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02-03-2006, 12:25 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Eau Claire
Posts: 852
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Salts
Yes this is a rookie question. I basically I don't trust pet stores or sales people. Is there any one sale better then the other? Say Kent, instant ocean, oceanics?
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02-03-2006, 12:27 PM
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Milkshake Man
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: SW Florida
Posts: 9,641
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I and so do many on TRT use Instant Ocean salt.
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02-03-2006, 01:23 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Eau Claire
Posts: 118
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You are opening a can of worms  . Everyone has a different favourite. The last 10 years I have used Kent, Instant Ocean, and now I am on Oceanic. Most people love Instant Ocean especially the ones using Reef Crystals. One of my most faithful customers swears by it. She said that she wont try anything else because the one time that she experiment with a different type of salt (although it was the regular Instant Ocean salt) her anemones shrinked to nothing. So it is Reef Crystals for her. Others will buy whatever is on sale. My best advice would be find one type of salt that keeps both your pocket and your fish happy and stick with it. Don't mix and match too often and most important don't breath too close to the bucket when you mix it up.  Good luck |
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02-03-2006, 02:43 PM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 23,968
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NSW for me!
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02-03-2006, 02:50 PM
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Nano reefer!
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: River Falls, WI
Posts: 351
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Instant Ocean for me. Just cause. No other reason. I would like to try IO reef crystals, but I have 200g of regular IO to use up for my 20g nano. So I think it will be awhile before I can experiment with anything else  |
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02-03-2006, 05:08 PM
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Caitlin Renee 6/29/07
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Wooster, Ohio
Posts: 3,168
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i started with IO, didnt like it, i had to buffer it too much to get the levels i was looking for, so i switched to Oceanic, stopped using oceanic yes the levels are elevated but for some reason after a month of using it i had a tremendous amount of hair algae breaking out. stopped using it switched to catalina water which NSW, i really liked it, but sorta got expensive and i got tired of lugging the 5 gallon boxes all the time..... now i switched to reef crystals and i will see how it works.
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02-03-2006, 05:11 PM
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Eat more PIE
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Florida Panhandle
Posts: 18,594
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IO only no other compares. 
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02-03-2006, 05:25 PM
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Caitlin Renee 6/29/07
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Wooster, Ohio
Posts: 3,168
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Originally Posted by Casey
IO only no other compares. |
like Greg said its opening a can of worms... 
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02-03-2006, 05:48 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Wi
Posts: 37
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we use instant ocean.
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02-03-2006, 06:01 PM
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Caitlin Renee 6/29/07
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Wooster, Ohio
Posts: 3,168
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i am gonna give 2 more cents on this post then i will shut my mouth. You must understand what works someone elses tank may not work for yours. every tank is different. so you use what is best for your tanks and livestock and stick with that
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02-03-2006, 07:53 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Eau Claire
Posts: 852
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Wow Thanks for the input. BOY talk about a quick response. I'm asking this why because I'm looking and ordering my stuff online very quick here.
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02-03-2006, 08:05 PM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 23,968
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Originally Posted by Casey
IO only no other compares. |
Your right all salts don't compare with each other,each ones different.You can't compare real salt water to mixed,but you can with NSW!
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02-03-2006, 08:09 PM
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Caitlin Renee 6/29/07
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Wooster, Ohio
Posts: 3,168
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Originally Posted by Loverotties
Your right all salts don't compare with each other,each ones different.You can't compare real salt water to mixed,but you can with NSW!
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yea i agree, i loved buying the NSW, but dang it got real old carry them boxes all the time....
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02-03-2006, 09:03 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Eau Claire
Posts: 852
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Hum Nsw The I have one guess (new salt water?) I don't know. So would you recommend for the first fill of my tank. getting the water from tropics???
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02-03-2006, 09:38 PM
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Caitlin Renee 6/29/07
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Wooster, Ohio
Posts: 3,168
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no, dont get it from Tropic, go to Petco and they NSW (natural sea water) it is in a box of 5 gallons. made by catalina company. i believe it is 9.99 for 5 gallons
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