Do I need better salt?

[Joe Puzzo]

Hi I'm new at all this so any help would be great. I have a 30 gallon tank with soft corals and a few hammers and torches nothing crazy. I want to keep this a simple hobby and not get crazy with testing and pulling my hair out. I do water changes 5 gallons every week. Using Instant Ocean salt. Since I don't want to dose and keep things simple should I run a better salt that has more supplements in it? But I also here salt like redseas pro salt maybe to harsh for what I want to keep soft corals and hammers and a torch. I would really like to keep things simple and easy and just stay on a tight 5 gallon weekly water change

 

[Mrx7899x]

Instant ocean salt is fine. But eventually as your corals get bigger you'll probably have to start dosing because a 5 gallon water change may not keep up with the demand.
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[Joe Puzzo]

Ok thanks Lot

 

[9supratt4]

Switch to Reef Crystals also by instant Ocean. It has more of the stuff that corals use to grow and thrive than standard Instant Ocean. Usually can find a 200 Gallon box on sale for around $45

 

[njtiger24 aquariums]

Switch to Reef Crystals also by instant Ocean. It has more of the stuff that corals use to grow and thrive than standard Instant Ocean. Usually can find a 200 Gallon box on sale for around $45

Agree look into switching to RC. I used that salt on my tank and it worked well for me

 

[diana a]

Instant ocean salt is fine. But eventually as your corals get bigger you'll probably have to start dosing because a 5 gallon water change may not keep up with the demand.
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+1

 

[David]

+ 1 for reef RC. Regular IO is only good for fish only. I personally use Red Sea mainly BC it mixes fast. Nothing wrong with instant ocean

 

[Mrx7899x]

You should pick a salt that matches the parameters that you want to keep. I use regular IO I like alk around 8 and calcium between 400 and 450 and magnesium in the 1300. My tank is sps dominated.