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Kent Salt
 The
sea salt market is crowded these days with new manufacturers.
Some are chemical supplement manufacturers, lobster salt
manufacturers and existing salt manufacturers repackaging
previous mixes. Hype abounds. One product is labeled to look as
if it is a German import, but is really made in the U.S. Another
manufacturer advertises "scientific grade." (What is scientific
grade? Chemicals are graded by reagent grade, USP or
pharmaceutical grade, food grade and technical grade. There is
no "scientific grade!") A manufacturer draws a bar chart,
reportedly reflecting information from a "government test lab."
(Of course the lab report itself is not published. No
information is given as to how samples were collected and who
commissioned the report. As expected, the top three salts tested
were made by the manufacturer that prints the ad!).
What are the important considerations when selecting a salt mix
for a marine aquarium? Recent entries into the manufacture of
salt mixes all claim to have the best salt mix. How do you know
who to believe? The following tips may help you through the
maze.
Manufacturer’s Reputation:
Look at other products that the manufacturer makes. Are quality
standards evident in those products? I recently heard an
aquarist say " I won't use their liquid supplements, but I use
their salt." Does it make any sense that their salt would be
made to any higher standard than their other products?
Proper Equipment:
 You
don’t just roll over one morning and manufacture quality sea
salt. It takes research, planning and lots of expensive
equipment. Kent Sea Salt is manufactured in one of the finest
facilities in the world, insuring consistent mixes batch after
batch. Salts are pulverized in a huge stainless steel hammer
mill and blending is done in a large stainless steel
pharmaceutical blender. Salts are weighed electronically and
bagged on an automatic form and fill machine, and the atmosphere
is controlled by industrial dehumidifiers and air conditioners.
While some manufacturers give excuses for their salt mixes being
wet, Kent refuses to compromise. Our salt is dry because it is
made in a proper facility, not a cement mixer in an
unairconditioned warehouse! No drying agents are added!
Proper Ingredients:
Kent uses only the finest materials, selected by assay. We use
the same quality trace minerals that we use in our world class
additives and they are added individually. Kent Sea Salt
contains all of the essential major, minor and trace minerals of
natural sea water in proper proportions. At Kent, we do not rely
on contaminants brought in with the major ingredients for our
trace minerals. Some major European manufacturers also list
"protective colloids," we don’t add them, they are organic
chemicals that just add to the bio load. (By the way, what is a
"gel conditioner" and does gelatin have any place in a marine
aquarium?) One manufacturer readily admits that he uses old
seawater that has been dried. This has never worked. Plankton
and other organic components predispose the aquarium to be
dirty. Why do a water change with "used water?" Kent Sea Salt is
made from prime bagged chemicals.
Enhanced Mix:
Most sea salts, however fine, only provide seawater levels of
trace minerals. In the wild, animals have cubic miles of
seawater from which to draw the minerals that they need. In the
enclosed environment of a marine aquarium, however, animals
often suffer because they quickly use up available minerals.
Kent Sea Salt contains enhanced buffer levels and enhanced
levels of important minerals, such as calcium, strontium,
iodine, iron, cobalt, rubidium, lithium and many others. It
includes our Coral-Vite technology which provides these minerals
plus vitamins for the invertebrates. One manufacturer claims
that a salt mix is too harsh an environment for vitamins, and it
is -- if the salt is packaged wet! Also, vitamins, in the proper
form (i.e. aquaculture grade) are expensive.
Price:
Impartial testing has proven that some manufacturers' salts have
major deficiencies, particularly in magnesium, calcium and
important trace minerals -- sodium chloride is much less
expensive than other components! One manufacturer claims that
sea salts don't have to be expensive. His expertise is in making
lobster salt. He may be right, if you are going to eat the
animal within a week, but marine aquariums need a quality salt.
At Kent, we design our products for Sustained Long Term Results.
Quality costs money. If you are buying cheap salt, you are not
getting the quality of Kent.
Conclusion:
Manufacturers' claims, even ours, are always biased. So called
technical evaluations and "government reports" are
advertisements with data always slanted to suit the advertiser.
Many will have questionable, at best, circumstances of
evaluation, such as no control over how samples were collected.
We understand that one manufacturer collected his own samples
and sent them, mixed with water, to the test lab! No matter how
accurate the lab test, it is worthless without impartial sample
collection.
Try Kent Sea Salt, you will see Sustained Long Term Results in
your aquarium that you won't see with other brands. At Kent, we
spare no expense to bring you the finest sea salt that money can
buy. Ours is not the cheapest sea salt, but don't your animals
deserve the best environment you can give them?
Tropic Marin Synthetic Sea
Salt
Tropic Marin was first formulated in
1965 and since that time, it has been continuously improved as
more precise analytical methods have uncovered the many
subtleties of natural sea water. It does not contain any
phosphates or nitrates and is manufactured from absolutely pure
pharmaceutical grade ingredients, 98% of which are from natural
sources.
Using a highly sophisticated process of solid solution mixed
crystals, each grain of Tropic Marin contains the exact mix of
70 trace elements found in natural sea water and a unique
production process ensures that all these trace elements are
maintained in solution, avoiding selective precipitation.
Special hydrates are added to ensure super solubility in tap
water.
The packaging is 100% vapour proof which guarantees that no
impurities from air or other gases can be absorbed whilst in
storage, keeping the salt fresh and lump free.
Tropic Marin Sea Salt is chosen by many of the world's leading
public aquariums, professional institutes and hobbyists - it's
the natural choice!.
Tropic Marin PRO-REEF Salt
"Produced in
response to customer requests!"
This new synthetic sea salt is aimed at
the specific requirements of modern reef
tanks: optimised calcium and magnesium concentrations promote
coral growth and make it easy to care for even the most
sensitive hard corals.
Tropic Marin® PRO-REEF's buffering system and pH-level have been
specifically formulated to stabilise water conditions in your
aquarium. This means that the KH level in your aquarium will not
be affected, even when using calcium supplements.
PRO-REEF is also particularly beneficial when employing
infrequent or small water changes, using RO water for making up
a seawater mix.
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Description |
Price
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Order |
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ZA-TMC5014 |
Tropic Marin PRO-REEF Salt - 10Kg Bucket |
£25.52 + Vat |
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