crap, I know I should have trust the Germans! but I must admit the Vertex looks fancy. :)

Dont shoot the horse unless its limping, I am sure you will be fine.

I saw them at interzoo, huge boxes and pricey in my opinion, but consumer choice wins as with everything. The GHL is tried tested and ultra reliable, we cant keep them in stock for that reason and at $399 its a no brainer when a cheapy chinese is only about $90 less.

2 year warranty with the GHL also and all spares available and self service.

I was looking into getting a Vertex lol, the design look really had me going though. :)

GHL Reviews

Mr Saltwater
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqvH18511uc

owner review
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKW2IYYmZos

I had two of GHL, must admit they never gave me any issues!

I am gonna agree I shoulda bought a ghl but I am a succer for fancy things anyhow ill stop derailing the thread.

Should pick up salts next week and then well know how it all works, geting excited to not have to deal with my ca reactor and its leaks

The Vertex dosers have been fine since their firmware update a while back. And they have a two year warranty as well :) Also, they are the easiest doser to program I have ever used.

:mrgreen: So you argue about spending on decent salts but buy an expensive doser to dose those cheap salts to run your tank? :mrgreen:

I argue about whether a "brand" name salt is better or necessary vs. food grade etc. Using "lab grade" salts is, in my opinion, a marketing exercise as most super high purity lab grade chemicals are intended for very precise uses such as analytical chemistry work where a 0.05% deviation in purity can throw your results off. We don't need that level of precision or purity for our uses. If I would be comfortable putting it on or in my own body, I'm comfortable putting it in my tank. I'm not saying the TM salts are bad, just that for some people, other more affordable options also exist and can work just as well. Saving money on salts or other items where I can let's me apply that to the equipment budget for a quality doser or skimmer etc.

The saving once you have gone to all that effort will be very little if any and the salt is the lifeblood to your corals, for me not a risk to take.

Yes of course branded salts are a marketing product, just as the salts you buy are also. The name does not put the price up, whats in it and whats gone into it to make it balanced for you does. ;)