what salt mix do you use??

[xjkevin]

im gonna start mixing my own saltwater, i have a 100gal tub for rodi, and 150 gal tub for sw mixing, just filled the 150 and need to go get salt, was wondering what you recomend? thanks//Kevin

 

[EyeReef]

A lot of people swear by tropic marine and tropic marine pro...they are more expensive..

Tried it and its just too much work for me to mix so now I use free natural salt water from scripps

 

[xjkevin]

thanks for the reply, here in the desert-mountain areas, we dont have that luxury, and the lfs wants 85 a gallon, then you hear things like his rodi wasnt working right and he made his water anyways, i just like being self contained, plus it helps a few other local reefers out also..

 

[dwl]

I use Red Sea Coral Pro and have had no problems.

 

[xjkevin]

so far locally all i can get is oceanic??

 

[xjkevin]

i found red sea i may just go with that, thanks

 

[Yinger]

used Tropic marin pro for a year... dunno why because i could never get stable params from bucket to bucket. Just switched to red sea pro and everything measures perfectly each time.

 

[kmax74]

is it just me or does tropic marin pro mix slower than the others?

 

[pookstreet]

I use the regular Tropic Marin stuff. Was told that the Pro version is really made for the European market where kalkwasser is heavily used so Pro is lower in dKH.

 

[Kenfuzed]

What, nobody is using Coralife? Not sure how good the params are but it comes with a t-shirt

 

[Nanoreefbro]

Tropic Marin Pro...

 

[DaveMorris]

I normally use Scripps, but every now and then I mix 50 gallons of Reef Crystals just to make sure I am keeping up on some trace elements. Stay away from Oceanic. I have heard nothing but horror stories about Oceanic having horrible impact on alkalinity.

 

[primetime]

Red Sea Coral Pro

 

[Mark82]

I use Reef Crystals

 

[reef_doug]

NSW from UCSB with occasional mixture of SeaChem & NSW for the added borate.

 

[xjkevin]

i think im gonna go with red sea pro, i can get it local. thanks all

 

[ezcompany]

i used TM, IO, RC, Seachem Reef, of all TM was the best.
Now i'm gonna try the red sea

 

[coral diver]

I use the one called Pacific Ocean for 4 years now with no problem at all and its Free

 

[timmay]

I use TM with no issues

 

[Rick]

Reef Crystals. Dr Fosters delivers for cheap. Works well for me.