cheap sea salt???

hi.
The use of evaporated seawater as salt for marine tank had comes up
periodically. The main reason that it is not a good idea is the fact that
you can not reconstitute the NSW (natural sea water) parameter since the
evaporation and addition of water is not reversible for certain ions,
particularly calcium.
bye -ck-

I dont have web access right now

but if you really want cheap, you can buy a mix that has all but the basic of salts, and
you can mix it, using your own cheaper source of salt itll still set you back $60 but
instead of 200g its something like 2000

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Richard Reynolds




"~Vicki ~" wrote in message
...
After reading the post on cheap sea salt I started wondering about using
a fresh water salt called Doc Wellfish's aquarium salt. It is cheap and
made from evaporated sea water. I think I pay a buck for 16oz. I use
it all the time in my fresh water tanks but I am not sure how much would
be needed or if it would be cheaper in the long run than instant ocean.
Any one have any thoughts????


Vicki