Many years ago, Instant Ocean used to have a long list of
elements in the salt, right on the box. It even listed how
much gold was in the box. I even kept one of those old
boxes as a keepsake, but I looked for it a few years ago,
and could not find it.

Samwyse see also the thread "what's the best salt".

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Roy wrote on 1/28/2006 10:03 AM:
Iodine is a very small minute trace in natural seawater and is
essential for corals and some inverts......I do not think it contains
anywhere ear as much iodine in synthetic salt mixes as a container of
Iodized salt would, but that statement is just a guess.....From what I
have read, iodine is used up rather quickly for the most part ina
typical marine tank.

I really would find it strange if a synthetic salt manuf listed each
and every ingredient in their mixes on the label.....probably just the
major at most, and even that would be questionable. Looking at a 5 gal
pail of IO and a smaller ocntainer of it and some Oceanic salt does
not list the first ingredieint or percentages of contents anywhere

On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 12:33:59 GMT, Samwyse wrote:

No, I'm not planning to use table salt in my tank.

As some of you may recall, I acquired my entire marine set-up from a
friend of a friend. Last night, the person in the middle and I were at
a party together, and he mentioned that he had been unable to accept the
set-up because he's sensitive to iodine and, in his words, salt-water
tanks use iodized salt.

Well, as soon as I got home I grabbed my big bag-o-salt and while is
promenently mentions calsium and magnesium, I don't see iodine mentioned
anywhere. OTOH, there's also no mention of anything else in salt. So,
how much iodine is there is marine salt and how does it compare to table
salt? (BTW, this particular person is generally regarded in our circle
of friends as most the likely to make dubious statements.)