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View Poll Results: which salt is best???
API 1 5.00%
Coralife 1 5.00%
D-D H2Ocean pro plus 6 30.00%
HBH 0 0%
Instant Ocean 7 35.00%
San Francisco 0 0%
Seachem reef 2 10.00%
Tropic Marin 1 5.00%
ZEOvit Reefer`s 2 10.00%
Red sea 0 0%
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Old 09-22-2009, 06:43 PM
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You will get mixed reviews on this. Give this thread a read.

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=56120
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i know IO but some body tell me TM is best!
i get IO in BIGALS put in my tank 3days ago is best 4DAY have have some white on glass
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You will get mixed reviews on this. Give this thread a read.

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=56120
and this:

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/sho...highlight=salt

And a quick search resulted in these:

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/sea...earchid=896750
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I've used red sea pro and IO for the past 10 years, when I switched to seachem a couple months ago I never realized how much crap there actually is in salt, my seachem mixes come out crystal clear. Previously, looked like I painted my buckets, heaters and pumps with grey primer.
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Default I use Tropic Marin Pro Reef

My take on salt is buy what is ever in your price range that gives you the best chemical parameters. I use Tropic Marin Proreef, when I mix up a batch of water my chemical parameters are as follows:
Calcium 415
Alkalinity 9.30
Magnesium 1230
Salinity 1.025

I realize that this salt mixture is more expensive than some of the others on the list but you get pretty good chemical values without adding any supplements. That being said, I'm starting to add a little of calcium and magnesium which bumps up ca, mg and alkalinity into the levels I'm wanting.

My question is does price of salt mixture equal better water? I'm curious to hear what other people have found, ie. what are their base water parameters with out adding any supplements.
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would we be able to put on marine environment and biosea? these are the salts that my buddies and i use which seems to be pretty awesome
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would we be able to put on marine environment and biosea? these are the salts that my buddies and i use which seems to be pretty awesome
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Same opinion here.
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