Reef Salt Comparison

Salinity by seachem

 

Interesting data, thanks for sharing.

 

also Salinity by seachem

 

seachem here

 

I would like to switch to Salinity but my LFS doesn't carry it. (Hint Hint)

Right now I am using Reef Crystals once that's gone I have some ESV Bionic I plan on using.

The ESV is awesome because it requires no mix time and you add as much magnesium as you need as all the components are separate.

 

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I love ESV but it is so hard to get. I tried the Seachem Salinity and hated it. It almost never mixed clear. Right now I am trying the Tropic Marin Pro Reef and so far I love it! It mixes almost as fast as ESV (which is saying something)

 

I recently started using Red Sea and then went to Coral Pro a bout 3 weeks ago. I'm not impressed with Coral Pro because of the precipate and there seems to be a very fine and small amount of sand or some kind of sediment. Thanks for the link AJ!!

 

I used Reef Crystals due to the fact that it's cheap and readily available just about anywhere. Why are there so many Seachem users out there? What do you like about it? I am just wondering because when I do start up a tank, I might want to try something new.

Not to derail this thread but how much are you paying for your salt?

 

the salinity is about 90bucks for a 225 gal bucket. In my experience, it has a closer mag cal and alk reading then reef crystals, and I seem to use less.

 

I also use RC because it is cheap and has worked well for me so far.

 

I have been using Reef Crystals because it's cheap, available and we were getting it for club buys. I'm also having the brown residue problem AJ mentioned. I orginally used Instant Ocean but didn't like it so I switched to Corallife and really liked it because my algae problems were reduced. I'm planning to switch back to Corallife again once I'm out of RC.

 

Let us know AJ! I was going to try Tropic Marin but decided I'd statr with Red Sea. It has a small amount of the brown stuff you alude to....

 

I would look at Gettanked salt....
In all my experience it by far the best and most consistent salt available.
It come in 25 gallon bags that you mix with water in a 5 gallon bucket to make a slurry.
You then add the slurry to RODI water to desired salinity and add the separate calcium to you liking.
It mixes to the exact parameters every time.
Bucket mixes settle and the different components become separated, so when you scoop out the mix to add to water is might have to much or to little of a component depending on how it settled.
Gettanked salt also mixes to the quantity advertised at 1.026 salinity unlike the other who advertise xxx gallons in a container at a lower salinity.
I would give it a try...you wont be sorry!! He hand mixes every bag of salt so it is extremely consistent and it is Free of Cyanide, Silicates, Phosphate, Nitrates and Anti
Caking Agents.
Formula 1 mixes to 10DKH
Formula 2 mixes to 7.5DKH (for ultra low nutrient systems like Zeovit)
Here is a link to his website:
Gettanked
Hope you consider it...its always done me very well.
Bill Kennedy

 

im on my first bucket of seachem and so far it seems to mix better and stay more stable then rc did and you seem to use less to get to 1.026 i agree with joe it does seem to mix very cloudy but when you add it to your tank it clears right up dont no why i won the bucket that im useing but it says 90$ on it ive done 4 water changes with it and my corals seem a lot better with this salt it seems to hold more stable so as long as i can afford it i will get more

 

With the seachem it's 225g mixed .026 salinity where most seem to be a 200g at .023/4

 

when I used Salinity to fill my tank the first time, I made about 230 or 240 gallons of water at .022 and still had about 1/4 of the bucket left.

 

I use Oceanic, but switching to a different salt when I run out.