They have thousands of gallons of water and do basically weekly icp tests and treat it as a full time job. You do not. My buddies 250gallon tank has been wiped out twice by bad batches of IO. Most recently about 3 months ago his zinc shot up to 250 But because he does icps every couple months instead of weekly it was too late. The crazy part is that if you are buying salt retail because you are not a business or have thousands of gallons IO is only like $10 cheaper than most "high end salts" i used to use reef crystals, but i was tired of my mixing bin being full of disgusting crud and bird feathers.
@ Been reefing for over 20 years. Always used IO salt. Your buddy just had other issues. Technically coral farms do water changes daily because they bag the water for shipping and replace the saltwater.
Greta show! Sharing sand used to be a common practice back in the day. I would be curious if Aquabiomics can validate that the bagged sand like miracle mud and life source have the same effectiveness.
@@emmaruyle6617 I got it on sale too thinking I’d try it. It sucks, low on everything. It mixed lower than the ICP it showed on their barcode at 35.5ppt.
You have such a buttoned up podcast. Professional and entertaining, great job.
Love your podcast bro. ❤. I learn so much
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Jason Fox , Paletta, Sanjay, and so many more use regular old instant ocean salt. The hype around higher priced salts is all marketing.
POTO,Tidal Gardens, and WWC use Reef Crystals too.
You can definitely keep a nice reef with IO. I don't like how IO mixes up slowly and leaves a residue.
I'm doing my first water change with Reef Crystals today (in over a decade), so I will definitely update how it goes!
They have thousands of gallons of water and do basically weekly icp tests and treat it as a full time job. You do not. My buddies 250gallon tank has been wiped out twice by bad batches of IO. Most recently about 3 months ago his zinc shot up to 250 But because he does icps every couple months instead of weekly it was too late.
The crazy part is that if you are buying salt retail because you are not a business or have thousands of gallons IO is only like $10 cheaper than most "high end salts" i used to use reef crystals, but i was tired of my mixing bin being full of disgusting crud and bird feathers.
@ Been reefing for over 20 years. Always used IO salt. Your buddy just had other issues. Technically coral farms do water changes daily because they bag the water for shipping and replace the saltwater.
Greta show!
Sharing sand used to be a common practice back in the day.
I would be curious if Aquabiomics can validate that the bagged sand like miracle mud and life source have the same effectiveness.
I also use the AF ReefSalt. I have like 4 boxes of it that I bought in this last sale! :D
try the hybrid pro. u will love that :)
@christofferjensen9872 I might. Have to get through these boxes first!
@@emmaruyle6617 I got it on sale too thinking I’d try it. It sucks, low on everything. It mixed lower than the ICP it showed on their barcode at 35.5ppt.
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