PO`d at salt mix

[whatcaneyedo]

Welcome to Instant Ocean salt and hydrometers. Your experience is typical of the vast majority of users. Do a search and you'll see that everything is normal and there is nothing to get upset about.

[gobytron]

Most mass produced sales are the same as far as this goes.

IO is just so widely used that you hear about it a lot more.

Whatever happened to that thread on RC that tracked this?

[gregzz4]

I'm happy enough with IO.

I use roughly 1300ml to mix 10g. If you want to be more precise, I use 128.81ml/g
This gives me 1.026 everytime. But thats my measuring cup and gallon measurements.

Sure it's big 3 params are a bit off, but I adjust/dose the new water before adding it to my DT. Usually I need to turn my alk pump down for a week as well.

The last few buckets have given me;
Alk 10.5
Ca 380-400
Mag 1380-1400+
This latest bucket is still 1300+ mag.

Yup, mag from IO has been high lately, but it saves dosing

[e46er]

IO is 1/2 the price of the other salts whose params still need adjusting.
Id be surprised if IO cost me $5 a pail in bulk chems to adjust to "target numbers". Im going to figure this out now that Ive thought about it