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reefnut
05-22-2005, 02:55 AM
ive recently heard of a comparison chart of salt mixes by ron shimek.after some googling i still have not found this chart.can anyone point me in the right direction?
whaase
05-22-2005, 03:28 AM
There is this:

http://www.aqcraft.com/issue3.html

I searched RC for quite some time, I could find references to it, that's about it.

Sorry, Walter
BCOrchidGuy
05-22-2005, 03:36 AM
This is the dreaded S-15 Report, it's come under a ton of criticism etc. The comparison is funded and the comparison is interpreted by the makers of the two favored salts.

Very few people take this report as gospel. Stick with what works and you'll do fine.

Doug
EmilyB
05-22-2005, 04:42 AM
It's not the S-15, there was a salt comparison. I remember it well from RAMR. I shall search my memory.

Yes, Craig Bingman of course...

http://saltaquarium.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://web.archive.org/web/20010303215133/www.animalnetwork.com/fish2/aqfm/1999/mar/features/1/default.asp
BCOrchidGuy
05-22-2005, 04:45 AM
yeah okay sorry about that, the link is to the S15 report.

Doug
Willow
05-22-2005, 08:52 AM
what the hell ever happaned to the reefs.org salt study that they were supposed to have released last year sometime.
Samw
05-22-2005, 09:04 AM
ive recently heard of a comparison chart of salt mixes by ron shimek.after some googling i still have not found this chart.can anyone point me in the right direction?

Here you go.

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-03/rs/feature/index.htm
Samw
05-22-2005, 09:05 AM
what the hell ever happaned to the reefs.org salt study that they were supposed to have released last year sometime.


Good question. You should post a message there and ask. So far, no data has been seen. There was talk about closure there (even if no tests were performed and no results are ever produced).
BCOrchidGuy
05-22-2005, 04:22 PM
WOW what an eye opener, that sure supports the S15 report. I'd like to see more links if anyone has them.

Doug
fishface
05-22-2005, 04:30 PM
yah, wow! so does anyone know where or if you can get the crystal sea or bio sea salt mixes anywhere in the lower mainland? or if not, it seems like alot of people are using IO...is are there any better choices and what would those be?

darryl
BCOrchidGuy
05-22-2005, 04:56 PM
King Ed always has Bio Sea but I'm not sure about the Marine Mix. So this study does NOT support the S-15 report in the least bit, I made a mistake and confused Marine Mix with Marine Environment.

Doug
Nemo
05-22-2005, 05:33 PM
Ok here is a dumb question.

Who makes the best salt?
BCOrchidGuy
05-22-2005, 05:37 PM
Nemo, it depends on what you read and what the author has to say about stuff. If you read the S-15 Report then Marine Environment is the best, if you live on the east coast it would seem Tropic Marin is the favoured salt. If you read the link above then Marine Mix is the best.

I guess it depends on what you like to use. If you believe in your salt I think it's the best salt you can use. I used to swear by Kent salt (manufactered for Kent by Instand Ocean) it was always consistant and mixed up easy. When I changed to IO salt I didn't notice any decrease in health etc and it worked for me just fine.

Doug
Samw
05-22-2005, 06:19 PM
Don't be so to quick switch salt guys. I tried switching to Crystal Sea and it caused me a lot of problems. If you search on RC, you'll see huge threads with pictures of people who lost Acros and other things after switching to that salt. I don't know if a reason was ever found but the majority of people who switched had to switch back. Perhaps Crystal Sea has changed their formula by now. But maybe not.

Among killing Acros, other things that happened to me and other people were that Coraline algae receded. I think Brad Reef_Raf experimented as well and ended up using the rest of his salt for de-icing his icy driveway.