Anybody know who in our area sells this salt?

[musicalocean]

http://www.marinedepot.com/ps_ViewItem.aspx?idproduct=RS4211&idCartRow=22176798&isKit=0&child=RS4215">[B]<span style="color: #003399;">Red Sea Coral Pro Salt Mix 175gal - Bucket</span>[/B]</a>
They have it listed on marinedepot for $45

 

[musicalocean]

I'm thinking of swapping to this brand & would appreciate any input.

 

[smoothie]

Seachem is local with local support. Sorry to not answer your question.
Jenn at Imagine has great deals on salt

 

[musicalocean]

Its just such a drive from me I'm going to have to go with something that petco carries or something I can order online. Just dont have the gas to drive that far from home till hubbys work levels out..Yes, Jenn is the greatest & cant beat her prices. Wish I was closer to her.

 

[smoothie]

Call her and the other sponsors that post and help regularly on here. See if they can bring it to the meeting.

musicalocean;580577 wrote: Its just such a drive from me I'm going to have to go with something that petco carries or something I can order online. Just dont have the gas to drive that far from home till hubbys work levels out..Yes, Jenn is the greatest & cant beat her prices. Wish I was closer to her.

 

[musicalocean]

Thats a good idea will do

 

[tim8111]

I sell Seachem for $48 a bucket. It is far far far superior to red sea salt IMO. I am not out on that side of town yet but I can arrange for you to pick it up from the location if you want.

Thanks,
Tim

 

[jef4y]

I was in your same boat, looking for Red Sea because that's what I had always used in WI.

It isn't real popular down here, but SeaChem is. I did some digging on Seachem and it looks to be a pretty good salt (looks better than Red Sea when it comes to ca/mg levels & trace elements).

I picked up a bucket from Tim at Keen, and did my first water change with it this weekend. Could be coincidence, could be the salt, but in all honesty, all of my corals have opened up fuller than they had been in the previous weeks.

Will see how it goes long term...

I guess the moral of my story (if there is one) would be to try SeaChem as it's readily available in the area, and widely used... If you have a problem, others can help quickly vice if you have a problem with a salt that only 2-3 people use.

 

[jennm]

I haven't used Red Sea (or carried it, ever) salt in years but I didn't like it at all when I used it myself. It wasn't the "pro" stuff... but it didn't dissolve well at all for me.

Seachem has Marine Salt (for FO tanks), Reef Salt and Aquavitro Salinity. IMO those are much better choices.

Jenn

 

[musicalocean]

JeF4y;580618 wrote: I was in your same boat, looking for Red Sea because that's what I had always used in WI.

It isn't real popular down here, but SeaChem is. I did some digging on Seachem and it looks to be a pretty good salt (looks better than Red Sea when it comes to ca/mg levels & trace elements).

I picked up a bucket from Tim at Keen, and did my first water change with it this weekend. Could be coincidence, could be the salt, but in all honesty, all of my corals have opened up fuller than they had been in the previous weeks.

Will see how it goes long term...

I guess the moral of my story (if there is one) would be to try SeaChem as it's readily available in the area, and widely used... If you have a problem, others can help quickly vice if you have a problem with a salt that only 2-3 people use.

Thanks which kind did you go with? Was it salinity or the other one?

 

[jef4y]

musicalocean;580715 wrote: Thanks which kind did you go with? Was it salinity or the other one?

SeaChem Reef Salt.

That's the brand and product line.

It definitely precipitated in my mixing tank, far more than Red Sea ever did, but it makes sense that it would with such a high calcium content. No big deal. From reading, I expected such,

 

[acroholic]

JeF4y;580618 wrote: I guess the moral of my story (if there is one) would be to try SeaChem as it's readily available in the area, and widely used... If you have a problem, others can help quickly vice if you have a problem with a salt that only 2-3 people use.

An absolute ton of user experience with Seachem salt around here.

 

[musicalocean]

Yep me too.. Definitely missed out on that one