Different brands of salt

[bigdave]

Hay, Big Dave, tipoos r compeetly un exceptabil hear on ref frontears. U ned 2 taak a bath in skimmate 2 a tone fer ur sens. LOL Couldnt help it man. I figured somthing like that had happened or you had read the kit wrong. Mine reads about 350-375 on salifert. CA that is. Steve

Hey I have fat fingers HA!HA! I was a supporting of Oceanic salts until now just can't get the chem right with it so had to go back with IO. Thanks Dave

 

[WaterDogs]

I use Aquacraft's Bio-Sea and Marine Environment; I have used most everything on the market the last ten years. One of the things about Aquacraft is they use a fluxing machine to blend salt rather than just mix it, all of the ingredients are in one single granule so stratification is not a problem that happens in buckets and bags. All the parameters are spot on. All of this is based on my own testing and experience and not the latest fad report going around.

 

[Scooterman]

Hay, Big Dave, tipoos r compeetly un exceptabil hear on ref frontears. U ned 2 taak a bath in skimmate 2 a tone fer ur sens. LOL Couldnt help it man. I figured somthing like that had happened or you had read the kit wrong. Mine reads about 350-375 on salifert. CA that is. Steve

HUH? arrrgg lol!
I use saliflert & LaMotte ca test kits, the LaMotte was slightly higher. Dave, what he said, I think I understood it lol!

Waterdogs if it works for you great, I used both & will stick to IO.

 

[RedEyeReef]

After a one bucket switch to Oceanic (I used IO for over 20 years before and tried Oceanic to help low Mg) and reading all the scare of it on RC I switched to Marin Pro Reef Salt, so far am pleased. Anyone else using Marin Pro?

 

[NaH2O]

I agree - use what works for you. I've found adding a little calcium to IO is far easier than trying to deal with high levels in Oceanic. However, all salts have cons, and no one is perfect. I think I linked this article earlier, but it is the most recent analysis of trace elements. When you look at the article, you can see some are more elevated than others. How much does this play a role in the health of a tank. What happens to all the metals?

A Chemical Analysis of Select Trace Elements in Synthetic Sea Salts and Natural Seawater

 

[Scooterman]

oops, just realized that I thought I linked what Nikki did instead I posted that April Fools joke lol.

 

[Beckmola24]

RedEyeReef, I will be using Marine Pro Reef... I will be getting my tank finished sometime next week once I get the remainder of parts for plumbing.... It's a tad expensive for salt, but I like the fact that it is formulated just for reef tanks. I'll let you know how I like it in a month or so

 

[bigdave]

I use Aquacraft's Bio-Sea and Marine Environment; I have used most everything on the market the last ten years. One of the things about Aquacraft is they use a fluxing machine to blend salt rather than just mix it, all of the ingredients are in one single granule so stratification is not a problem that happens in buckets and bags. All the parameters are spot on. All of this is based on my own testing and experience and not the latest fad report going around.

Where do you get it LFS or do you order it online? I'm willing to give it a whirl I just went back to IO not for price but it worked before. I don't care to spend alittle $$ on something that works I'm just trying to give my livestock the best home I can that is what I believe is important over all not price. Thanks for your feedback Dave

 

[WaterDogs]

You can get it at "The Fish Store" in Seattle or buy online at http://www.aquacraft.net/; if you go to the RAG site http://www.reefaquariumguide.com/ and get the coupon code from the banner ad you will save an additional 10% along with no shipping charges.

 

[sryder]

i believe someone may have touched on an issue a little earlier in the post. not every batch of anything produced is going to be the same. even top notch chemical companies with all of their the fancy equipment, lab procedures and quality controls do not produce every batch the same. If your talking about mini piolet reactors or mini batches under intense lab supervision yeah ok but when the production starts things can change alot. if your in a lab you can add ml's. when you go to production you add thousands of pounds. so in the lab everything is precise. in the batch maybe a little extra of this or that is added. most follow some sort of a batch sheet with exeptable parameters. in other words if you are adding say calcium to the batch and your target is 1000lb's they probably have a some critical operating variables (cov) to stay within. like this... target = 1000lbs. exeptable range in the batch 950lbs to 1050lb's. now lets say that for some reason something was way overshot or undershot due to mechanical failure, operator error or any other reason and the final batch fails their requierments. i am sure this stuff costs them money in raw materials. do they throw it away, no. they blend it off in small amounts into the next batches that are made. they will do this until it is gone. they also have cov's for thier final specs. so as long as they can blend off materials within those specs they package it and ship it to you. i am sure they all can say that there salt is good in lab conditions. question is it always the same on the shelf?

 

[ROWAUSA]

I can say I know it's produced in batches of 2500#

 

[sryder]

even at that small quantity there is plenty of room for error...

 

[wrightme43]

Good post sryder.

 

[sryder]

im kind of fond of some of yours too wrightme. just trying to chip in when i can. reefs are somewhat new to me and i get alot of help, from alot of good people.