Preferred salt mix brand?

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  1. blumoon reefers

    blumoon reefers Millepora

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    +1 tropic marin pro reef. I have found that there is very little dosing if I do regular water changes.
     
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  2. Night-Rida

    Night-Rida Finback Whale

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    I usally get whatever name brand is on sale. i.e. IO,Red Sea,Petco,etc.. I also test parms and dose weekly.
     
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  3. djbonney138

    djbonney138 Peppermint Shrimp

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    Just switched to Reef Crystals from Instant Ocean. IO was only at 365 calcium and I am hoping to get a big boost from the upgrade!
     
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  4. RPM1

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    Reef Crystals for now but have been thinking about Seachem.
     
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  5. phoenixhieghts

    phoenixhieghts Panda Puffer

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    The one that is on special offer..... what ever it may be
     
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  6. Golden Rhino

    Golden Rhino Spaghetti Worm

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    The Toxicity of Some Freshly-Mixed Artificial Sea Water

    Crystal Sea MarineMix - Bioassay Laboratory Formula.

    It's the only one that faired better than NSW in this laboratory study. ;)

    Cheers
     
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  7. ccscscpc

    ccscscpc Millepora

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    Instant Ocean
     
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  8. horkn

    horkn Giant Squid

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    Looks like coralife, that crystal sea and IO were only used in the study. That's not many brands to choose from, but testing salt mixes was not really what the article was about.

    I think if you looked for a more applicable battery of tests, that had all the major players of salt mixes, you would actually be able to compare brands.

    I know I've seen the test that everyone wants to see but I need to find it.
    This test tests ALL the brands for Ca, Alk, Mg, and all the trace elements.
     
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  9. Broaner

    Broaner Feather Duster

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    My LFS just started carrying Tropic Marin. They've got a 5 Gallon bucket for $90. Great deal IMO.

    I started with Instant Ocean a year ago and moved to Oceanic about three months ago with a significant increase in Coraline growth and still great growth on my softies. I don't do any dosing and I don't do much testing of water so take it for what its worth.
     
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  10. horkn

    horkn Giant Squid

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    Here is some great reading for anyone really wanting to know what salt, is worth it's salt;)

    Feature Article: Inland Reef Aquaria Salt Study, Part I | Advanced Aquarist's Online Magazine
    Sea Salts, Part One: A review and a new study to determine their effects on reef aquarium inhabitants. | Reefland - Saltwater and Reef Aquarium Community
    About.com: http://web.archive.org/web/20010303215133/www.animalnetwork.com/fish2/aqfm/1999/mar/features/1/default.asp
    http://aquariumwatertesting.com/AWT_Salt_Analysis_0208.pdf


    Also, Ron Shimek has been chastised by his peers ( hovlund, borneman etc) for some of his results of tests int he recent past.
     
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