Mixing H2Ocean

monocus · #1 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 · #2 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 · #3 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 · #4 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

MarkoD · #5 03-17-2011, 12:51 PM

is it bad that instant ocean salt takes 4 full cups to mix up 5 gallons of water?

cale262 · #6 03-17-2011, 01:13 PM

I use a 30gal mixing tank with a pump and heater, I always use the same cup to add the salt which is about 500ml, I add one scoop for every 5 gal of water to start, so I fill the tank up to about 25gal and add five scoops, turn the pumb (ocean runner 3500) and heater (300W @ 80*F) on and leave it for about 3 or 4 hrs. When I come back I check the temp & salinity (1.026 target) and add salt or water to balance things out, I usually have to add a little more H2Ocean, maybe a scoop or less to get it where I want it then I let it mix for a few more days and re-check, it usually doesn't change.

Koresample · #7 03-17-2011, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by TheNewGuy

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

Correct, that's why I said 1lb to 11 litres (10.962 to be exact) and it mixed to 1.030

monocus · #8 03-17-2011, 03:14 PM

i'm not saying that you won't get cyano,but other people and myself had a huge spike in cyano when we used h2ocean-and now that i switched away,my cyano is almost non existant

Baldy · #9 03-17-2011, 04:03 PM

My apologies koresample, I misunderstood what you said in your original post. I'd be curious to see if other people report excessive cyano as well. So far all I've noticed is that it has a very high calcium level. Mine shows around 480ppm when mixed.

cale262 · #10 03-18-2011, 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by monocus

i'm not saying that you won't get cyano,but other people and myself had a huge spike in cyano when we used h2ocean-and now that i switched away,my cyano is almost non existant

Funny, I switched from the H2Ocean to IO a while back when I couldn't find the H2O, I had a huge cyano bloom about a week after changing...I switched back to the H2O about a month later and no cyano since....

Also I had noticed that allot of people in my area were all experiencing cyano blooms around the same time...environmental, water source??? I don't know, I just thought that was a weird coincident.

I'm back on the H2Ocean diet again and am happy.