Oceanic and Instand Ocean compatibility

In a reef tank I use Instant Ocean salt.
Can I simply use different salt, like Oceanic,
for a water change or something bad will happen?

Can I generally mix and match salt brands in
a single reef tank or this is not recomended ?

Most can be mixed, but some (I don't know of any that do,
but know there are supposedly some that do)have artificial
clarifiers that will cause problems when you mix brands.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Pszemol wrote on 9/2/2006 6:26 PM:
In a reef tank I use Instant Ocean salt.
Can I simply use different salt, like Oceanic,
for a water change or something bad will happen?

Can I generally mix and match salt brands in
a single reef tank or this is not recomended ?

"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message nk.net...
Most can be mixed, but some (I don't know of any that do,
but know there are supposedly some that do)have artificial
clarifiers that will cause problems when you mix brands.

OK, so anybody here who mixed Oceanic with Instant Ocean ?

"Pszemol" wrote in
:

"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message
nk.net...
Most can be mixed, but some (I don't know of any that do,
but know there are supposedly some that do)have artificial
clarifiers that will cause problems when you mix brands.

OK, so anybody here who mixed Oceanic with Instant Ocean ?


I have mixed the two without incident.


Mark

This topic was up for discussion several months ago, the general consensus
was there was although you can change salt from one brand to the next, the
question was raised why would you want to.
Personally I Use Instant Ocean, the only way I would change is if someone
offered me a pallet for free of another brand. For the few cents you might
save by switching or mixing, its not worth the headache of a possible
problem.
"Pszemol" wrote in message
...
In a reef tank I use Instant Ocean salt.
Can I simply use different salt, like Oceanic,
for a water change or something bad will happen?

Can I generally mix and match salt brands in
a single reef tank or this is not recomended ?

Yea oceanic if fine with Instant Ocean.
I forgot to address that.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Pszemol wrote on 9/3/2006 11:36 AM:
"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message
nk.net...
Most can be mixed, but some (I don't know of any that do, but know
there are supposedly some that do)have artificial clarifiers that will
cause problems when you mix brands.

OK, so anybody here who mixed Oceanic with Instant Ocean ?

"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message nk.net...
Yea oceanic if fine with Instant Ocean.
I forgot to address that.

thanks you two guys for reasuring me.
I have two odd boxes of Oceanic and
I was afraid to use them mixed with IO.