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Changing Salt brand

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by majohns, Jul 25, 2011.

  1. majohns

    majohns Inactive User

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    So I have been using Instant Ocean Since the first day I started by aquarium. I was thinking about changing it. Any thoughts?
     
  2. Bud Loves Bacon Website Team Board of Directors Leadership Team GIRS Member Vendor

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    any reason why you are wanting to change?
     
  3. majohns

    majohns Inactive User

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    I read somewhere that for example Seachem salt mix contains more of the major minor and trace elements. So I was thinking instead of dosing my tank with supplements I could just do a 10% water change once a week to replenish these important elements and for go adding separate supplements. Now I dont have a large load in my 55g, just mushrooms, leathers frogspawn and a candy cane coral and about 100 lbs of live rock.
     
  4. xroads Veteran Reefkeeper Vendor

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    Honestly,

    If you had your tank 100% full of huge sps colonies, and changed out 10% of the water every week. IO would stilll have all the trace elements you would need to keep in there.
     
  5. majohns

    majohns Inactive User

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    Good to hear. I think what I will do is do weekly water changes and record my water parameters just as a precaution. Then if I have a problem keeping a level of a certain element then I will add that in separately. Sometimes I feel that things are better off if you just leave them alone and I don't want to add things in my tank that I can get from just doing a 10% water change once a week.
     
  6. Eric Experienced Reefkeeper

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    Agreed.
    I just changed from Reef Crystals to Instant Ocean - took my 8 years to realize I was adding back the difference in levels so why pay for it.
    -Eric
     

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