Synthetic sea salt safe to eat?

[yiliyang]

This may sound silly, but I was wondering if I can do cooking with sea salt we use in our fish tanks. I stumbled upon a canister of sea salt in the grocery store for $8.99. I can fill that up for $0.25 worth from my reef crystal bucket. You guys ever consumed tank salt?

Yili

 

[James]

This may sound silly, but I was wondering if I can do cooking with sea salt we use in our fish tanks. I stumbled upon a canister of sea salt in the grocery store for $8.99. I can fill that up for $0.25 worth from my reef crystal bucket. You guys ever consumed tank salt?

Yili

I have no idea of the answer but this question is my vote for reeftank related question of the year 2010. Hell, it's early but I nominate it for reeftank related question of the decade.

 

[NL146]

If you're talking about salt used to prepare aquarium water, the answer is no. If you read the labels of the containers you will see the caution "not safe for human consumption"

 

[johnny roastbeef]

Besides, it tastes like poison....
I just had to find out for myself.

 

[DCG1286]

Besides, it tastes like poison....
I just had to find out for myself.

No wonder my chicken didn't taste right last night!

 

[2slo4me]

are you sure it wasnt chicken of the sea? they tend to be a lil salty. lol

 

[ming]

nothing like getting your calcium and trace minerals of the day from your saltmix. :lol2:

 

[DCG1286]

nothing like getting your calcium and trace minerals of the day from your saltmix. :lol2:

good for your bones

 

[Dre]

This may sound silly, but I was wondering if I can do cooking with sea salt we use in our fish tanks. I stumbled upon a canister of sea salt in the grocery store for $8.99. I can fill that up for $0.25 worth from my reef crystal bucket. You guys ever consumed tank salt?

Yili

Once in a while when i siphon water out my tank :teeth:, but i wouldn't recommend puting synthetic salt in your food and besides too much salt is no good for you anyway.

 

[Bob 1000]

It might give a human increased blood pressure,,lmao..

 

[noodleman]

i could of swear i saw a bag of IO salt by a :lobster: tank in a restaurant

 

[E.intheC]

Besides, it tastes like poison....
I just had to find out for myself.

it smells GREAT though :splitspin

 

[CHEMCHEF]

Kosher salt, is Sea Salt, and it is cheap. I would go with that..

 

[beerfish]

Kosher salt, is Sea Salt, and it is cheap. I would go with that..

Not always. It can be harvested from underground deposits or the sea, but has similar grain size. It gets it's name simply for it's use in the koshering process of meat.

But yeah... I agree with using kosher salt instead of IO.

 

[OGGISPORTS]

do try this at home

 

[georgelc86]

No scotty!

 

[mr_X]

all "kosher" means is blessed by some guy, right? it's not necessarily "special" other than some voodoo magic.

 

[CHEMCHEF]

Most things edible are blessed. But not salt. All salt is kosher. But Kosher "Branded" Salt has to do with, nothing added to the salt except anti caking agents, and the grain size and shape.