Best salt for FOWLR - Tropic Marin? [Archive] - Reef Central Online Community

Salty150

03/30/2015, 11:26 PM

I know everyone has an opinion...

But is Tropic Marin the best salt for a FOWLR?

:confused:

Fish Bowl

03/30/2015, 11:36 PM

I started with regular Instant ocean and have tried many different kinds of salt before (TM Pro, Coralife, Oceanic, Reef Crystals, etc)
Ultimately for both my anemone tank and my Fowlr I find plain old instant ocean more than meet my needs. Not to mention any money I save from buying the more expensive salts I can put into fish/food/miscellaneous things.

Jasanden

03/31/2015, 03:05 AM

another one for IO.

SDguy

03/31/2015, 05:20 AM

IO here...

Dmorty217

03/31/2015, 05:35 AM

IO for everything I have ever kept.

caribfan

03/31/2015, 08:02 AM

IO here as well. Tried a few others, never saw the tangible benefits.

Salty150

03/31/2015, 09:25 AM

Dmorty217

03/31/2015, 09:47 AM

Wow, I do have to say this is quite shocking...

As I was under the impression that Instant Ocean was not a good product :confused:

I was told that the variances from batch to batch are a lot...

I was always told that Tropic Marin was the best...

:confused:

Best will vary from person to person. I think availability, price and over all value come into play more so than batches varying...

NTP66

03/31/2015, 10:48 AM

I actually mix IO and Reef Crystals 50/50 for no reason other than I buy what's on sale in bulk. I have a ton of coralline growth, and my mushrooms appear to be quite happy.

dinger28

03/31/2015, 11:25 AM

IO for me in my 300 gallon FOWLR. :) Love it!

G4546

03/31/2015, 11:49 AM

IO for everything ;)

Dmorty217

03/31/2015, 04:05 PM

So everyone who has answered uses IO...

humaguy

03/31/2015, 04:25 PM

io...

SBV

03/31/2015, 07:57 PM

IO for over 10 years for everything.

WayneL333

03/31/2015, 08:02 PM

I use regular TM. I know Quality Marine exclusively uses TM too.

jjk_reef00

03/31/2015, 09:12 PM

I use IO because it is cheap and reliable.
I use to worry about what salt I bought when I had a reef and I tried a lot of different brands.
Another good reason going FOWLR is I just buy what is on sale which is usaully IO :)

Daniel62

04/01/2015, 02:08 AM

Io :)

Dmorty217

04/01/2015, 09:46 AM

I stand corrected everyone but Wayne uses it

moriarty

04/01/2015, 07:00 PM

+1 for IO

alprazo

04/01/2015, 08:22 PM

IO too

Salty150

04/01/2015, 08:23 PM

OK, I have to say, I was not expecting to see this...

Not even close.

Good to know though.

nirvanaandtool

04/02/2015, 05:41 AM

I use Oceanic right now cause it's a couple bucks cheaper at my LFS than IO/RC. Thinking about doing a 50/50 mix of IO/RC though, kinda dislike the low alk in Oceanic.

hedgedrew

04/02/2015, 03:49 PM

If you don't mind the high alk in io it's just fine. And no reason why you should mind without sps coral.

Dmorty217

04/02/2015, 04:28 PM

What do you buy by the pallet Andrew?

hedgedrew

04/02/2015, 04:41 PM

Hey der Ya for the big tank that's the plan Probably stick with the special low alk blend ESV makes me for the sps reef

hedgedrew

04/02/2015, 04:49 PM

We made special elevator like side walk 6 ft x 6 ft opening for pallets going down from outside to basements

uwish

04/02/2015, 11:17 PM

another IO here on my 250 Gal...I have tried Salinity and I didn't like it...it took longer to mix and my saltwater mixing tank was quite dirty after only one pail. Went back to IO and have not looked back since...

NTP66

04/08/2015, 05:35 AM

In case you're still looking, Amazon has 200g boxes of Reef Crystals for $42.95 (Prime, too): http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0002DJU0G/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used. Damaged boxes, but that doesn't matter. I picked up 3 boxes myself since this is the lowest price I've seen this salt at in over a year.