rrubberbandman July 20, 2006 July 20, 2006 i HAVE BEEN using kent sea salt but after reading the forum poll's....can i switch to instant ocean for continuing maintenance water changes? Bryan
GaryL July 20, 2006 July 20, 2006 if you do go real slow. some of the ingredients dont mix well. i had a tank crash when switching salts. i would not do it again. most people here use IO. it seems to be the industry standard for synthetic. IMO your corals have a better chance of survival when going to the same salt. if you do switch, keep us in progress of what goes on. you not experience the same problems others have had if you go slow. Goodluck.
HowardofNOVA July 20, 2006 July 20, 2006 VERY SLOWLY!!! For some reason, changing salts have caused mass bleaching of corals ....strange.....very strange indeed!
rrubberbandman July 20, 2006 Author July 20, 2006 guys, i only have a fowlr tank right now........no corals or anenomes..... Bryan
emissary July 20, 2006 July 20, 2006 guys, i only have a fowlr tank right now........no corals or anenomes..... Bryan Man if I had a fowlr I'd put a bid on Johnny's trigger. Well as long as I didn't have any edible fish.
rrubberbandman July 20, 2006 Author July 20, 2006 he'd look good in the 20 gallon! bryan Man if I had a fowlr I'd put a bid on Johnny's trigger. Well as long as I didn't have any edible fish.
kngfisher July 20, 2006 July 20, 2006 if you do go real slow. some of the ingredients dont mix well. i had a tank crash when switching salts. i would not do it again. most people here use IO. it seems to be the industry standard for synthetic. IMO your corals have a better chance of survival when going to the same salt. if you do switch, keep us in progress of what goes on. you not experience the same problems others have had if you go slow. Goodluck. 5&$*# I really need to just ask more questions before I attemp ANYTHING. glad I came accross this post before using my new SeaChem Reef Salt....I have been using IO since day one but thought I could benifit from the added contents that the reef salt has in it. Now I need to think if I need to buy a bucket of IO to mix the two salts before just added the SeaChem salt and causing harm. Right now, all I have is a few frags and three fish but these fish have been threw too much already....over heated tanks, tanks with no power for days, surviving my dumb mistakes, etc.
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