Cheap Reef Crystals?

[Kryptic4L]

Originally Posted by cchomistek

Why are you actually using Instant Ocean salt? Is it just because it is cheap? You can get a 5 gallon bucket of H2Ocean salt for 80 dollars at Elite Aquatics and this stuff works great.... All of the trace elements are there, unlike IO where you have to add most of this stuff which can cost a bundle and it actually maintains your pH at 8.3 which IO and many other salts can't come even close to. I would like to hear some opposing views to this.

Thanks
Craig

IO is a decent salt for the price, since when did 80 dollars become acceptable for a bucket anyways. Every salt has ups and down's, im to lazy to dig up the charts at the moment, but at a glance the price per bucket adds up real quick for people with large tanks. Besides no salt can make up for your indoor air conditions which may play a factor in your ph.

[globaldesigns]

I guess it comes down to whatever works for you... In my case IO is great... I have 300 gallons of water that I have to work with, and have never had any issues.

I like instant ocean also because it has been around much longer than most other brands, kind of like the grandfather of all salts... So this is why I went with it in the beginning and just have stuck with it.

[Oceanic]

Originally Posted by globaldesigns

i guess it comes down to whatever works for you... In my case io is great... I have 300 gallons of water that i have to work with, and have never had any issues.

I like instant ocean also because it has been around much longer than most other brands, kind of like the grandfather of all salts... So this is why i went with it in the beginning and just have stuck with it.

+1

[Coleus]

This is good to know. Time for me buying some IO buckets.

Cheers
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