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![]() I write it off as superstition rather than precaution. Any bucket of salt that was ever bad was bad right to the bottom
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![]() Well yes, if we are talking about a bad batch, but if we are talking about a bucket not mixed then rolling it will help to mix it....that's all.
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![]() I guess my point is that I don't believe a bucket can be "not mixed". It's added to the buckets from a huge hopper with tons of salt premixed, and the settling that may occur is negligible. Certainly nothing bad will happen from rolling it, other than running over a toe
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![]() i'm pretty sure that when they mix the chemicals in the manufacturing plant it is all blended before it is dispensed into the buckets.there might be small clumps in the mix that you might roll out to even out the ingredients,but nothing that would cause a major change.i would take the bucket back for a replacement
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![]() I would call IO, I have heard of several people getting bad salt and once they provide a sample...replacement salt arrived post haste. I would have done that had I not already used almost all of it up...thus the adage, test every batch.
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Had exactly this happen with some dry fertilizer for my freshwater tank. I had to sift and make sure the different elements were all broken up. However for this salt...I agree that it's mixed long before it hit the bucket |
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I had an issue with bags of IO bought x-mas 2011 The alk was about 16 in each of the 6 bags I use buckets now and I get between 10.5 and 11 And my ca is still around 400 in every bucket I test each first batch from a new bucket, and have stopped rolling - with no issues |
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![]() My batch of io tests out at 1000 mag, 350 cal and 14 dhk. I use tap water and the dhk is high around 8 or 9. Do you use tap water or rodi?
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