank. it doesn't matter. wait till I win a doser first then I add corals. Just kidding on a doser. I will start coral after Boxing Day shopping.

What are you using know for salt IO Crystals?

Just IO

I have 2 tanks 120G main floor with LPS using H2O?
and 280G down the basement just fish only for now.

I guess its all a lot of personal prefference to what salt we all use but for me it does come down to cost somewhat. I started with IO in my first reef tank but then was introduced to Reef Crystals. It made switching over easy. I like to try to stock up on Boxing Day so it's Crystals all the way. I tried the SeaChem additive as well but found them to be to expencive & not as good as bulk additives.

For me, it's the cost that guides me. IO salts that way to go if money is a concern.
That said, I really don't have any experience with any other brand. I grow SPS predominant, but I do dose Calcium and Alkalinity, and Magnesium.

But I think that, when your corals start to grow significantly, you will need to dose to keep these parameters up anyway. So I'd rather do it this way than using expensive salt, and still having to dose, even if it is not dosing quite as much.
Hope this makes sense:lol:.

I used seachem. Good salt. I only switched when it got hard to find in Edmonton.

Much better results than when I used IO.

IO is crap in my opinion. But as grizz said... It's all preference and results vary.

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Simply my opinion.

I like higher end salt... Like some people think MP40s are better than lower price power heads. Both create a different environment... Pleasing to some and not to others.

I use H2Ocean and love it.

Two more days till Boxing day and still don't know which salts to buy for my 280G reef starting next week.
Reef Crystal @ Big Al's
Seachem @ Marine Aquaria
H2O at AI

Its much easier to go with a more expensive salt when you are only running 1 or 2 small tanks and by small I mean under 90gal. I have at this point close to 450 gals of water in 3 tanks so its Crystals all the way.

If you can afford to go with a more high end salt then I would go that route, I know I would. Roughly figure out how much you would use in a year and ask yourself if you can afford it, not at boxing days prices but at regular price.

OK let camp out at Big Al's.......Just kidding