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View Poll Results: What Salt are you using
Kent 25 7.27%
Instant Ocean 196 56.98%
Oceanic 5 1.45%
Ocean Pure 9 2.62%
Ocean Pure Pro 29 8.43%
Tropic Marin 35 10.17%
Reef Crystals 36 10.47%
Sifto 9 2.62%
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Old 02-14-2008, 02:53 AM
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I use IO because it's the only brand sold in P.R. I'd like to try other brands but the freight kills me.
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I started with I/O and am now trying T/m/Pro My tank is still in the early stages..5 months and counting but fish, corals and rock all seem to be looking good. I will be monitoring it regularly though and see whether the extra costs are wothwhile. Maybe I will go I/O in my predator tank and T/M in the reef..we'll see.
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Old 02-14-2008, 04:49 AM
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I started with I/O and am now trying T/m/Pro My tank is still in the early stages..5 months and counting but fish, corals and rock all seem to be looking good. I will be monitoring it regularly though and see whether the extra costs are wothwhile. Maybe I will go I/O in my predator tank and T/M in the reef..we'll see.
I just switched to TMP from using IO as well, it will be interesting to see if it is worth the extra money. If I have to pay more to dose less but have a healthy tank I'm game! If I cant tell a difference in coral/dosing, back to the cheap stuff.
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Old 02-14-2008, 05:02 AM
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This poll is 11 months old. The salt I use didn't exist when it started.
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Old 02-14-2008, 09:43 PM
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here is something that might be of interest I found this on 3Reef posted by another member.

http://reefsaltanalysis.googlepages....lysis_0208.pdf

Hope it works
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Old 02-15-2008, 02:28 PM
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i now use reefers best salt mixed with a little reef crystal.
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Old 02-15-2008, 05:55 PM
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with the new tank, I switched to seachem reef salt. I was tired of having to measure out 2 table spoons of this to get IO up to where it needed to be, 4 tablespoons of this, and 1 table spoon of this.
Honestly, to be able to dump a bunch of salt into some RODI water, check the salinity and know you're good to go is worth the extra 20 bucks a pail for me.
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Old 02-18-2008, 06:58 PM
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I use a CORAL MARINE sea salt. i like it ts ozone safe contains a de chlorinator, ph buffer, 70 trace elements, ETC.
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That salt analysis report is very interesting and worth whoile reading
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with the new tank, I switched to seachem reef salt. I was tired of having to measure out 2 table spoons of this to get IO up to where it needed to be, 4 tablespoons of this, and 1 table spoon of this.
Honestly, to be able to dump a bunch of salt into some RODI water, check the salinity and know you're good to go is worth the extra 20 bucks a pail for me.
I am ready to buy some additional salt when I head to the Coast later this week. The Kent I am using is giving me some pretty odd test results, I must have gotten some of that odd batch others had mentioned.

After reviewing the summary test report posted here earlier I am looking at purchasing either Seachem Reef or TMP Reef. Mostly to minimize the need to dose as DanG mentions.

Any additional thoughts on this issue?
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