Even more IO salt talk

[Samw]

Opened a new bag of IO today. Its late and I didn't feel like waiting any longer to add more salt so I left the salinity at 1.021.

Salinity: 1.021 - Coralife Deep Six Hydrometer
PH: 8.16 - PH Pinpoint Meter
KH: 10.9 dkH - Salifert
Calcium: 350 - Salifert

Originally Posted by Samw

I tested freshly mixed water using salt from a bag (50 Gal mix) of IO. I mixed the water for 2 hours and the salinity is 1.026. I used a Salifert test kit and a Pinpoint PH meter for testing.

I got these test results:

KH 12.5
ALK 4.46
PH 8.14

[Biotech]

I have been following the thread for a while and hoped I could be lucky with the 200gal of IO I bought a month+ ago from J&L. I made the first batch of water from salt in that bucket yesterday - well ....
After 24 hr of stirring at 77F, the water is still cloudy and KH is off-scale (the color stayed blue after dropping the full ml of Sailfert reagent)....

 :mad:  :sad: