What Salt Do You Use?

straightrazorguy · #1 12-18-2013, 11:12 PM

Hello Vancouver fellow reefers! I am fairly new to reefing (my tank is only 1 yr old), and have had Ok results with corals. I have been using IO salt from King Ed, because...ahem...I'm cheap!

I don't want my salt to be a limiting factor in my coral growth. I also read on lots of praise of Tropic Marin Pro salt, but it's not available locally. What do you, local reefers use? And where do you buy it?

Wheelman76 · #2 12-18-2013, 11:17 PM

I would start a poll on which salt everyone uses , I don't think we have had one of those yet on Canreef

Wheelman76 · #3 12-18-2013, 11:19 PM

In all seriousness though , use the search and I'm sure you will find plenty of opinions on this subject.

Aquattro · #4 12-18-2013, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Wheelman76

I would start a poll on which salt everyone uses , I don't think we have had one of those yet on Canreef

I think I just heard Bill explode -lol

Wheelman76 · #5 12-18-2013, 11:33 PM

straightrazorguy · #6 12-18-2013, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Wheelman76

In all seriousness though , use the search and I'm sure you will find plenty of opinions on this subject.

I actually did, and came up empty-handed. I got lots of opinions on Reef Central and other forums. I'd just like to know what local reefers use...

Aquattro · #7 12-18-2013, 11:41 PM

Local reefers mostly use IO from King Ed's because it's cheap. It's a decent salt, all the polls we have here show at least 50% of people use it. Nothing wrong with it, maybe a bit low in some things on some days. Test each bucket for baseline levels, manufacturer's tolerances are wide

Aquattro · #8 12-18-2013, 11:42 PM

Here are some threads on salt polls

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/sea...archid=2899678

Magickiwi · #9 12-18-2013, 11:48 PM

Ya you inadvertently stepped on a pile of poop when you asked that question. It's a topic that seems to get brought up a few times a month

And occasionally as a poll

straightrazorguy · #10 12-19-2013, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Magickiwi

Ya you inadvertently stepped on a pile of poop when you asked that question. It's a topic that seems to get brought up a few times a month

And occasionally as a poll

I stepped right in it, didn't I? My first impulse was to creat a poll, but I'm glad I didn't.

I think I need to hone my thread search skills...