Best Sea Salt for Reef Tanks?

[abcha0s]

Originally Posted by MarkoD

cant trust everything you read. you never know who's paying this magazine to write this article.

there are many people that use IO and even if these heavy metals do exist, they dont seem to harm anything in the tank

I'm pretty sure Coral magazine wouldn't publish that unless there was some evidence to support the claim. People get sewed for stuff like that. Publications do tend to be somewhat more reliable than forums because they are accountable for everything they print and there is more at steak.

However, I do agree with you. You shouldn't believe it just because one study claims it to be true and if it was crashing tanks the word would get out. I think IO is a perfectly good salt choice.

[Ken]

Hi, we use aquacraft marine environment 10+ years regards Ken

[gobytron]

50 million elvis cans can't be wrong....and neither can IO users.

[milano07]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

I use Reefer's Best, it's a great salt. It's 100 bucks a box. IO is also a good salt, it costs half that. I'm probably going to switch. Used IO for years, never had a problem with it.

By the way, Instant Ocean is only $29 bucks at King eds, so that's more like one third of what you pay for the Reefer's Best salt.

I have personally used IO for years without any issues.

[MMAX]

H2Ocean hands down. After switching to this salt from IO I experienced great sps growth and color without dosing anything at all. Started with regular bi-weekly 20% water changes then cut back to 10%. Before I started dosing, my parameters were bang on except for the alk which was a bit low Recently started dosing Ca, Alk, & Mg, might try cutting back water changes to monthly to save a few bucks on salt.

[sphelps]

I've had success with virtually every salt I've tried and I think I've tried almost all of them. In the end I'm not sure it really matters but I currently use Reefer's Best because it's one of the few that mixes exceptionally well and has always been consistent. If I had to pay $100 or more for it I'd probably use something else but at $80 I'll continue to use it until the price increases or it becomes less available. I also prefer the box which is easily recycled, I have no need for more buckets.

IO is by far the cheapest and certainly works just fine but I find it requires more work. Takes longer to mix and sometimes needs to be aerated to prevent precipitation, especially if you plan on supplementing with it.