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11-18-2010, 12:59 AM
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Yeah i dont find calcium deposits but i got a lot of flow in there and wipe it out a lot. I will check its levels and post the results in a day or so.
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11-18-2010, 02:44 AM
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Interesting. I never ever had any deposite with IO or Reef Crystal but always have had a brown deposite, sort of shiny, with H2O and I tried 3 buckets with the same result. After writing to DD they said it was due to ferric oxide they add...not exactly pure salt mix huh?
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11-18-2010, 07:22 AM
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Ya, I think their reasoning behind the shiny flakes being FO is kinda weird. For one, why would they add FO to the salt mix anyway? For two, since when is FO shiny? I'm not overly concerned about it because the salt seems to work just fine, but it doesn't make me go "Huh?". I just don't dump the flakes in the tank.
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11-18-2010, 03:00 PM
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IMO, salt is salt.
I have used many of the major brands out there and have never noticed any significant difference. there are some slightly different elemantal make ups with some brands claiming to tweak this or that but at the end of ever bucket mixed, you still test and adjust accordingly, regardless of what brand you use. I read an article some time ago, I cannot rememeber where but it was back when H2Ocean first came out and made everyone feel like they needed to spend 90$on a bucket of salt to give their reefs the "best" possible care and it was talking about how so many brands actually are derived from the same places, using the same process. I've never used a salt that mixed perfectly to match my system parameters... I now use seachem reef salt... why? because it mixes the clearest the fastest... I used to really like Tropic Marin Pro for this same reason, but you cant get it out here anymore. Last edited by gobytron; 11-19-2010 at 05:46 PM.
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11-18-2010, 03:12 PM
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I use H2Ocean. I mix it in a mixing bin with an old pump. I put the salt in and let it circulate for a day or so... and leave the pump running the entire time I have a mixture in the bin. I have not experienced any flakes in the bottom. The directions state do not use H2Ocean for 24 hours. Is it possible you are seeing the flakes before it has had the proper time to dissolve? That is one thing I don't like about H2O, the wait time as in the past I can use my salt by the time I remove the waste water. BUT it gave me a reason to set up a proper reservoir ha ha! I have used IO in the past and have no regrets from leaving it. Went to Sea Chem Reef Salt and then to Bio-Sea when Sea Chem became hard to find for some weird reason. H2Ocean.... got so many good reviews from reefers, I figured why not.
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I have yet to find a salt that doesn't need magnesium dosing. I haven't tried RB though.
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