drock59 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 I made the switch to Oceanpure a while back and I have been fairly satisfied. I am just wondering what people have had success with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-3 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Oceanpure. Everything seems to be in check. Later Ryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drock59 Posted October 25, 2006 Author Share Posted October 25, 2006 only thing wrong with my oceanpure is the mag was low. Could just be that my tank is using a bunch. I wish someone would have included oceanpure in that big salt study. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powdertang05 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 oceanic is great have used instant ocean original,reef crystals and coralife and pacific coast none compare to oceanic ive used 7 200gal buckets and 2 of those other ones i stated and i have so much better results Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sknoch78 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 I had been using Oceanic up until a few months ago. Now using Ocean Pure and have no issues with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronjunior Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Been buying Coralife and everything seems good so far. I was upset that that salinity was taking more than called for until Patrick set me straight on my hydrometer being a bit off! Plus, got a free t-shirt in the bucket Seems to disolve fairly quickly too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowman Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Ocean pure pro, the mag levels are about 1300, calcium 400, alk 8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palani Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Well I've just tried Seachem Reef Salt. Before I was just using IO. Check back on me later to see a difference or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siskiou Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 There is an Oceanpure Pro? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drock59 Posted October 25, 2006 Author Share Posted October 25, 2006 ya Lowman, where do you get that and what exactly is different to warrant the title "pro", besides ten extra dollars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyles Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 I used the sea chem reefsalt for a while, its just rediculously expensive where I was getting it, I am going to the store friday and going to give the coralife a shot, Using IO now but the price is like .30 cents less for the so called better salt... so here goes nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanF Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Red Sea Coral Pro 1350 Mag, 450 calcium, 12 dkh. Have had great success with this salt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly guy Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 I use IO reef crystals. Its a little low on mag and calcium but i have used it for long enough that I am in a comfort zone with it and what i need to do and it works great for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drock59 Posted October 25, 2006 Author Share Posted October 25, 2006 seems like a lot of people using Coralife, i think it would make me uneasy buying Coralife salt....just me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barleychown Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Currently using IO...have used it off and on for the last 12+ years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAVES Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 There is oceanpure pro, suppose to have a few higher levels. Doesnt seem to be much different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefgeek84 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Red Sea Coral Pro 1350 Mag' date=' 450 calcium, 12 dkh. Have had great success with this salt.[/quote'] How long have you been using this? Those levels are awesome...I use reef crystals right now...but like others have said the levels are a little low and this might be a good alternative... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Oceanic since day one. Great results. That Red Sea Coral Pro has good numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mbeef61 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 plane old IO here...tried reef crystals a few times but there was never ANY difference...just does when i need to dose...but my IO has been at alk-8, ca-420, mag-1250 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanF Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 I have been using the Coral Pro for about 6-8 months now. I have pretty much been using it since it came out earlier this year. I liked the regular Red Sea salt but it was always low in almost everything so this has been a great. I have been getting better polyp extension and color out of the acros since using it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefgeek84 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 I have been using the Coral Pro for about 6-8 months now. I have pretty much been using it since it came out earlier this year. I liked the regular Red Sea salt but it was always low in almost everything so this has been a great. I have been getting better polyp extension and color out of the acros since using it. Have you used any other salt brands to have some sort of comparasion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowboardKid26 Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 I have a bit of a comparison.. I used corallife salt in my tank for 4 or 5 months, started wmy tank with it. Then in the last 2 months, ive switched to a 50/50 mix of IO and Oceanic after Steve suggested it. The growth since then is outrages. The only thing its a little low on is mag ~ 1100... but its easily dosed. I don't know what the big difference in the mixes is, but I know i'll just be doing the 50/50 from now on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanF Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 I have used a bunch of different salts. I started with coralife when I first opened the shop, then switched to Kent well before the change in the formula. From Kent I switched to Oceanic which I had really bad results from. In fact between the tank maintainence person that I do a lot of business and myself we went through a pallet of it and in that time most of the tanks we used it in developed Hair Algae and had pretty signifigant invert die off. I know of people that have had good results from Oceanic but most of those started with Oceanic in the first place. The people that have switched on an established tank that I have known have had problems. After my Oceanic fiasco I switched back to Kent for awhile and then when they choose not to renew their contract with Aquarium Systems to make the base for their salt I decided that they would probably screw it up so I switched to regular Red Sea Salt and then when the Red Sea Coral Pro came out I switched to that. So far with all of the salts we have tested the Red Sea Coral Pro had the most balanced numbers that were a little on the high side so that it is good for water changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blown65 Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 I have used a bunch of different salts. I started with coralife when I first opened the shop' date=' then switched to Kent well before the change in the formula. From Kent I switched to Oceanic which I had really bad results from. In fact between the tank maintainence person that I do a lot of business and myself we went through a pallet of it and in that time most of the tanks we used it in developed Hair Algae and had pretty signifigant invert die off. I know of people that have had good results from Oceanic but most of those started with Oceanic in the first place. The people that have switched on an established tank that I have known have had problems. After my Oceanic fiasco I switched back to Kent for awhile and then when they choose not to renew their contract with Aquarium Systems to make the base for their salt I decided that they would probably screw it up so I switched to regular Red Sea Salt and then when the Red Sea Coral Pro came out I switched to that. So far with all of the salts we have tested the Red Sea Coral Pro had the most balanced numbers that were a little on the high side so that it is good for water changes.[/quote'] Thats what I had with Oceanic also, cept I started the tank with it and had all those issues till I switched away. It was like turning a switch off to the algea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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