Salt prices going up?

[A_Lee]

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anyone use seachem reef salt? What do you think compared to IORC?
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Quality wise (consistency with ca/alk/mag/pH)would you find the SeaChem Reef salt comparable to regular IO, or IORC? Or some other brand of salt?
Sorry to ask you all these questions - but you're the only one I know who has experience with it, thanks!

I use it for work and my tanks seem to like it, It's made in the same plant as IORC. One thing though if you run a two-part or a Ca reactor it is out of balance for that type of setup. It's better for light duty reefs that don't need a lot of supplementation where your relying more on water changes for alk/ca/mag.
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Thanks for sharing your experience with the salt Jeremy.
Why would dosing throw SeaChem Reef salt chemically off balance more so than other salts, say like IORC? I wasn't really planning on dosing two part in this new tank like I was in my last tank ... I was hoping 10% water changes every other week would keep alk/ca/mag up.
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Then it's a good salt for you, if you run a reactor or two part then the Sea Chem will raise your #s and make for a PITA dialing thins in, where a salt that matches your parameters makes it a no brainer

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man.. that salt cost more than IO/RC ..
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The Sea Chem? I get it for $35 a bucket at AC, bought some today.
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How does the SeaChem reef salt compare to say IORC in your opinion? About equal then?
Also, has anyone ever considered adding 2 part to your weekly water change water, rather than adding it into the tank?

 

[A_Lee]

up one more time

 

[tuberider]

Sea Chem reef is similar to RC.

If you add your two-part to your water change water you risk precipitation problems.

 

[Mr. Ugly]

You could do 2 water top off setups with diluted 2 part.

 

[Elite]

That only work if you topoff manually right? Can you think of a way to do with autotopoff?

 

[Mr. Ugly]

Set up your top off on timers so that you top off a known specific volume.

So for example, if you are evaporating 1 gallon per day, set up 2 systems that add 1/2 gallon of top off each.

If you are dosing 150 ml each of alk and Ca, than mix your top offs at the rate of 150 ml alk/Ca per (1/2Gallon - 150ml) of water.

 

[Mr. Ugly]

If you're super picky, and want to account for variation in evaporation rate, set up a 3rd top-off with float switches and a timer so that it runs after the other 2 top offs. Set the total volume of the other top offs to be less than your least evaporation loss.

 

[Elite]

That's a lot of buckets and pumps ;D ... I guess I stick with regular wc

 

[A_Lee]

Thanks all!
I will swoop up 1-2 buckets this weekend

 

[Vincerama2]

I just checked good ol' Drs Foster and Smith...their salt mixes seem more expensive than before! Like $46 instead of $32!

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[sfsuphysics]

There's a thread on this subject here already. The price jump reflects the change in shipping costs without actually having a separate algorithm for "heavy" items.

 

[Vincerama2]

Ah, well it makes sense. It used to be an amazing deal, because they didn't charge extra for the shipping. Oh well!

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[GreshamH]

It beat wholesale in most cases which may be another reason for the price hike

 

[seminolecpa]

Merged with the old thread

 

[Vincerama2]

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Merged with the old thread
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Ah, OK, you merged it. For a second I thought "What?! I commented on the old thread already!"

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[Elite]

You see the link I posted?? $33 plus shipping is not bad. Shipping is pretty low too.