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pros and cons of ESV salt

Montaquelaveist

Montaquelaveist

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Okay guys I've heard a lot of things about ESV salt mixes so I'm finding it a little difficult to get the salt i normally use at good prices any longer so i was looking into the ESV only because i can get a little cheaper anyway wanted to know how good this salt would be for a reef tank i currently use there B-Ionic system and most of there other supplements and love it so i need good solid feedback guys as my salt is running low need to get new salt soon
 
piranhapat

piranhapat

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Excellent salt.. Pros mixes very easy and no cloudy water. Very clear and polished water. Can be added when salinity is right. Which means very fast. Cons none... Except for me price went higher and is hard to get from my LFS. Online price went up too. Some might say the mixing was a pain. But that didn't bother me. If you can get it easy and it's in your budget it's excellent salt.
 
vio

vio

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piranhapat said:
Excellent salt.. Pros mixes very easy and no cloudy water. Very clear and polished water. Can be added when salinity is right. Which means very fast. Cons none... Except for me price went higher and is hard to get from my LFS. Online price went up too. Some might say the mixing was a pain. But that didn't bother me. If you can get it easy and it's in your budget it's excellent salt.
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+1 on Pro, about Cons, try to call AV, i think they make good discount for MR members. Call b 4.
 
oh207

oh207

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Tagging along to learn more. I don't have any specific feedback on ESV salt since I've never used it. But I did purchase 2 box of it a couple of weeks ago and I'm not sure what to do with it...lol

Seriously, I haven't read up as yet on best practices on how to mix it. With IO Reef Crystals I had a methodological system of making water and mixing.
 
Montaquelaveist

Montaquelaveist

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Manhattan Reefs
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Bronx
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thanks guys i think i will try using it as i can get it for a really good price thanks again for the help now just have to figure out how to measure it out since i use a mixing station and its never fully empty is there a way to top off just certain aspects of the mixing if needed
 
MikeC

MikeC

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Manhattan Reefs
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Deer Park,Long Island,11729
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Jim said:
Sometimes you get what you pay for.

It's worth the price for the quality.
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I hear this vomit all the time.
Have you done any test ?
Has anyone done test comparing the "quality" to other salts if so I would like to read that study.

Let's be honest ESV is a salt that has it's components mixed separately to prevent settling that's it!

Just so you don't have to roll your bucket just incase of anything settling if it has been sitting on a LFS shelf for a long period of time.
Let's not make our selves feel better by vomiting what we heard someone ells say to justify the cost;)

I bet 90% of all tank of the month threads I read use IO salt lol
 
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