siskiou Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 I can almost see the bottom of my salt bucket (Instant Ocean), so it's time to order some. First time I actually found a T-Shirt in there, but unfortunately it's XL, so my husband will be the happy recipient! Has anything new developed on the salt market lately? Did any of you ever hear of or use the salt available on gettankedaquariums.com? Is it any good? Are any local stores having affordable sales on salt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mister crabs Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 the store in albany always has great deals on salt. i dont know what brand tohugh. maybe someone else can chime in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectra Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Have used Oceanpure but did not like it a whole lot. Am now useing Kent and like the way it works. Also have a bucket of Tropic Marin that was given to me and am going to try it out in a month or so when the Kent runs out. Search around I know Impur did a nice salt study and also a few others might have to. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef-fisher Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Personally, I preffer Kent and Oceanic. Both of these were well balanced with their claim of 'nitrate and phosphate free' being most accurate, when mixed with RO of course. Coral Reef pet center in Salem usually has both, but things are a little crazy with the move. Not sure where Im going get the next batch(scary) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael7979 Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 First time I actually found a T-Shirt in there, but unfortunately it's XL, so my husband will be the happy recipient! Make it a night shirt! (laugh)(laugh) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
defigart Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 I use Pacific Coast Marine Mix. I buy it from me . (dancing) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisW Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 I use Red Sea Coral Pro. Seems to work good. I get it from Dr's Foster and Smith. They only charge like ten bucks for delivery which makes it cheaper than buying local. They have Instant Ocean on sale now for $27 a bucket. So, it would be less than $40 delivered to your door. Dennis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
defigart Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 $40, You can get better salt locally from me or Seahorse, and possibly others, for cheaper than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impur Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 I use Red Sea Coral Pro also. I get it from petsolutions.com. Its on sale now and they don't charge extra to ship it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markdadof2 Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 I have switched from red sea to Tropic Marin that I won at the fenner talk. Things are growing nicely but I do have to suppliment with calcium daily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny503 Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 I just bring my can to Seahorse buy their saltwater, it's cheaper and faster then mix salt and DI water. I tested their saltwater parameter and the result came out perfect.Each week I go over to Seahorse buy a 5G bucket for $3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Red Sea Coral Pro here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewie Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 $40' date=' You can get better salt locally from me or Seahorse, and possibly others, for cheaper than that.[/quote'] (scratch)Define "better" for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewie Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 Doran, Show me where I can buy a bucket of IO, RC, or Kent for less than $40. I have used EVERY brand of salt over the years. Pacific Coast and Crystal Sea Marinemix have to be the 2 LEAST DESIRABLE that I have ever used. I always go back to the same brands I started with. IO, Reef Crystals, and Kent. Most recently I tried the new Tunze Reef Excel and I really like it, but not @ $25 for 50g. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyles Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 Red Sea Coral Pro, pretty good salt, mixes up with just a little debris in the bottom, but levels are very good. Typically I buy 4-6 buckets and shipping is free, I think we bought them for $37.99 last time including shipping, prices went up a tad since then. IO is decent salt, I just got sick of buffering MG and cal and the fact every bucket was different reading. After going away from IO corals seemed to perk up, so I think there was more to the switch than just the cal and mg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCR Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 Make it a night shirt! (laugh)(laugh) I want pictures(enforcer) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewie Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 (scratch)pssst. Doran? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisW Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 (scratch)pssst. Doran? (plotting) (laugh) Dennis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyles Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 I used to use IO, it was $32 where I got it, but... see above comment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tidalsculpin Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Back to part of Suzanne's original question. Has anyone ever used the gettanked salt? Anyone heard of organic salt like they talk about? Those nonbinding agents in commercial salt sound a bit bad. We need DCChemist to chime in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-3 Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 I use Kent. Have had no problems with it. Later Ryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrgreenthumb Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Doran, Show me where I can buy a bucket of IO, RC, or Kent for less than $40. I have used EVERY brand of salt over the years. Pacific Coast and Crystal Sea Marinemix have to be the 2 LEAST DESIRABLE that I have ever used. I always go back to the same brands I started with. IO, Reef Crystals, and Kent. Most recently I tried the new Tunze Reef Excel and I really like it, but not @ $25 for 50g. Unfortunately I have to agree with you. Dr's foster and smith are the wal mart of the pet world. Sorry but there is no where locally that you will find salt that cheap. Last time I checked central pet(wholesaler of dry goods to most pet stores locally) was selling reef crystals for right around 40 wholesale. It's unfair to compare any lfs to fosters. I will gladly fork over an extra 10-20 for salt to buy it local. At least I know I'm putting dinner on someones table and not making the rich richer. Fosters has ok customer service, but can never even compare to the face to face customer service you get at a majority of the lfs's. For those reasons I shop local for everything possible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-3 Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Last time I bought Kent locally it was well under $40 for a 200G bucket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrgreenthumb Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 I guess I was mainly talking about IO and RC. Should have been more specific Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrgreenthumb Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 where did you get the kent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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