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	Salt mix and sea water
Week End Big Fish Posts: 414 Kudos: 436 Votes: 1 Registered: 16-May-2004	I know that some people buy filtered sea water from aquariums (I am one of them) and some people uses various brand of salt mixes. And my qz is..is it ok if I use both of them together? Also... are trace elements really necessary when various brands of salt mixes claims that they include those elements in correct amount already? How about sea water?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:20
lil_mikey69 Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3180 Kudos: 2380 Votes: 1 Registered: 22-Jan-2003	Yes you can mix the two. I have done so myself. As long as salinity and temperature match, there should not be a problem. Typically, you still need to dose certain elements, especially when keeping certain corals. They 'use' it up at a far greater rate than would be avilable between water changes. You can probably dose less if you do very frequent water changes, but you may even still need to dose certain things depending on tank inhabitants.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:20
DarkRealm Overlord Moderator metal-R-us Posts: 5962 Kudos: 2166 Registered: 23-Sep-2002	Agree with Mikey....as long as you are not keeping any corals that are touchy to water parameters/changes (like SPS coral). With them they have a very high tendancy to bleach, RTN, or STN and thats not a good thing. [hr width='40%']I’m here without you baby, but you're still on my lonely mind I think about you baby, and I dream about you all the time I’m here without you baby, but you're still with me in my dreams…
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:20


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