To celebrate 50 years of providing synthetic sea salt to aquariums and hobbyists Instant Ocean released a limited edition 50th anniversary commemorative 2.5 gallon jug kit. These handy kits include enough salt to make 25 gallons and are a perfect…
Free ebook tells the history of Instant Ocean & synthetic sea salt
As scholars of aquarium history, we were thrilled to discover that a free ebook is available highlighting the roots of marine aquariums, and the development of synthetic sea salts in particular. The Story of Aquarium Systems produced by the European…
AquaRaise Marine Refine is a new salt from Thailand
AquaRaise is a company in Thailand that has it’s roots in the commercial aquaculture business. AquaRaise manufacturers a whole line of different products including several additives and test kits, but they are most known for their Marine Refine salt which is the…
Royal Nature hits the US market
Royal Nature, the evaporated sea salt from Israel, is finally hitting the US with a new representative here working on distribution. The selling point for Royal Nature is getting as close to nature as possible. If you look at the…
Coral Reef Spain launches new premium salt
Coral Reef Spain just announced a new premium reef salt offering higher calcium and magnesium concentrations. As a wholesaler and retailer, Coral Reef Spain developed the salt in collaboration with Ricordea Farm in Germany. A focus on pharmaceutical-grade ingredients was…
Shorty buckets of Seachem Salinity shipping soon, three buckets up for grabs right now
Seachem Salinity has recently become of the highest grades of synthetic salt mix available to reefers. Although Seachem Salinity first shipped in a large bucket that mixed up 200 gallons, curious reefers eager to get in on the premium salt…
Atoll Solut Pure Salt a two-part salt coming to market
Atoll Solut Pure Salt is being introduced as the first two-part aquarium salt taking an approach similar to ESV’s B-ionic salt. Like other boutique salts coming out on the market, Atoll Solut looked to make their recipe mimic the natural…
Salinity shortstack bucket coming Winter 2010 from Seachem
The Seachem Salinity shortstack is a great option for those of you not needing a huge supply of salt. The diminutive bucket still gives you a lot of spread making up around 120 gallons of water at a salinity of 35…
Tropic Marin BIO ACTIF salt reviewed
Tropic Marin’s new BioActiv Salt mix has finally landed on US shores and retailers have been getting it out to customers for over a month now. We were sent our 25kg test bucket over several months ago. Here is what…
Royal Nature uses evaporated seawater for new aquarium salt
Royal Nature, a new aquarium salt developed and manufactured in Israel, is coming on the scene using evaporated seawater instead of the typical industry norm of base materials from mines. In development the past few years, the Royal Nature salt…
