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Place to get Reef Crystals Locally?

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Is there a place to get reef crystals locally or do most get it on-line from places like DF &S when they offer free shipping? I need to buy some badly so I am not sure I can wait to have it shipped.
 
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You can print out the price from Petsmart and go into the store to buy it. They will match the price.

Shipping is not that bad. It's only take about 5 days.
 
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Pet Smart, really? Didn't even realize they would carry it for some reason. Thanks.
 
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Ocean Treasures carries it in SF, I think Aquatic Central had a bag, maybe a few others haven't been to Lucky Ocean in a long time but he used to carry it. None of the places is as cheap as F&S though, they all pretty much sell at cost how F&S is able to sell so cheap who knows.
 
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petsmart actually has reef salt? Last time I went they didnt have any saltwater critters... but I guess they sell saltwater drygoods?
 
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I guess it depending on the store you go to. All of the stores I went to have saltwater stuff. They don't have any live stock but they do have drygoods.
 
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[quote author=seminolecpa link=topic=2731.msg28647#msg28647 date=1198259498]
Is there a place to get reef crystals locally or do most get it on-line from places like DF &S when they offer free shipping? I need to buy some badly so I am not sure I can wait to have it shipped.
[/quote] Drs F&S no longer has free s/h/i promotion like they use to. But the s/h/i is by dollar value, no more extra weight charges.

If you need a bucket, I may have one in stock.
 
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Double check your RC salt.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1274357

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1265348

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=11410342#post11410342
 
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Ugh.

I just bought 6 buckets and all tested out low, like Norms :( This was my switch batch (switching from, IO to RC) and now I have to bump it as well :( They better not make me send this stuff back, I openned every bucket and took a half cup out to test :) I'm bringing my samples to work today and have one of our techs test it as well.
 
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GreshamH

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Being the both (IO, Kent) are owned by the same parent corp (Central pets and Garden) that doesn't suprise me :( It is how ever shocking it would happen with RC/IO in a way since they are the largest volume mixer on the planet. I wonder if they skimped and got caught, or something went wrong on the line?
 
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Ok, Reef Crystals problem has been confirmed.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1285879
 
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Thankfully the bucket i got tested out fine.
 
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