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View Poll Results: What's your favourite aquarium salt mix?
Instant Ocean 154 33.70%
Instant Ocean: Reef Crystals 104 22.76%
H2Ocean Coral Pro 75 16.41%
Zeovit Reefers Best Salt 23 5.03%
Brightwell Aquatics NeoMarine 8 1.75%
Red Sea Coral Pro Salt 19 4.16%
Seachem Reef Salt 25 5.47%
other (please share in post ) 49 10.72%
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Old 04-02-2013, 11:32 PM
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Does anyone else find IO makes your water go cloudy after water change?
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it doesnt mix clear (powerhead running overnight.) makes my tank go cloudy. youre right.

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Old 04-02-2013, 11:44 PM
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glad i am not alone
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Old 04-03-2013, 06:21 PM
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I used seachem reef salt. Worked nicely but always left a weird white crust on everything. When I start up my next tank ill be trying h2ocean or io reef crystals. Tropic marine is expensive for me.
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Old 04-03-2013, 07:27 PM
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I have tried the following salt mixes

royal nature
IO
IO reef
dd H2O

Having tried these salt mixes I have found that h2o is far the best overall salt - I saw a change in my corals and have almost stopped dosing.

Second I would pick royal nature - biggest issue was quality control.

IO - perfect low price for fowlr aquarium

Did not like IO reef crystals at all - didnt mix well and also inconstant parm's
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Old 04-03-2013, 07:37 PM
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H2o seems to be getting the biggest thumbs up these days, although i am going to try tropic marin Pro.
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I am using H2Ocean in my tanks...however am switching some customers over to Fluval Sea...specifically have one target tank full of corals that has been on H2Ocean but moving it to the Fluval as I like what they say it will do...only time will tell as this salt took quite some time to actually hit the market...it's not cheap either so .... will see...

it's always interesting to see what salt people use and why....I REALLY like that both H2O and Fluval Sea mix amazingly crystal clear with no residue..no "dirty" bucket like when we use the Seachem or IO salt...ugh! My own tank at home will be another tank we test the Fluval Sea on....
I've tried H2Ocean but found my zoas didn't really like it. I was using Reef Crystals but found it didn't keep my alkalinity/calcium levels up. I've switched to Fluval Sea and really like how it mixes, everything in my tank seems to like it and my levels are much better now.
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Anywhere in Edmonton supply Red Sea coral pro?
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Old 05-11-2013, 08:14 PM
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Anywhere in Edmonton supply Red Sea coral pro?
Big Al's is the only place I've seen it
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Old 05-11-2013, 08:17 PM
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Thanks. I'll check it out this week
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