C'mon... are you serious?

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  1. Daniel072

    Daniel072 Giant Squid

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    why pay for it. LFS usually use really cheap store use salt. I say usually because there are the ones that will actually use rc or something to that effect. Get your own ro/di unit and start making your own.
     
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  2. bsweezy

    bsweezy Skunk Shrimp

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    i agree! and most salt mix has allot of bacteria that is activated when mixed.(good salt anyways):)
     
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  3. PackLeader

    PackLeader Giant Squid

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    Ummmm... No. Sorry.
     
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  4. Siddique

    Siddique Dragon Wrasse

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    Lol... neh... mom affords the housekeeper lol...:cheesy:
     
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  5. Siddique

    Siddique Dragon Wrasse

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    I always thought the bacteria contained in the salt is what makes it inedible for humans? No?
     
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  6. shipbear

    shipbear Bubble Tip Anemone

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    I always thought the bacteria contained in the salt is what makes it inedible for humans? No?

    I buy sea salt to use in food,..................... NOT tank sea salt.. !!!!!

    inedible for humans The salt we use in our tanks, isn't food grade..
    There is no bacteria in the salt.. Can have alot of trace elements in it..
    Good for fish and Corals, .... not humans...

    I LOVE shrimp, but wouldn't eat any Mysis shrimp.. !! LOL

    Later, Larry
     
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  7. PackLeader

    PackLeader Giant Squid

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    No, the chemical composition makes it inedible. Not all "salt" is food grade, and there is many different types (think those little packaging packet thingies).
    There couldn't really possibly be any beneficial bacteria in salt mix from simple scientific reasoning. If there was someone claiming it, I would have the following questions:
    How is it a marine bacteria survives completely devoid of all moisture?
    Why is it not crucial to keep salt mix at proper temp?
    If the salt mix is 100% ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate free, what is feeding the bacteria to keep it alive?
    Why is there not an expiration date 2 weeks from manufacture?
    The list really could go on and on.
     
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  8. bsweezy

    bsweezy Skunk Shrimp

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    most salt has some form of nitrifying bacteria in it and if you scope the water from the lfs salt or r/o you will find countless types of bacteria. it most likely will never harm you its just that after taking microbiology i think everything is dirty.lol:p
     
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  9. Siddique

    Siddique Dragon Wrasse

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    I completely agree... However, there was this one product for sale at the LFS where I work. It was a dry tan colored powder in a yellow container called "bio zyme" which claimed that it could start and build your biological filtration. So I just thought that the salt mixes contained the same sort of bacteria:confused:
     
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  10. bsweezy

    bsweezy Skunk Shrimp

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    ever used dried yeast to make beer or bread? that same process can be used on many many different bacteria.
     
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