What sea salt have you had good experience with
 

hey guys so i have been thinking of changing my sea salt. currently i am using instant ocean. are there any brands that come well recommended
just for info i do have sps and lps in my tank

one other thing a friend of mine used to order sea water online (it was filtered and everything) anyone else ever go down this road

The most popular salt to instant ocean will be h2 ocean I personally use reefers best but I am on a full zeo system

I also use reefers best.

I use Instant Ocean in conjunction with one additional brand that I pick at random and a DIY mix of Magnesium salts. This link shows a recent poll of salt preferences:

Best Sea Salt for Reef Tanks?
http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/sho...highlight=salt

I like seachem. Bin a good consistent salt

H2Ocean for about four years for me

I use Royal Nature. It doesn't seem to be very popular, not sure why but it works fine for me. I did test the Alk on a new batch which read out at 7 and the pail advertises 9.....People say 7 is fine but seems low...

The last bucket I purchased was H20cean, really happy with it.....I can't say it's totally because of the salt....but I have noticed a growth spurt since changing.

I'll be using it from now on

Switching from reef crystals to h2ocean.

I use H2Ocean, mixes very clean and very quickly, as I do put new mixture in tank about 1 hour after mixing.

Have used Reefers Best, also very good salt but more money. I have also had trouble buying at times, thus the reason I switched to H2Ocean

Reef Crystals is what I started with, and used for quite some time. The cheapest to buy, worked well... But I can say doesn't mix as cleanly as the others I stated. Always had some sludge and grime at bottom of pail after mixing.

hmmm a lot of good responses, i have no beef with instant ocean its a good salt but i need to see some growth in my tank and i have been through some forums and h2ocean seems a favourite among many

oh btw whatcanyedo thanks for the link, i knew about it but wasnt able to find it last night

i just switched over to aquavitro salinity because a friend recommended it and i saw it on sale at pices (**** ain't cheap). it stinks when its dry and takes a bit longer to dissolve but so far everything's responding nicely.
Love the lid because i always have moisture issues

I like this salt. I was using it. But the last 2 times I went for salt they were out of it. I stuck with seachem though

hey man i know, instant ocean stinks too but like you said the lid thing i really like that with instant ocean

I use half IO and half Brightwell (or Reefer's Best when I can pick it up on sale).
THe Seachem was one of the worst I've tried - it mixed poorly and had scum on the water during mixing, but I may have just had a bad bucket. H2Ocean was slightly better, but for the cost, I prefer Brightwell.

Kelly

The bottom line is if you have large tank and you do a lot of water changes go Instant Ocean, if you tank is less then 100 Gal go with the good brand like D-D .
It lasts me a year on my 65 gal water change every week 5%.

I've had good success with both IO and reef crystals in my full sps tank. I stocked up on reef crystals at the big als boxing day sale so will be using that for the next year. I can't justify buying the expensive salts when I get good results from the low priced options.

Sure there is a bit of a film on the top of the water when I mix a fresh batch but it really doesn't bother me. I just skim it off before adding the water to the tank.