Me too, but apparently I can buy this AF stuff on Amazon.ca, and as much as I like to support my LFS, he doesn't want to carry RBS, and H2Ocean is driving me nuts with the IO-style elevated alk. Besides, I've been using H2Ocean for 5 or 6 years now, and I think it's time for change - I'm getting the itch.

It's not that he doesn't want to carry it. It's just that there is very little demand :)

That's why he doesn't want to carry it. :lol:

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I got my pail of salt shipped to the wrong apartment number :sad: Not the best time of the year to do that but luckily, the resident of the apartment is kind enough to receive a 22kg bucket on my behalf and let me know when I can pick it up. :redface:

I'm jealous. I'm going to do some big water changes to get rid of my H2Ocean. Haha

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I threw away half a bucket of reefer's best salt while changing home since I didn't feel like carrying it down and then up the stairs. You can do the same if you want :biggrin:

Myself and others in the Edmonton area have all quit using rbs for the last year. At $140 a box and extremely inconsistent alk levels it was a waste of money

While I liked it when I used it, alk was always dead on. I also wouldn't pay $140/box -lol

Honestly though, other than higher alk, I find no real difference now that I'm using IO again. Other than lower Ca, but that's easy enough to fix.

I also switched to IO. Mixes fine and didn't see any issue when doing a water change.
I have had and seen boxes of rbs with alk from 5dkh to 11 dkh.
I can't just justify the price if I have to change params

:lol: I'm too cheap for that. If I'm going to "get rid" of some salt, I may as well get rid of it into the tank. :D

So what you're saying is that there's no similarities. :lol:

No kidding!!! I use muriatic acid to lower the alkalinity in H2Ocean before using it, but I have to mix a few hours for pH to rise back up.