Salt Values

craigwmiller · #1 12-12-2013, 04:50 PM

Bump? Anyone doing water changes?

gqlmao · #2 12-12-2013, 04:52 PM

Salt: H20 Ocean
Temperature: 78F
Salinity: 1.025PPT
RODI water: 0ppm

Test Results:

Calcium:450ppm
Alkalinity:10.5 DKH
Magnesium:1350ppm

All done with salifert test kits.

Aquattro · #3 12-12-2013, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by craigwmiller

Bump? Anyone doing water changes?

Not sure how many people actually test the water they make. I typically don't.

gqlmao · #4 12-12-2013, 05:06 PM

I don't test my new water anymore, I switched to RC I am scared to test some values might shock me and make me switch to an expensive salt. Good thing I only do small water changes.

craigwmiller · #5 12-12-2013, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Aquattro

Not sure how many people actually test the water they make. I typically don't.

Oh for sure, and I promise you that I don't very often either (this it the first

) -- but to build a current-canadian-distribution list I'd love for a few others to do the same

Aquattro · #6 12-12-2013, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by craigwmiller

Oh for sure, and I promise you that I don't very often either (this it the first

) -- but to build a current-canadian-distribution list I'd love for a few others to do the same

The problem is that there can be huge differences between batches. IO told me their acceptable Ca levels were 350 - 430. That's a huge swing. So I'm not sure you can build a table worth anything if other salt brands are like that. although, a table with enough data might show this trend in other salts too.