A Poll On The Brand Of Salt Mix Used

[DeepBlue]

I am using Kent Marine.....find it better than coralife....more soluble and fine.........dun have to use a lot to get the correct level...

[yvettegirl]

Yeah! Coralife. The old packaging of coralife used to have this small pack of Traces of Elements. What happened to it?

yah what is the small pack for?

[Regal]

I'm using Red Sea find that is cheap.......D

[flubberina13]

I'm using one that is simply branded just as Marine Salt. The packaging mentioned that it is made in USA. One container at $20+ and only for 40 litres. Set up my tank using it and cost me a bomb as mine is a 4ft tank and 2 1/2ft sump. But it is really good....Tried a damsel that was given by the shop to prove that it would be ready after a few hours and surprising true to the shop's claim.

Dun chide me but I went off fish-shopping the following weekend then... and so far so good...touch wood...

However, I do waterchanges with Kent Marine now...

taung pooom...

[Dispar_Anthias]

I using coralife as i am a budget guy and my unle using tropic marin

[regularguy]

Used to use IO....not too bad IMO.

But changed to Coralife now...just bought a huge a$$ bucket....economies of scale...

actually its not true that the coralife bucket is cheaper in terms of economies of scale

the place where i buy from:

1 packet of 6.6kg = $18 so

3 packets of 6.6kg (19.8kg) = $54

1 bucket of coralife is 19.7kg = $55 (think the price increase recently)

[hoppinghippos]

I am using coral life myself and I must say the stupid little packet inside I couldn't get it till I used up the entire salt package before finding it!!!! anybody know if we can add the packet directly to our tank water and how much to add at a time?

[junyong84]

I've used Coralife, IO, Reef Crystals and Tropic M. Not much difference with respect to the response from the tank inhabitants.

Salts that I will never use are Red Sea and ME.

ME is great for tanks that are new and just starting out but it's not advisable to switch to ME if you have been using conventional salts.

how come???

bother...i wan to try that salt...

[Tanzy]

Tried a damsel that was given by the shop to prove that it would be ready after a few hours and surprising true to the shop's claim.

It's a damsel. I doubt a nuclear blast will harm it very much.

[pospeh]

ME is great for tanks that are new and just starting out but it's not advisable to switch to ME if you have been using conventional salts.

How is marine environment not conventional?

[Volitan]

actually its not true that the coralife bucket is cheaper in terms of economies of scale

the place where i buy from:

1 packet  of 6.6kg                = $18 so

3 packets of 6.6kg (19.8kg)  = $54

 

1 bucket of coralife is 19.7kg = $55 (think the price increase recently)

So I assume u using CL too? Perhaps the price does not escalate inversely with quantity. But imo, it is one of the cheapest salt readily available in the market (Anyway if you buy a big bucket, u get the pail free ). Pl correct me if I am wrong.

[Tanzy]

How is marine environment not conventional?

The commonly available ones like IO, Coralife, Kent, Reef crystals, Tropic M are conventional salts that are widely used.

I personally won't risk crashing the tank by switching to ME if the tank has been on these salts for a few years.

[derf]

used to use IO, now using tropic marin. tried kent b4. juz bot marine env, hvn't try out yet.

of the 3 i've tried, marin tropic dissolves best.

[Clownfish]

I used sea water initially....

now using Kent Marine salt... quite happy with it!

[soggy]

coral life salt for me. have actually tasted it by mistake. lil bitter. yet, obviously salty. mine came with trace element. but it was somewhere below. didn't know of its existance till today. what does it do?

[regularguy]

So I assume u using CL too? Perhaps the price does not escalate inversely with quantity. But imo, it is one of the cheapest salt readily available in the market (Anyway if you buy a big bucket, u get the pail free ). Pl correct me if I am wrong.

yup... i use coralife too

but it would be more worth it to buy the 6.6kg packet to top up the pail after you have the pail. Anyway, how do you carry a bucket of salt home if they dun give you a pail?

cheer!

[charlie]

Hi,

I use Biosal ( Germany ) from Aqu...Tec. It cooling effect when you dissolve it in Tapwater. So far so good. It doesn't blur the water and dissolved quite fast.

20Kg = $60.

[harmony]

Me started with CoralLife...so far so good...so no reason to switch to another brand

[iLIKEfish]

i just started..and i use red sea

[dav]

Using kent quite happy with it but a bit ex.

[jazzben81]

corallife bucket got free t shirt and 1 small packet of trace elements inside.

bought for 65 bucks

got 3 big bags for 150 G

[scooter blenny]

have been using CL from the beginning. doubt will change brand since it serve my purpose well.

[AlfaRomeo]

Hiya Guys, for a new tank, would doing it with Marine Environment or Marine Tropic from the start be ok? Heard about DSB crashing due to high level of heav metals or sumthing due to low quality slat used.

[heckers]

wah... seems like alot usin' CL huh...

i hv been usin' TM all these while but recently just tried out ME az the ratin' of it seems so impressive. anyway no harm 4 me 2 change az i hv just upgded my canister filted 3ft 2 sump filted. nothin' much in there 2 c any harm anyway lah.

[metals99]

new salt i saw.. small pack for like 7-8 gallons.. marrinium.. i think

what do u guys think?? thought of trying or should i stay with red sea?? tried marine environment.. no difference but it did dissolve faster..