Instant Ocean Salt mix

Discussion in 'Water Chemistry' started by Beamerhack, Jan 27, 2009.

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  1. Peredhil

    Peredhil Giant Squid

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    At the moment I use Epsom Salts. I have ordered the 2 part kit (Ca/Alk) from bulkreefsupply - should be in later this week.
     
    Peredhil, Jan 27, 2009
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  2. Onjinsan

    Onjinsan Fire Worm

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    My RC had almost identical parameters yesterday. Mg was a tad lower; 980. I just got some Tropic Marin Reef Pro. Am going to do a 20% water change with this in a week.
     
    Onjinsan, Jan 28, 2009
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  3. Dr.Fragenstein

    Dr.Fragenstein Panda Puffer

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    Hey guys I recently got this info from IO....
    To sum it all up the reason the levels are testing so low is due to ERROR on the HOBBYIST part in the testing procedure... So the 10million people that have all tested IO are ALL wrong?!? Also why did they bother reformulating then?!?!

    Here is the levels they claim are in the salt mix for IO

    NSW IO
    Sodium 10,781ppm 10,780ppm
    Potassium 399ppm 420ppm
    Magnesium 1284ppm 1320ppm
    Calcium 411.9ppm 400ppm
    Strontium 7.94ppm 8.8ppm
    Chloride 19,353ppm 19,290ppm
    Sulfate 2712ppm 2660ppm
    Bicarbonate 126ppm 200ppm
    BROMIDE 67.3ppm 56ppm
    Fluoride 1.3ppm 1ppm

    Interesting....

    Happy reefing!
     
    Dr.Fragenstein, Jan 28, 2009
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