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kmtfishchannel 
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Posted: December 27 2018 at 6:33pm |
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I’m looking for a good & affordable salt mix for a softie/LPS
tank with very few to no SPS. What do you guys recommend? I’ve used Red Sea
Coral Pro (Purple) but is it really worth the cost for what i'm doing?
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TriggerHappy
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Posted: December 27 2018 at 7:03pm |
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IMHO, I'd just stick with Instant Ocean. Get it cheap with free delivery from chewy.com. I have a mixed reef and just test the change water and add to get to the levels I need. Bruce Ewald has some high quality additives that Rusty's Reef sells. Why pay more?
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Posted: December 27 2018 at 7:16pm |
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I do not disagree with triggerhappy. I use oceanic, but see no issue in using Instant Ocean. I believe it is the most used salt in the world.
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Posted: December 28 2018 at 9:10am |
The issue with instant ocean is that's missing all the other elements that corals "need". I use instant ocean myself, but I dose lots of other things to make up for the missing stuff in the salt.
The truth is, though, if you feed a healthy, varied diet, you probably wont notice a difference with softies and LPS, and maybe even SPS.
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Adam Blundell
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Posted: December 29 2018 at 12:41am |
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What else do you need to dose, when using Instant Ocean?
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Edited by Adam Blundell - December 29 2018 at 12:41am
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Posted: December 29 2018 at 10:49am |
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Adam - I add some calcium chloride and soda ash. The last test I did for change water, the Ca was 300 and the Alk was 5.5. I did not bother with Mg, but will check that next time. YMMV of course.
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kevski
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Posted: December 29 2018 at 6:36pm |
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I really like Liveaquaria salt! Plus if you get it on sale and use additional coupons they run regularly you can get it for less than $40 for a 200 g box! (I bought 3 boxes for $30 each) Plus it’s actually Fritz salt, which has had a lot if good feedback from several well respected people on this forum and the internet. I highly recommend it!
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Posted: December 29 2018 at 7:34pm |
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How do you know its Fritz salt?
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kevski
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Posted: December 29 2018 at 7:36pm |
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Did a lot of reading on line and it’s packaged the same way.
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Posted: December 29 2018 at 7:38pm |
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Did a lot of reading on line. The chemical makeup is the same (calcium, mag, etc) and it’s packaged the same.
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