Who is going to try this salt when it comes out?

link no good

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Might be helpful to see a spec sheet. I've tried some of thier other products and they seem to make quality stuff.

Agreed. The stuff they make does seem to be high quality.

If I can "find" some locally, or get one of the many LFS's to get their hands on some, I will buy it.

I love Brightwell products. Never heard of a salt having "hype", but we'll see.



I currently use TMP, btw.

+1 for Brightwell. Love their stuff!

I wonder if Marine Depot will carry it in 3 days. I need to make a small order.. soon.

I bet Doctor Fosters and Smith will. I like ordering my salt form them because they don't charge you extra freight for it like every one else does. It costs me about $12.00 to get it shipped to my door and I can usually end up adding to that up to a certain value before the shipping jumps any higher.


The fella that started Brightwell Aquatics is actually a former employee of Kent Marine. I believe he was the lead Chemist there. He wasn't happy with the quality they were putting out ( or so the story goes that has been circulating any way ) so he started his own company offering higher quality additives.

They don't even offer a full line of Brightwell products.

It would be nice if they carried it. I will give them a ring, and see what they say.

Well, called DFS and MD, and neither one has any info on the product.

MD "said" they are in the works of "trying" to stock and sell the product, but said as of now, they won't be selling it. It seems when I told him about the product, he knew right away what it was. I told him it was supposed to be out Monday, and when would be a good day to call about the new product, and he said try again Wednesday.

However, he "sounded" like MD may not be carrying it.


Any ideas where to get this stuff? My local LFS carry pieces of the line, not one store has ALL the marine stuff, so I've been ordering online for the Brightwell stuff.

Email/Call Brightwell and ask them what vendor will will have it.

I contacted Dr FS and they said that they don't know if they will have it. Though they said that they will get new products in this month... lets find out.

It's not even on their website. And neither is their new Zeo line that I have already.

I just sent an e-mail to them. Hopefully they will know... otherwise, it's a waiting game.

Brightwell don't respond on weekends so might as well just find out on monday.

Right, I knew that.

http://www.brightwellaquatics.com/br_base.html

My LFS switched their premix sw from IO to Brightwell NeoMarine. I just got 5 gal to do a water change and I ran some tests on it.

Salinity: 1.023-1.024
Ph: 8.3 (API)
Cal: 360 (Elos)
Alk: 8-9 (API)
Mg: 1150 (Elos)

The perams seem low from what they advertise.

Your salinity is also low, but I'm not sure if it's enough to make up the difference in the numbers.

My lfs has it for $50 a bucket.

Yes. It is a lttle low.... But not much. I want to see what other people are getting in their mixes. And my lfs is selling their buckets for $50 as well.

Vivid Aquariums will be stocking (and using in their tanks) within the next couple weeks.

TTT...

Anybody buy this salt yet???

Not sure. But a little discussion over @ RC.

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.p...hreadid=1677408

Hmmm... Thanks for the link. I have not seen that yet!



I want to think this will be a good salt mix, but...

Then again... It IS RC!!!

Sorry...

I agree, I too "want" it to be a good salt, but the results are a little fishy. I e-mailed Chris about this, and I'm eagerly awaiting his response. I also asked which lab(s) were used in the testing.


But what's with NR's hating on RC'ers? And vice versa? I don't get it.

I use RC for all the general knowledge, plus there's a ton more amount of info there, but I choose here, because obviously this site is dedicated to "nano" tanks. I'm not interested in putting together a 200g tank.

Different mindsets and approaches. Notice though that you can't link to many other reef forums on RC though There was also some drama between the to sites not to long ago.

50 more posts there and I can have my personalized avatar!

I did notice that. When I try and link someone to come here, I have to do it like this: www.nano-reef .com

Don't let 'em catch you doing that bro... You'll get the BANHAMMER!!!

No way. It's that bad? *shakes head*

yes. your sig here would at a minimum disappear or earn you a time out.

Well excuse me.

Anyone have this salt yet?

Nope. Decided it's too risky right now. I went with TMP instead. A FAR better choice than the "unknown".

So its out for sale? If so where...???

Does vivid really have this stuff?

Someone buy a bucket already and test it, this is getting old, marine depot, salty supply, aand aquarium specialty all have it in stock.

Wow... $27 plus shipping for a 50g bucket!

Im sticking to rc for $15

I have bought 15 gal of NeoMarine premixed from the store and I have already posted my test results.

Why are you using the pro?

I also use TM, but the pro is for tanks with calcium reactors.

Yea, your results were lower than that of the advertised amount.

But did your LFS mix it the way Brightwell's directions say to? Or did your LFS add more water to make it ~1.023 because its cheaper and they can get more for their money??? Because a lower salinity should cause the Cal and Mag to be a little lower since their values came from salt mixed to 1.025 not ~1.023. And as for the Alk I would not trust an API test to save my life so...

It's what the LFS has.

I dont think .001-.002 is going to bring up the cal and mg levels anywhere close to what they advertised imo. I will see if they will give me a sample to mix up at home.

Good luck. I tried to talk Chris into doing that, and he said the only sample's went to some huge Reef convention.

I was talking about my LFS not BA...

i just picked up a 150g bucket of salt for $60 I'll be mixing it up tomorrow. i will let everyone know the results by saturday morning.

im picking up my bucket tomorrow, and i also will post the results. here and on my build thread so you all know how the tank reacts! hey, i use only brightwell products, and never, ever had a problem or worry. so i doubt very highly that i will with theyre salt!!!

I was told this past weekend they'll be switching over their tanks and stocking in the next couple weeks. Sounds like they're still waiting for a shipment.

vivid now has the salt they called me yesterday

Tests show this salt is no where near NSW or the parameters it claims.

Well... picked up a bucket of this salt today!!! It'll be a few weeks until I get into using it, as my D-D isn't quite gone yet.

Return it if you can. Stick with DD.