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Quick Questions about salt

Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 1:08 pm
by urples
decide to setup a brackish Tank. I ran out of the normal salt i use but my mom has this Diamond Crystal Solar Salt stuff. you think it should be ok or should i just go buy some salt? ThANKS!

http://www.diamondcrystalsalt.com/Water ... -Salt.aspx

Re: Quick Questions about salt

Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 1:40 pm
by J-P
ummm need marine salt

Re: Quick Questions about salt

Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 1:42 pm
by Pufferpunk
+1, also a hydrometer to measure it. Tell us more about your plans. What puffer? How do you plan on cycling the tank?
[welcome]

Re: Quick Questions about salt

Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 1:48 pm
by J-P
Pufferpunk wrote:+1, also a hydrometer to measure it. Tell us more about your plans. What puffer? How do you plan on cycling the tank?
[welcome]

haha see I'l learning :)

maybe a little slowly... but getting there.

RTR has a good article on the 3 kinds of salts and the uses for each. Worth the effort to track it down

Re: Quick Questions about salt

Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 4:18 pm
by urples
yah thats what i thought. i guess its off to the store

Re: Quick Questions about salt

Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 6:47 pm
by RTR
I think the article mentioned might be:

http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/The_Salt_of_the_Earth

HTH