instant ocean or reef crystals?

[mr.wilson]

Originally Posted by iceman86

Reef crystals is my brand, I've been looking onto h2ocean but too many mixed reviews. Plus big als has reef crystals pails for $35 right now

On the subject of pails, you should only use them if you are mixing all 160 gallons at the same time to assure it is homogeneous. This is why I prefer the 200 gallon box (4 bags of 50 gallon mix). I'm also too old to be dumping 45lb buckets of salt into 6' high reservoirs

I also find that once you open a bag or bucket the salt tends to clump with humidity thus altering the salt composition.

Keep in mind, these salts are rated at 1.021sg, not 1.025, so a 50 gallon bag will render only 42 gallons of "reef" water.

[mr.wilson]

Originally Posted by Myka

Heh, good point. I have wondered about what else might be in natural sea salt, and hope they have decent filtering methods.

I have no idea how or if they filter the seawater first. The industry is too small to have its own collection and dehydration station, so the salt used would be from the same source as my bag of Miss Vickie's.

I don't know how they remove algae, bacteria and other unwanted incidentals like cigarette butts and needles Apparently orthophosphates are not present so they are removed somehow.

The other question is how salts interact as they dehydrate. Adding salt to an insufficient quantity of water or adding water directly to salt will yield strange results so I would assume the same is true of the dehydration process???

Originally Posted by Myka

Oh, and sea salt chips are gross, and I'll continue taking a fist full of "natural" supplement pills everyday.

Naturally-sourced products have equally as glossy ads and are distributed by huge corporations, so it's hard to tell who and what you are dealing with these days. If you are supplementing daily, there must be a high demand; I hope you are testing before you dose

Originally Posted by Myka

Mm, no. LED vs MH and Tunze vs EcoTech are much more dramatic recently.

Yeah, let's keep this civil and limit the discussion to safe topics like religion and politics.

[Myka]

Originally Posted by mr.wilson

I have no idea how or if they filter the seawater first. The industry is too small to have its own collection and dehydration station, so the salt used would be from the same source as my bag of Miss Vickie's.

This would imply general following of FDA standards.

The other question is how salts interact as they dehydrate. Adding salt to an insufficient quantity of water or adding water directly to salt will yield strange results so I would assume the same is true of the dehydration process???

I have thought about this, and then thought, "I guess they figured it out."

If you are supplementing daily, there must be a high demand; I hope you are testing before you dose

Haha, yes a few things! I do test iron and vitamin d for applicable dosing! Omega 3 and calcium is a guess!

Yeah, let's keep this civil and limit the discussion to safe topics like religion and politics.

[mr.wilson]

Originally Posted by Myka

This would imply general following of FDA standards.

Absolutely... just like tap water... according to local Egypt laws and standards, providing a civil war isn't pending