Total newbie

[hyewiz]

Hi everyone i am total newbie in this field and all your great tanks amazed me and now i like to try start one.
I'm thinking of a 2.5 gallon reef i like to know what brand salt i should buy .
please thank you much

 

[drty811]

i was using instant ocean sea salt but now im using reef crystals.dont really know much on brands or quality, im sure youll some more posts to help you out.

oh yeah welcome to nanotank.... :mrgreen:

 

[incysor]

I use crystal seas bioassay salt.

But if you're doing a nano or pic tank. It's generally easier and more convenient to just go buy salt water and RO/DI top-off water at the LFS.

If you're going to have larger tanks then having an RO/DI unit at home and making up your own saltwater makes sense, but it doesn't really for small tanks unless you live a couple hours from a LFS.

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[hyewiz]

Down here where I live (Montreal, Canada) all the LFS's they are not so great with the Salt Water stuff, that’s why we have major problems finding what we need, I know it’s strange with a big city like this but.....

 

[incysor]

Ah. You might ask around on reefcentral to see if there's a store that other reefers in your area trust. If not then just go ahead and go the RO/DI route and go with any of the major brands of salt. Salt is one of those areas that opinions differ greatly on. I've only used Kent, and Crystal Seas salts. I won't use Kent again, I seemed to have a lot more algae issues when I was using it. Lots of folks like oceanic, and it seems to be in most of the stores around me. I'd take a look at your LFS and see what brands are readily available, and then post which ones you're thinking of using.

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[hyewiz]

thank you

 

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i was thinking about an RO/DI but there wayyyyy too expencive any other ideas or cheap places? and what should i worry about in my tap water, is there a way to get rid of it?