Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / May 2004

Very controversial subject. Instant Ocean is very popular, as is the
newer Oceanic brand. I use Red Sea, and have had no issues.

Did you test the RO water without the salt?  It may be time to change the RO
unit filters.  I'd look at the filter before I changed salt.

Lee

Over 5 years I have tried all the standards( I.O.,Reef Crystals,Tropic
Marin)etc. I had settled on HW marinemix which I have used for the past
2-1/2 years very succesfully.The store where I convieniently purchased my
salt,stopped carrying the large containers that I bought(150gallons).So it
was not financially beneficial to buy the smaller bags.They switched to
Oceanic's natural sea salt mix.....I switched over immeadiately.LOVE it!
Mixes crystal clear within 20 seconds. I also use it within 15-20 minutes
after mixing!!!
Whereas,the HW marine I used to mix for5-10 hours.
until the PH sustained at a good level. I have been using
Oceanic for about 2-3 months and all is 100 percent....
but also it matters what salt works for you the best..
My 2 cents....
Darryl

I have done research on this recently as my salt was wayu too high in Ca and
Mg, (an error according to the Mfg) but the point is, I've been looking in
to this a lot for the last 3 days and I have not found ANYONE with anything
bad to say about the Oceanic.
Everyone who has used it says they LOVE it.
I am going to switch to that brand.

hth

~Mort

I was a Tropic Marin advocate for years, hairy algae went away after a few
days of use after a 50 percent H2O change, Tropic Marin has its faults
mainly a PH of 8.6, one thing we could probably all agree on, is all of the
salt mixes have faults, even the high quality ones, I am starting to
alternate salt mixes, Tropic Marin, Reef Crystals to ???, I believe this
method will counteract the shortcomings of the different mixes.

Any comments.

And suggestions on mixes you have had good luck with

Reaper