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reefme 12-24-2011 01:08 AM

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?

The Grizz 12-24-2011 01:52 AM

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.

reefme 12-24-2011 01:58 AM

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.

The Grizz 12-24-2011 01:59 AM

What are you using know for salt IO Crystals?

reefme 12-24-2011 02:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Grizz (Post 664068)
What are you using know for salt IO Crystals?

Just IO

reefme 12-24-2011 02:09 AM

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

The Grizz 12-24-2011 02:47 AM

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.

ALang 12-24-2011 03:33 PM

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:.

paddyob 12-24-2011 03:56 PM

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.

no_bs 12-24-2011 04:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by paddyob (Post 664232)
Much better results than when I used IO.

IO is crap in my opinion.


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