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Seriously Mike the first one looks in the tenuis family and the second is a birds nest just not the Bird of Paradise.... And the first one is really a frag the second is a coral :P
The problem with IO and RC salt is they are now made in China....
As far as the best salt well if you want to spend the money Tropic Marin Pro and H2Ocean are just 2 that are considered the best.
Mike, one piece of advise is: if it ain't broke don't fix it ::) if everything was happy there is no need to start messing with things, it causes more trouble than it's worth, put it back the way it was ;D