Which manufacturers salt is good to use?

[InfernoST]

Hi All
I've been hunting around for salt mixes to begin my new SW tank and found so many brands, which brand is favored by the community?

Keith

 

[melosu58]

OH NO not another which salt is better question? LOL This is one of those questions that if you ask 10 different people you`ll get 11 different answers. I guess I`ll start it off. I use Oceanic. It keeps my calcium where it needs to be by only doing weekly PWC`s. It kind of has a low alk point but no mix is perfect or we`d all be using it. There`s several threads asking this same question you might want to do a search on to see what others in the past have used. Here are some

http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f11/how-many-different-salt-mixes-110692.html

http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f11/best-aquarium-salt-109323.html

http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f11/salt-mixes-best-for-ro-di-108809.html

http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f11/salt-mixes-106282.html

http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f14/what-salt-do-you-guys-perfer-104110.html

 

[ccCapt]

There are no "bad" salts. Any salt will work, but some work better than others, depending on how the tank is setup.

 

[InfernoST]

There are no "bad" salts. Any salt will work, but some work better than others, depending on how the tank is setup.

That's a good thing to hear. I want to start of with FOWLR tank and possibly migrate to a reef, is it possible to switch salt mixes to accommodate new specimens without having any ill effects?

 

[InfernoST]

OH NO not another which salt is better question? LOL This is one of those questions that if you ask 10 different people you`ll get 11 different answers. I guess I`ll start it off. I use Oceanic. It keeps my calcium where it needs to be by only doing weekly PWC`s. It kind of has a low alk point but no mix is perfect or we`d all be using it. There`s several threads asking this same question you might want to do a search on to see what others in the past have used. Here are some

http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f11/how-many-different-salt-mixes-110692.html

http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f11/best-aquarium-salt-109323.html

http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f11/salt-mixes-best-for-ro-di-108809.html

http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f11/salt-mixes-106282.html

http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f14/what-salt-do-you-guys-perfer-104110.html

Thanks, I'll check out the other threads.

 

[melosu58]

Yes you can always change if you are not satisfied.

 

[mtlion]

Like Melosu stated you will get many different answers, but I use Instant Ocean for my FOWLER.