Considering different salt brand

[Wingin It]

I would think that would screw up the fish/corals. Just my opinion.
You could always think about a timer, turn on the actinics first for feeding, then have the daylights come on after you're gone, then turn the daylights off first and then leave the actinics on for a bit before bed?

[Wayne]

I kinda thought it would mess them up a bit too. I like that idea the atinics should be enough for feeding at least with the room lights on aswell. I will move the bulbs around and give that a try.

So far I have just been turning the room lights on for 10 minutes then turn one assembly on for 20-30 min then the other assembly. For night they all get turned off at once. I will pick up two timers and give this a whirl.

[daniella3d]

I was using Instant Ocean before and due to the low calcium and mag in that salt I switched to DD H2O and very happy with that salt.

Unlike IO, the H2O salt is natural salt and it is very complete mix with all trace elements that are in the ocean.

A person I know had some bad effect on his orange digitata when switching to h2O salt but I did not have any problem with mine.

I bought some awesome zoanthids and paly from a person in the USA who was using Reef Crystal and his coral were amazingly beautiful with very large polyps, so Reef Crystal is also a very good mix to use but I don't want to return to IO.

Originally Posted by Wayne

I am currently running Instant Ocean. Now that my tank is much more reef oriented I am going to try either Instant Ocean Reef Crystals or D-D H2Ocean.

Anyone used both and have a preference? The price is about $25 more for the H2Ocean.

I already dose min quantities with essential elements, idoine, calcium (if low), and aragamilk between weekly water changes.