Mixing H2Ocean

cale262 · #1 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.

fishytime · #2 03-18-2011, 12:22 AM

yup .....2 1/2 years and FTOTM on H2Ocean

BlueWorldAquatic · #3 03-18-2011, 12:42 AM

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Originally Posted by cale262

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.

Higher Phosphates in the water a few months back

Ken

cale262 · #4 03-18-2011, 01:20 AM

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Originally Posted by BlueWorldAquatic

Higher Phosphates in the water a few months back

Ken

Yeah, I guess I figured my RODI unit should catch that...? No water goes into my tanks before going through the RODI.

paddyob · #5 03-18-2011, 03:43 AM

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Originally Posted by BlueWorldAquatic

Higher Phosphates in the water a few months back

Ken

Higher Phosphates can be attributed to many things... as simple as feeding regimen. It is easy to blame a salt but nobody out there can confirm an individuals personal habits with maintenance.

As for H2Ocean... it is also supposed to mix for 24 hours prior to use. I find that I get false readings if I test the salinity right away.

jd949 · #6 03-18-2011, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by paddyob

Higher Phosphates can be attributed to many things... as simple as feeding regimen. It is easy to blame a salt but nobody out there can confirm an individuals personal habits with maintenance.

As for H2Ocean... it is also supposed to mix for 24 hours prior to use. I find that I get false readings if I test the salinity right away.

+1. Every salt I have ever used, I always mix for 24hrs (sometimes longer if I forget about it in the basement the next day

). I mix with powerhead, airstone and heater. Results always vary from when I first mix the salt to when I test it after 24hrs.

MMAX · #7 03-18-2011, 11:45 PM

I posted a couple of weeks ago about experiencing a cyano outbreak using this salt. I think it actually was red turf algae and I DO NOT think it was from using H2Ocean. Don't know where it came from but my corals have never looked better and are really starting to color up. Good stuff.

jd949 · #8 03-19-2011, 12:29 AM

good to hear. I recently switched to this salt and so far no problems.

monocus · #9 03-19-2011, 02:37 AM

i had the cyano break out in my phyto reactors-really can't overfeed them-at the same time as the breakout in all of my tanks.this started with the first pail of h2ocean and i mix at the min 4 days in advance to a water change.i stopped using it after two pails.used a pail of kent(only other salt i could get at the time) and then switched to reefers best-no more cyano-and same feedings