Mixing H2Ocean

Ryan · #1 03-17-2011, 04:33 AM

It will depend how much you mix to what your elevation is.

Here I take a IO pail (6 gallons) and I add 2 cups of salt. Mixed to 1.026 at 78 degrees every time.

hound96 · #2 03-17-2011, 04:45 AM

i guessi forgot to add that part bahh, any way my water is mixed at 77-78F and the gravity is 1.024

fishytime · #3 03-17-2011, 04:50 AM

2 cups per 5 gallons has always got me really close....

monocus · #4 03-17-2011, 05:00 AM

i would stay away from h2ocean-i was using it and cyano grew everywhere-including in my phyto reactors-switched away from it and almost no cyano

fishytime · #5 03-17-2011, 05:17 AM

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Originally Posted by monocus

i would stay away from h2ocean-i was using it and cyano grew everywhere-including in my phyto reactors-switched away from it and almost no cyano

so people that use other brands of salt dont get cyano?

lorenz0 · #6 03-17-2011, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by fishytime

so people that use other brands of salt dont get cyano?

I second this

Baldy · #7 03-17-2011, 12:30 PM

correct me if im wrong, but isnt it supposed to be measured out by weight, not quantity? the instructions on my pail of H2Ocean say 1kg/24.2L. thats 156.2g/agal of water, or 0.344 lbs/gal of water. This has always mixed up to be a little low, about 1.023, I target 1.026.

and koresample, 1 us gallon is 3.78L

matinbc · #8 03-17-2011, 05:19 AM

lesson number one... NEVER follow the directions!

Follow your gut, or your heart, and 9 times outta 10 you are right. As long as you never doubt yourself, you will always be closer then if you really tried your best...

With that being said, I mix a cup and a half of h2ocean with 5 galons of water and always come out about 024 and that works good for me cause of evaporation... situation always dictates...

sorry about the spelling...

globaldesigns · #9 03-17-2011, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by monocus

i would stay away from h2ocean-i was using it and cyano grew everywhere-including in my phyto reactors-switched away from it and almost no cyano

I use this salt without issues.

mattdean · #10 03-17-2011, 08:39 PM

I used it for a year and a half without cyano. My tank si gorgeous. Happy, colorful corals - SPS, LPS, Zoas. I think it is a good quality salt. Not sure why some have problems, but it also depends on what else you are doing, ie: balling, dosing, supplementing, etc.