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11-26-2007, 01:47 PM
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it just seems much easier to use IO Reef Crystals at this point. i dont have to mix the whole bag, the levels are where I like to see them, and i dont have to worry about boron messing with my test kit.
sphelps.. im not sure what you mean i have to maintain even higher ALK with the oceanpure. my elos dKH test kits reads 6 dKH with the ocean pure. i would like it to be around 9. so what you are saying is that it has to read like 11 to be 9?? Im very confused now. like i said. seems much easier with the IO RC. tests perfect. even in little batches which works better for me as i dont have room for a 50 gallon drum of premixed water.
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11-26-2007, 03:28 PM
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Geeze, Louise.... how freaking hard is it to manufacture a consistent product? It isn't like they can't use measuring cups, is it? I understand that a dry mix can settle and separate -- it's why, in part, I applaud OPP shipping their "buckets" in smaller sealed plastic bags inside the pail. But every salt mix I've ever tried has had anomolous tests: Red Sea, IO, IO RC, Kent, and now OPP. To be fair, I'm just finishing up my last bucket of IORC, and haven't gotten into my OPP yet, but I guess I'll have to test/adjust it, too.
I think I'd pay extra for a salt that was mixed to solution and then re-dried. It should be uniform, right? There's that one that is a gel, too (Fritz?), but I don't know anyone who uses it. Maybe I'm too fickle, but I'd rather have a mix-it-and-forget-it salt, instead of something that requires six different tests and additives before I can do a freaking water change! I might as well start with the raw ingredients and make my own. Sorry for the hijack rant. Anyone want to buy a couple of buckets of OPP?
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11-26-2007, 03:47 PM
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Rant is justified....and I'll add to it. Why can't the salt manufacturers even tell us what is actually IN their salt? TMPR goes as far as to list a bunch of elements, but doesn't say in what concentration any of them are.
Boron in OPP? That's the first I've heard of that. It certainly doesn't say so on the packaging. None even state what they expect the Ca/Alk levels should be when properly mixed to specific SpG with RO/DI water. If they can't even get the Ca/Alk levels correct, how am I supposed to believe that the trace elements are even close?
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11-26-2007, 04:01 PM
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Have you ever tested TMP to phosphates. That'll scare you
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11-26-2007, 04:23 PM
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11-26-2007, 05:27 PM
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I'm just about to try OPP, and may not actually try it. Instead I may continue to use Red Sea Coral Pro after reading this thread.
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12-01-2007, 12:06 AM
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FWIW...I just tested my make-up water yesterday and the Mg was at 1590ppm. Oh, and just because we all like numbers, Ca was at 445ppm and Alk was 7dKH.
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12-01-2007, 01:08 AM
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Albert
I24,is the batch number in question. Regards Proline
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