Instant Ocean®
Aquarium Salt
Aquarium salt is one of the products that seems
to stir up both brand loyalty and lots of debate among hermit
crab hobbyists. Instant Ocean is a synthetic aquarium salt with
(according to the manufacturer) "every necessary major, minor,
and trace element and has no nitrates and no phosphates."
To some hobbyists this inclusion of extra trace elements that
would be present in sea water is important, though I don't think
it necessarily holds the same importants for land hermit crabs
that it would for marine varieties since land hermit crabs just
don't spend such a significant amount of time in the water.
However, Instant Ocean® is a perfectly serviceable
product that disolves easily and comes in a convenient sized box
for hermit crabs (5 gallon). It's more cost effective than buying
premixed salt waters, but not the cheapest brand of aquarium salt
you'll find. One thing I didn't like about Instant Ocean is that
over time the product caked even in my relatively dry climate,
even though I got the smallest available box to try to avoid that
problem. I also found the bag in a box delivery to be slightly
harder to measure out than Doc Wellfish brand, which is the only
brand I'd previously used.
While I probably will not buy this again, it's purely
due to personal preference about ease of use (due to the caking
and measurement issues), not usefulness of the product itself.
For land hermit crabs, use a half a cup of salt to a gallon of
water.
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