Has Instant Ocean's magnesium level changed?

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Myka

Really? I didn't know that, that's cool. Isn't it like $95 a bucket though?

I tried it once, I gave the bucket away. It mixed terrible, and my corals freaked out.
Crap, I'm hijacking, sorry...

[The Grizz]

From what I was told a while back that the buckets of Reef Crystals is better then the boxes for there levels of Calcium & Mag. The boxes are more intended for store use but it seems they are starting to produce more boxes rather then the boxes, I personally think that it might be simply because the buckets are more expensive to produce & harder to get rid of.

I have not tested mine lately but I really should, when I do I will post my results.

[Ryan]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

I tried it once, I gave the bucket away. It mixed terrible, and my corals freaked out.
Crap, I'm hijacking, sorry...

I found the same thing brad. When I talked to Seachem they said to slowly add salt over an hour or 2 to properly mix salt.

My IO mixes in 30 minutes with a K4 in a 5 gal pail. At $40 a pail its hard to beat.

[Ryan]

Originally Posted by fishytime

thats why you should always roll your bucket of salt before you use it, no matter what salt you use..... there is probably only one salt on the market that you can actually trust the values on the back of the bucket and that is "Aqua Vittro" made by seachem....its the only salt I am aware of that individually tests each batch of salt and posts the values on the back

How can you trust values on salt that has been documented to drop KH IN 3 hrs if you dont dump it into the tank? How does that even make sense?

IO is still some of the best if you dose chemicals.

[fishytime]

Originally Posted by Ryan

How can you trust values on salt that has been documented to drop KH IN 3 hrs if you dont dump it into the tank? How does that even make sense?

IO is still some of the best if you dose chemicals.

Documented where?.....in an actual article by someone who knows something, or on a forum somewhere?........every salt ever made will have its share of bad reviews/experiences if you dig deep enough and the fact is I know of a lot of salts that have had "bad batches" (and even garbage in them).....for most brands life goes on.......for others it doesnt.......seachem is one of those brands that have been around long enough to not be crap.......

and just for the record .....H2Ocean .....over a year without dosing a thing

[lockrookie]

2 years io no dosing dint kno i should...other than my random dump this or that in for good measure days

[Ryan]

Originally Posted by fishytime

Documented where?.....in an actual article by someone who knows something, or on a forum somewhere?........every salt ever made will have its share of bad reviews/experiences if you dig deep enough and the fact is I know of a lot of salts that have had "bad batches" (and even garbage in them).....for most brands life goes on.......for others it doesnt.......seachem is one of those brands that have been around long enough to not be crap.......

and just for the record .....H2Ocean .....over a year without dosing a thing

Personal experience, then when i had Problems I asked locally, when I found other people were having the same problem I went to Reef Central and found alot of people had the same issue.

[The Guy]

Ok being a newbie to salt water we are saying to roll the new bucket of IO I got from J&L boxing day around on the floor before I use it? And for how long? Simple question but I want to do it right. Cheers Laurie
Sorry Rob I didn't mean to hi-jack your thread.

[Reefer Rob]

Not a hijack Laurie, thats a good question.