Crystal Sea Bio-Assay

[Buccaneer]

This is from Dr Mac an online retailer in the US ...

Originally posted by Dr. Mac
I had responded to another thread about my experiences, but thought I would also respond here FWIW.

I switched to CS BioAssay Formula more than 2 months ago after using IO since the 1960's. My reason for the switch was that MEI was more open to working with me with direct purchases than IO and MEI is fairly local for me. I have hundreds of corals, clams, inverts, and fish in several systems and have observed no changes positive or negative since changing. I first bought one box locally-saw no problems and then bought it by the pallet load. It does mix cloudy so I run a hang-on H.O.T. Magnum filter with the micron insert and the mix is clear in less than an hour, I aerate the mix overnight before use and at that time dKH is about 10 and calcium about 400 at 1.025, I use RO/DI water and do not heat it prior to or after mixing, I add the salt to the water with strong circulation, I do not see any film or accumulations in the mixing container after mixing-which I always did see with IO, the container always had a scaling on the sides and residue on the bottom with IO and not with CS.

I have been selling the salt and one person has reported bleaching to me. MEI tells me that they had this same person contact them and also one other, but the other person had some other issues unrelated to the salt. It would seem that with this one report to me and several reported here that switching should be done slowly and animals observed carefully despite my personal experiences.