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Old 08-31-2013, 01:28 AM
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Default Seachem reef salt vs Instant ocean reef salt

Using instant ocean right now but I use to use the seachem reef salt. I liked the seachem and had good brown with it and I'm having good results with the instant ocean but traded a buddy coral for the rest of his seachem salt.

Worth the little bigger price ?
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Old 08-31-2013, 01:52 AM
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I use instant ocean as it is only product available to us in town all other salts must be shipped in
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Old 08-31-2013, 01:57 AM
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That's unfortunate. What about bulk reef supply? Shipping cost too much?
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Old 08-31-2013, 02:00 AM
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If I used more salt it would be economical to order bulk but at a bucket a month and a half not really money efficient
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Old 08-31-2013, 02:14 AM
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Understandable. Still if u had the coin it would be nice to upgrade brands I bet. So far overall I'm satisfied with the instant ocean tho. I do think it should or could promote better growth rate with better salts. Hope the seachem does that for me
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Old 08-31-2013, 02:29 AM
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Understandable. Still if u had the coin it would be nice to upgrade brands I bet. So far overall I'm satisfied with the instant ocean tho. I do think it should or could promote better growth rate with better salts. Hope the seachem does that for me
I've tried a lot of different salts and never saw any difference in growth rate. I find IO, once I add 25g Ca to my new water, is as good as Reefers Best, which is almost double the price.
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Old 08-31-2013, 02:32 AM
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Never heard of reefers best. I wanna rub h2ocean next. When I'm back at work. Laid off again...
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Old 08-31-2013, 02:44 AM
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Aquavitro for me.
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Old 08-31-2013, 03:10 AM
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Never heard of reefers best.
Really?? That's a first, I think. It's the salt produced by the makers of Zeovit.
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Old 08-31-2013, 03:14 AM
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Started out with IO years ago. Switched over to Seachem and went down hill for a while. Couple pails worth. Switched back to IO and it took a while but my tank went back to looking good again. Seachem was a setback for my tank. Everyone has their oponion on different salts. I'm happy with IO and will not be switching ever again. It's a good priced reliable salt for me. Live in same town as Dearth. Is it a good salt for $59.99? Absolutely not, so thats why most of us here in PG stock up when going to Vancouver. Wheres the poll?
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