Salt Mixes

[jjwill_sdsu]

Has anyone ever used Oceanic Natural Sea Salt Mix? How about Red Sea Coral Pro Salt? Any opinions on either of these, or if you've got a favorite mix for your reef tank, could you pipe in with that too?

[rbnice1]

I use what ever is cheap. You should test your mix before you do a water change to see what needs to be added anyways.

[Freddie57]

Coral life here

[Aqua Man 07]

+1 on whatevers cheap uasualy instant ocean or coralife i did use a 200 gal mix of oceanic but there was no noticeable difference

[Maverick2009]

I use reef crystals if i can. Other than that its the cheapest one I can find.

[Freddie57]

Like I said corallife here the price is right, that way I can do the same thing every time. To be consistent

[dccr]

Kent

[jjwill_sdsu]

Does anyone know of any good salt deals going on around town right now?

[Aqua Man 07]

ms had coralife i belive for like 35 a bucket i could be wrong but thet had a butt load last time i was there

[zero26]

Tropical world of pets has it for 45 a bucket. IO reef crystals.

[Wile E Coyote]

Maybe I have other issues, but RC's seem to give me a nasty brown film on everything, including the mixing bucket. I am going to go back to IO to see if the salt was the problem.

[ncox38]

Reef Crystals leaves a brown residue in my salt mixing drum too.

[Wile E Coyote]

So it not just me!! Woo Hoo!!! I was really beginning to wonder.......

[jjwill_sdsu]

Any idea of what the brown goo is or if it's something to be concerned about?

[zero26]

I ran across a thread here on rc about the brown goo. Alot of people are having this problem including me.

[panaboy95]

i had troubles with it too. i switched to seachem but there prices went up so wene i start my new tank up i may just go with IO. does IO have that problem? they are the same company.

[ncox38]

I still used it all, didnt seem to hurt anything. I dont use one particular brand exclusively, i alternate between regular IO, reef crystals, and coralife by the water change.

[Wile E Coyote]

I beleive, from what I have been told, it is the binding agent they use to hold the addatives to the salt. I am nit sure why it appears to grow though. I will see what IO does in a month or two. I have one box of RC left.