What do you think of this Salt

[cj10488]

Was going to go and pick up some Crystal Sea Marinemix Bioassay Here locally I can get it for $30.00 for a 150gal bucket.. The company swears by it and states they purchase 40,000# per year and that is why they are able to sell it so cheap... What do you think worth a try?? At that price should I pick up a few???

TIA,
James

 

[MT79]

I have an interesting link comparing salts...although crystal sea isn't one of them I think it still interesting www.animalnetwork.com/fish2/aqfm/1999/mar/features/1/default.asp
hope the link works.

 

[reefrunner69]

I seam to remember a thread on RC awhile ago, a bunch of people switched to this salt and experienced bleaching problems. If you switch go slowly

 

[Strictly Marine]

I have use this salt on all my tanks and have never notice any problems. The company don't sell their salts to big online companies to give the local store a chance to compete with IO and stuff. I will try to put some pics of the stuff I keep with this salt. I definitly recommend the salt.

 

[snapcrackler]

You mean 15 gallon, right? 8O

 

[cj10488]

no 150gal... Its the cheapest stuff around here.. I am going to look for that post on RC and see if I can find anything new..

James

 

[cj10488]

Well I found quite a few articles and no way am I going to Purchase it.. I will go for something Else...

Thanks Again Kevin

James

BTW Kudos for you Memory and saving my corals

 

[snapcrackler]

Oh, enough salt to MAKE 150 gallons.....

I thought you were talking about a honkin humongous barrel of 150 gallons of salt.



A moot point anyway now, eh!

 

[frazin]

Very interesting article, but since I am no Marine biologist or chemist it's a little hard for me to see which salt is best. I am sure there are better salts for fish only set ups and some better for reef setups.

Jc

 

[An t-iasg]

Hi cj10488,
Does RC mean reefcentral.com? I looked for some salt articles but didn't find any. Can you post a link?

I was considering this salt, but since my tank set-up is several months away, I still have time to research. All these studies...some make some brands look good and the next study makes that brand look bad...so I'll do all the reading I can! One study made IO look not-so-good, and in another study, it seemed to be the closest thing to natural saltwater!

It almost makes you want to get fresh seawater or ocean water somehow!

 

[cj10488]

ReefCentral Search

I hope this works But my exact search was bioassay with all defaults..


HTH,
James

 

[An t-iasg]

Ok, now I see that you have to register to be able to search. Thanks!

Have you decided on another brand of salt yet?