H20 ocean salt is just rebadged Red Sea salt

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

On the bucket is says "Made in Israel"

I would guess WAY down in that little area of the south that touches the Red Sea. Would make sense...more salt per gallon of water

If I remember correctly the salinity is high in the Red Sea because it has some of the highest average surface temps of any ocean and come of the least amounts of rain in the area, leading to lots of evaporation and not much fresh water.

[Pan]

Originally Posted by GreenSpottedPuffer

On the bucket is says "Made in Israel"

I would guess WAY down in that little area of the south that touches the Red Sea. Would make sense...more salt per gallon of water

If I remember correctly the salinity is high in the Red Sea because it has some of the highest average surface temps of any ocean and come of the least amounts of rain in the area, leading to lots of evaporation and not much fresh water.

So it is re-packaged "red sea"

I had to....


Just kidding of course....

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by Pan

So it is re-packaged "red sea"

I had to....


Just kidding of course....

LOL...can't argue with that!

Good one

Or maybe...

[Ryan L]

As some who has followed the development of salt mixes over the years we allmust understand something.

Salt used for aquarium is generally just the base scientific grade sodium chloride and a additional trace mineral mix with everything we need for aquariums.

One of the largest reclaimer of trace minerals from salt occurs in the dead sea region in Israel where they extract everything from cobalt to gold from the dried brine.

Lots of aquarium salt manufactures buy their trace element mixes form this large operation in Israel hence dd saying that salt comes from an evaporation based processes.

Whether or not who is combining the salt mix, lots of companies use the trace element mix sourced from the dead sea operations. There is lots of information about over on the zeo forums.

Sorry for the long winded answer but a friend of mine is an engineer at this project and you would be surprised how many salt "manufactures" use their products.

Ryan L

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Thanks Ryan...makes even more sense.

I had forgot about the dead sea I was just thinking oceans boardering Israel and not lakes.

So I guess they could just collect salt from the shores in that case

Isn't the salt built up a few miles deep now as the lake continues to evaporate?

I think scientists have figured out how many more thousands of years the lake would be around until its just a huge salt deposit.

[Ryan L]

They both mine existing evaporate and have large ponds on the north end for evaporation.

You can see the operation on google earth it is quite extensive. The amount of gold and other trace elements the reclaim is quite impressive.

My buddy says it's hot as hell and it's out in the sticks but I just thinks he's bitchin' cause he's an Egyptian living in Isreal

Ryan L

[Stuart Bertram D-D]

Guys

The water to create the base salt comes directly from the ocean where we are sure that the balance of elements is correct for coral growth.

The raw salt is dried and then refined (cleaned) but not processed into individual elements to then re combine them as this would not make sense.

There are certain elements that partially precipitate out when dried and need to be re added and others that need to be boosted for the pro formulation.

It is obviously a little more complicated and scientific than this but you get the idea.

Stuart