whats the best salt
- Thread starter ijvasquetelles
- Start date
- Location
- Peekskill, N.Y.
Do a search on here. This subject has been beaten to death already.
- Location
- Forest Hills
- Location
- Brooklyn
You beat me to it. Hats off to you, sir.
- Location
- Long Island, New York
- Location
- Staten Island, Brooklyn
- Location
- East Stroudsburg, PA
I use ESV and love it, BUT I have also used IO Reef crystals and Tropic Marin salt also and liked all of them. There are so many to choose from each with their own companies selling points.
ESV is highly adaptable to taylor to your specific wants, it's 4 parts- sodium chloride, magnesium sulphate and then 2 liquid parts. If you follow the instructions to the tee it gives you the levels of each element you're looking for.
Red Sea boasts that their salt is derived directly from evaporated water from the Red Sea so it has all the perfect levels due to it being directly from the sea.
IO Reef Crystals boasts guaranteed readings and balanced salt.
Then there's Brightwells and a million other companies to choose from, it can drive you crazy until the 40 brands you've read their mixing guarantees all blend into one big blob of numbers.
They all rate their salt the best so which is the best???????
THE ONE YOU CAN AFFORD AND GIVES YOU GOOD WATER QUALITY-------In other words you can use just about any salt and be happy with it.
ESV is highly adaptable to taylor to your specific wants, it's 4 parts- sodium chloride, magnesium sulphate and then 2 liquid parts. If you follow the instructions to the tee it gives you the levels of each element you're looking for.
Red Sea boasts that their salt is derived directly from evaporated water from the Red Sea so it has all the perfect levels due to it being directly from the sea.
IO Reef Crystals boasts guaranteed readings and balanced salt.
Then there's Brightwells and a million other companies to choose from, it can drive you crazy until the 40 brands you've read their mixing guarantees all blend into one big blob of numbers.
They all rate their salt the best so which is the best???????
THE ONE YOU CAN AFFORD AND GIVES YOU GOOD WATER QUALITY-------In other words you can use just about any salt and be happy with it.
- Location
- upper west side manhattan
I use Red Sea pro salt very good
- Location
- Dingmans ferry PA
reef crystals.....very good
coral life.......very good
esv.......very good
oceanic....very good
red sea......very good
every salt is good depending on how you monitor your tank. if they werent any good they would be out of business. it depends on what you test for. some have more trace elements then others and some have to much then others.. if you want something all in one that comes closest to natural sea water you will have to mix every salt mix together LOL.
coral life.......very good
esv.......very good
oceanic....very good
red sea......very good
every salt is good depending on how you monitor your tank. if they werent any good they would be out of business. it depends on what you test for. some have more trace elements then others and some have to much then others.. if you want something all in one that comes closest to natural sea water you will have to mix every salt mix together LOL.
- Location
- Brooklyn
You guys literally cant help yourselves but answer these types of questions, huh? Its like an impulse to humor even the most redundantly basic questions.
To quote reefman:
PS REDSEA IS THE BEST LOL
To quote reefman:
PS REDSEA IS THE BEST LOL
- Location
- Upper East Side of NYC
Big fan of Instant Ocean Reef Crystals.
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY
Apologies to the original poster who has no way of knowing this, but this is one of the few questions even I agree is best answered by a through search of the forum. It is one of the most frequently asked questions with numerous lengthy threads and there is NEVER any agreement reached. There are many, many good salts and people both love and hate all of them.
- Location
- Peekskill, N.Y.
This is why I suggested doing a search. It's always the same thread. Bottom line is there are a lot of good salts.
- Location
- East Stroudsburg, PA
The first cartoon was kinda funny, this one ehh...not so muchYou guys literally cant help yourselves but answer these types of questions, huh? Its like an impulse to humor even the most redundantly basic questions.
To quote reefman:
PS REDSEA IS THE BEST LOL
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- Location
- Westchester, N.Y
Change topic : To want brand of salt are you using?
Almost ever year theirs a New Salt so why not ask! What Brand of Salt are you buying for your tank these days....
Almost ever year theirs a New Salt so why not ask! What Brand of Salt are you buying for your tank these days....
- Location
- Dingmans ferry PA
because this is at least the 20th post this year on BEST SALT and we are only in april LMFAO
- Location
- Stamford ,CT
Sea salt. LOL
- Location
- Stamford ,CT
I use red sea pro
- Location
- Elizabeth, NJ
Hey, come on guys... Please don't get rid of this topic, it's my favorite. LMAO.....
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