01-20-2004, 11:03 PM
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Coral Master
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Salt Questions
I was wanting to change Salt from CS marinemix to ??? What do you all use and what are your levels in a fres mix mainly
pH
Alk
Ca
Mg
TIA,
James
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Last edited by Illusion; 07-09-2005 at 10:24 PM.
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01-21-2004, 09:29 PM
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Little Fishy
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Been using Woody's water.
Too lazy to measure.
scott
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01-22-2004, 11:00 AM
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Big Fishy
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I was using Crystal Sea before Crystal Sea was cool!!!!!!
Hard to beat $30 for 150gal box of CS at Woody's. For local pickup anyways. Has always worked well for me!!
Dennis
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01-22-2004, 01:19 PM
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well with crystal seas I am having issues like Low pH, Low Ca, low Mg This is a fresh mixed batch using All Salifert Test Kits..
pH 8.0
ca 350
mg 1050
alk 3.09
James
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01-22-2004, 11:13 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: May 2003
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To do a fair test I think you must consider specific gravity. Make a batch of new salt water record the temp and specific gravity.
Then make all other salt mixes that you want to compare at same temp and specific gravity.
I think info on an actual test on these salts such as you are asking for may be found on Reef Central ? (not sure of this)
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01-22-2004, 11:39 PM
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Coral Master
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Well my SG is at 35ppt and temp is 80
James
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01-23-2004, 10:44 AM
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aka Steve
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Ya know there's so much more that can go wrong with salt water than the four (?) things that we test for. And even the the metal content the the Big Boys can test for falls way short in my opinion. For example [EPA's list of bad things in drinking water]. I keep hoping that someone somewhere will do some side-by-side tests and let the sea creatures tell us what's a good mix and what 'smells' funny.
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01-23-2004, 11:22 AM
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Big Fishy
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Aquaria group rep says IO and Kent same same(even same bucket) IO costs less(50 bucks fo 200g mix and a keen 7g bucket) Levels change very little from batch to batch although we have noticed some fluctuation in hardness(from 7-12degrees) in recent load. Perhaps alk buffer is light weight component and travels through heavier salt crystals in shipping. We all add elements to meet our mad scientist idea of optimum levels, so any salt that you can count on is a good one.
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01-23-2004, 06:31 PM
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Well I guess that I am going to make the Switch to IO as that seems to be dominating the polls.. Thanks Guys..
James
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01-23-2004, 06:31 PM
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Well I guess that I am going to make the Switch to IO as that seems to be dominating the polls.. Thanks Guys..
James
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01-23-2004, 06:40 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by cj10488
well with crystal seas I am having issues like Low pH, Low Ca, low Mg This is a fresh mixed batch using All Salifert Test Kits..
pH 8.0
ca 350
mg 1050
alk 3.09
James
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Are these the numbers from the fresh salt water or after you added the water to your tank?
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01-23-2004, 06:42 PM
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those numbers are from a fresh batch that sat for 2 days with heat and circulation going to achieve proper mixing and temp...
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07-09-2005, 10:27 PM
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Troll
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I don't need salt, I buy premixed.
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07-09-2005, 10:30 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2004
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None of the above.
My salt is Oceanic. I realize many don't like it, but ... Travis' tanks are beautiful and... okay... I like the new comfy handle on the pretty blue bucket.  |
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07-09-2005, 10:33 PM
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Coral Master
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Wow.. Another Old Thread from the Graveyard... LOL...
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