Using sea salt

i add a bit of salt to my tanganykian tank and was wondering i have run out of natural lake salt, can i use marine salt.  i have 10kg of it after closeing a marine tank and its going to waste.
has anyone used it b4 and will Xenotilapia spiluptris mind 1.5 g/L
thanks for any help matt

[GTR73]

Is it primarily rock salt you have? (ie. NaCl - Sodium Chloride)
If so, any of the Rift Lakes have a certain amount of Sodium Chloride in the water chemistry so should be no problem adding it to your Tang tank.

[here fishie fishie]

Yep Marine Salt will be fine.

Heres something you may like to read.
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/buffer_recipe.php

Frenchy :D

thanks heaps that has helped alot.  looks like im going shopping today for some stuff at the grocers.
matt

[GTR73]

Pool shops are also cheap for Sea Salt (thanks for that one Talia).  :)