When preparing a saltwater aquarium, should I use sea salt from the grocery store or aquarium sea salt?
I have sea salt purchased from the grocery store and am preparing a saltwater aquarium. Should I purchase specialized sea salt or is the grocery-store sea salt fine for the fish?
No you cannot use sea salt purchased in the grocery store. You need ones like the synthetic instant ocean or real sea salt like red sea salt.
You need specific salt not grocery store salt. Ocean salt fore fish is designed for fish not to season them for human consumption.
aquarium definiteley!
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im a fish owner
You have to use aquarium marine salt, most salt used in the kitchen is iodized
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You definitely need to use specialize salt of your local pet store. Regular table salt won’t cut it.
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Aquarium salt! It has minerals and some important substances. The only time you should use grocery salt is if you are seasoning them!
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No you cannot use sea salt purchased in the grocery store. You need ones like the synthetic instant ocean or real sea salt like red sea salt.
You need specific salt not grocery store salt. Ocean salt fore fish is designed for fish not to season them for human consumption.
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Sea salt from the grocery store isn’t probably what you are looking for. Synthetic sea salt from a pet store like Instant Ocean brand is your best bet.
Synthetic sea salts are specifically designed for aquarium marine life. It doesn’t "actually" come from the ocean, so it doesn’t carry any contaminants that can be found in natural sea salt. Synthetic Salt is real salt, but it is chemically created in order to get the leanest salt with no contaminants.
Synthetic salt also has the correct balance of nutrients and naturally occuring minerals in order to keep your fish and other marine life happy and healthy.
If this is your first time setting up a salt water aquarium, and you don’t plan on propagating corals, you don’t necessarily need he most expensive salt. It is o.k. to get the cheaper one. On the other hand, if you do plan on keeping corals, it is best to get salt specifically designed for tanks with coral. If you are having trouble finding the right salt, it is best to ask a worker at the store you are in.
Now make sure you don’t mix synthetic sea salt with salt medication! They also sell small cartons of salt to be used as fresh water aquarium medication, so make sure you read the packaging!
Good luck!
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sea salt of course normal salt that is being use in the kitchen has oil in them thus it is not suitable for marine fishes while aquarium sea salt does not have oil in them thus makes the mark
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Use proper marine salt mix.
The problem is that seawater is not just pure salt. (Sodium Chloride)
It contains other minerals like calcium and magnesium as well. Those are removed when salt is refined from seawater, and even when the salt was naturally deposited to form rock salt. The other minerals fall out of solution at different times and are removed.
So if you mix up your tank water with pure salt, you wont have seawater, just something that looks like seawater, but it’s not safe for your expensive fish.
Seawater mix may be 99% pure salt, but it’s the other 1% thats vital.
Ian
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Aquarium salt duh! NEVER EVER USE SEA SALT FROM THE GROCERY STORE!
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