Instant Ocean Sea Salt 50 Gallons, For Marine Aquariums, Fast Dissolving

Good product and a reasonable price

Perfect for my tank

I used to own a tropical fish shop, a commercial FW fish breeder and now just a retired hobbyist.I only use Instant Ocean salts to hatch and/or grow Brine shrimp now. I have always obtained superior hatches using marine salt mixes over rock salt.In the past, I've cultured some corals but a true measure of a marine salt mix is to have reef fish breed in captivity. I have had pairs of Yellowtail Blue Damsels, Chrysiptera parasema) breed almost every week for months at a time in the early 1980's.In a different setup in the late 1980's and early 1990's I had a 125 gal reef tank. Mostly corals with a few fish. In that tank, my pair of Pygmy Flame Angelfish, Centropyge loricula and trio of Mandarin Dragonets, Synchiropus splendidus, would regularly spawn just after the lights turned off.Of course, I never successfully raised any young because that is too difficult if one is landlocked with no access to tropical plankton to fee the young but some have been successful in tropical Pacific and Caribbean ora.com facilities.Most major public and commercial marine aquariums use Instant Ocean because it has high predictable quality at reasonable prices.

The media could not be loaded. works really well, safer than other alternatives. These shrimp need brackish water so measuring is essential AND be sure to full dissolve before adding any livestock. This salt has a fairly quick dissolve rate. Highly recommend.

I use this brand for the value. I’ve never had an issue with my saltwater tanks using this brand. Only problem I’ve noticed is that it takes a little more than what is recommended. I use for small batches of water, usually 5 gallons. I usually have to add about an extra cup to it to get salinity correct. Otherwise no issues. And the price is much better than the other brands. Just make sure you check the salinity before adding to aquarium.

Good for making water for hermit crabs. I just mix a gallon jug that I refill the salt water tank from because then the math is not difficult.

My fish are alive and this stuff is easy to use. I can tell it’s legit because it’s exactly what my local fish store uses (They have a lot of healthy saltwater fish). I do mess around with the amount per gallon and I don’t use exactly what the recommend, but my salinity is always spot-on. I like the individually packed bags.

Used it to hatch my plentiful shrimp eggs. It worked great.