Preferred Salt Mix

[cg5071]

I use IO but I happened to jack my cal skyhigh w/caribsea+ so I went to the purple bag for awhile. I also get nasties w/ a pre mix of a day with IO(too much settlement). It is available to mix in 15min. No need for 24 hours. Disolve w/ warm water and the rest is ro/di for me. No need to change, plus it is basicly all that is avail. w/out spec. order here.

[creefer]

I use IO but I happened to jack my cal skyhigh w/caribsea+ so I went to the purple bag for awhile. I also get nasties w/ a pre mix of a day with IO(too much settlement). It is available to mix in 15min. No need for 24 hours. Disolve w/ warm water and the rest is ro/di for me. No need to change, plus it is basicly all that is avail. w/out spec. order here.

Being in Petosky is a bit of an issue for some things I would think. We have a retailer down here that carries the ESV line including that salt. I ordered my first batch because they didn't have the size I wanted I didn't want to get the larger kit and not like it based on the cost. If I'm pleased with it, I'll start buying from them. They are a sponsor here and good people to deal with.

[dlhirst]

@Cherry - so Todd, you got me sold. How much IS the ESV kit?

[jolson10450]

i used reef crystals for the longest time, had some slight issues now that my tank is pretty much packed, i have since switched to brightwell salt and all of the issues that i had are fixed! my issues were low alk, low calcium, and low mag even right after a weekly water change, now i can go 2 weeks with brightwell and still be good.

[creefer]

@Cherry - so Todd, you got me sold. How much IS the ESV kit?

Check this out.ESV B-Ioni Seawater System

It's my findings from the first few batches I made. I have nothing bad to say about the stuff. The 50 gal. kit is $32 I think from Marine Depot. I can't remember what the larger kits go for.