DeadSea Salt

[crimsontsavo]

Can dead sea salt be used for a saltwater set up? I have ten pounds of it laying around- just wondering.

 

[crimsontsavo]

Bump- still havent found an answer yet, ) . Sorry for the bother.

 

[RamJet]

No, dont use it! Instead if you go down to the local florist and get a bag of potting soil, mix it with the salt and some water making mud, you can then pack it on you body and enjoy the theroputic value of it. You see, dead sea salt contains different minerals(and metals) in it than sea salt. I use coral life, and it does quite well. If you buy it in a 5 gallon bucket you also get a free T-shirt for the kids! Well any way I like the salt and they like the shirts and you can enjoy great skin. Take care.

 

[Landlocked]

Since there are no fish that live in the Dead Sea, it can't be used for any fish.

Makes sense, doesn't it?

 

[crimsontsavo]

Thanks yall!
I thought there were no fish because the DS was so salt concentrated?

 

[RamJet]

That is one of the reasons, but the Dead Sea Salt contains other minerals also, and is for the most part sold unprocessed. Because of the density of the crystals I think that you would have a very hard time getting the right salt content, and I dont think the other minerals would be a good thing to have in your tank.
Did you go to the dead sea? I have been there three times, it is sooooo cool! You float much higher in the water because of the salt content. Oh, you will also find out that you have alot more scrapes and cuts than you thought.(Man do they burn!)

 

[kristine bean]

If you buy it in a 5 gallon bucket you also get a free T-shirt for the kids! Well any way I like the salt and they like the shirts and you can enjoy great skin.

Not true!! The store I went to, I bought it and the people at the store took ALL the tees out for themselves. (Leaving the "free tee shirt inside!" stickers on) Those shiesty bastards

I was very sad.

 

[RamJet]

If you dont like it you can:
Tell the store owner that even though it says free t-shirt, that the cost of the shirt is figured into the cost of the salt, same as the bucket and the sticker that says "Free T-shirt" and the bags that hold the salt inside the bucket. To take the shirt out and charge you for it is wrong, you are not getting all of what you are paying for.
Oh, you might find it affective to say "I want my shirt!"
If that doesn't work, try giving them "the frowning of a lifetime." (You might want to practice this in front of a mirror several times before unleashing it in public, you only get one shot at getting it right in front of the store owner.)
Until then take care and keep us posted on what I have decided to call "Operation Salty Shirt" or "O.S.S." for short.

 

[Adrinal]

Gah this forum sucks away my time... just spent an hour reading up on the dead sea.

 

[cation]

..... and keep us posted on what I have decided to call "Operation Salty Shirt" or "O.S.S." for short.

This cracked me up. Too, too funny.

 

[Landlocked]

If you dont like it you can:
Tell the store owner that even though it says free t-shirt, that the cost of the shirt is figured into the cost of the salt, same as the bucket and the sticker that says "Free T-shirt" and the bags that hold the salt inside the bucket. To take the shirt out and charge you for it is wrong, you are not getting all of what you are paying for.
Oh, you might find it affective to say "I want my shirt!"
If that doesn't work, try giving them "the frowning of a lifetime." (You might want to practice this in front of a mirror several times before unleashing it in public, you only get one shot at getting it right in front of the store owner.)
Until then take care and keep us posted on what I have decided to call "Operation Salty Shirt" or "O.S.S." for short.

I got a bucket of salt, and it had the T-shirt just like it said. . . I guess that my lfs is honest.


What would they do with all the T-shirts? They're, like, size XXL!