Anyone use this?

Interesting.

 

well the only people i know who use it are arcain41
but there tank consumes everything so fast it seems to work well for them

 

if it works, it just works. scientific or not. try it. i believe we can agree that not everybody on here will get on board. you could be suprised, it could take some work out of maintanence.

 

this is just a thought i have no idea

so if this stuff has all the right levels of everything,
when they are depleted in the tank, wouldn't the block dissolve until the block and tank reached equilibrium. since the block has the right levels of everything wouldn't it always keep your tank at the right levels until its gone?

 

I don't have to prove anything. There's a reason why Sea Lab Blocks (as well as the Balance Blocks by HBH), both of which have been around forever, are not used by most reefers...they don't work as advertised. Most people prefer to test for levels and supplement to get to the desired level rather than rely on something that isn't controllable.

We can do without the snotty retorts. I already said I have used it when I traveled (because I didn't want the boys messing with dosing) and I also said that I wouldn't recommend it as a sole source of element dosing. I stand by my original assessment.

If one were to use it, I would use their other block too (number 9 or number 14) that has some alkalinity in it. You are also going to want to have your chemistry balanced prior to using them.

 

I did a little googling to see what other people thought of it. Randy Holmes-Farley agrees these are mostly marketing claims and all they really do is dissolve slowly adding whatever is in them at a slow pace regardless of whether they are being used or not.

Of course it's not proof, but I tend to believe ph.d chemists over most marketing departments on unsubstantiated claims.

Sea-Lab #28 - Reef Central Online Community

All of that said, it certainly may work for people, I'm not one to tell other people what they should do with their tanks. If it works for you, go for it but just be aware of what potentially is happening in your tank.

 

Best retort yet.

 

For one, I have never used this product, from MY personal knowledge of how things work in general--this can't work as advertised.

It would be one thing if it was some element encased in some buffer that dissolves at a given rate, and is designed to put forth its contents slower than the element naturally subsides in a reef tank. That would replenish at a constant, slow rate and would not be in danger of bringing the level of whatever it is too high.

It would be another if it was set to "come off" the block only when a given concentration of said element exists in solution in the reef water around it. This might work for one single component; but I can't see working for a myriad of components/elements/additives, whatever.

Frankly, UncleJed, I find your response terse and provocative. The, "let me guess, you never used it, right. . . " statement is somewhat rude, IMO. You'd do well to chill down a tad. There has never been an edict on any forum for one to have to prove anything. We speak our minds and move on.

Forums exist for education. I suppose if this was a forum based on rocket science or brain surgery, statements might be better placed if they were researched and proven; not to mention censored by a group of experts.

Thing is, reefkeeping is a hobby well steeped in opinion for now. There are a few who speak only from experience, but the majority of us; myself included, speak from both opinion AND experience.

Just my opinion, but to have your pulse rate rise over folks' opinions suggests that the problem doesn't lie with the opinions of others.

Back on the subject, I wouldn't buy this product for fear it would throw off balance the very equillibrium I'm just beginning to learn to set in place, and more importantly; preserve.

Your mileage may vary.