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09-07-2006, 02:38 PM
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Ocean Pure salt
Has anyone tried Ocean Pure salt?
I've heard that its really good so I thought I'd try some. Seems to disolve quite fast, and a bit less is needed to achieve the salinity required.
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09-07-2006, 02:53 PM
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I have been using it. I have mixing results from Kent and tomorrow should have the just mixed results from Ocean Pure. I agree it mixes really nice.
I've been switching from Kent to OP so I've been cutting the kent with great and greater amounts of OP. Results soon I would also like to know the results of the OP PRO stuff. J
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09-07-2006, 04:09 PM
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Oops, I forgot to mention that I'm using the OP Pro salt as well.
When mixing a 5 gallon bucket I found that the usual 5 scoops (2.5 cups) gave me a salinity reading of 33ppt as opposed to 31ppt with IO salt.
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THE BARQUARIUM: 55 gallon cube - 50 lbs LR - ASM G3 skimmer - 30 Gallon sump - 22 Gallon refugium / frag tank - 4x 24 watt HO T5's - Mag 9.5 return - Pin Point PH monitor - 400 watt XM 20K MH in Lumenarc reflector - Dual stage GFO/NO3 media reactor - 6 stage RODI auto top up -Wavemaster Pro running 3 Koralia 2's. Fully stocked with fish, corals and usually some fine scotch http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=55041
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09-08-2006, 01:40 AM
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Heres what I got from testing right after mixing and testing again 24hr later.I had some Ca precip on the inside of my mixing pail (32g Brute garbage can)So the second CA test wasn't very reliable.
New salt=Oceanpure Pro Fresh mix ca = 380 alk= 12/4.28 mg = >1400 color changed to dark purple/tinge of blue rather than grey/blue tested 2x no3= .5 New Salt @24hrs ca = N/A picked up precip from mixing container tested 2x,first was 500,second no color change. alk= 11.8/4.23 mg = 1470 definate color change this time no3= .5 would be interested to see others test results so I know mine aren't wonky.Looks good tho if they are right.
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09-08-2006, 01:52 AM
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Hmmm wonder why you're getting NO3 readings, that's not a good sign... Do you have a high sensitivity PO4 kit (Merck, Hach etc.)?
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