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Old 11-13-2003, 09:08 AM
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Opened a new bag of IO today. Its late and I didn't feel like waiting any longer to add more salt so I left the salinity at 1.021.

Salinity: 1.021 - Coralife Deep Six Hydrometer
PH: 8.16 - PH Pinpoint Meter
KH: 10.9 dkH - Salifert
Calcium: 350 - Salifert


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I tested freshly mixed water using salt from a bag (50 Gal mix) of IO. I mixed the water for 2 hours and the salinity is 1.026. I used a Salifert test kit and a Pinpoint PH meter for testing.

I got these test results:

KH 12.5
ALK 4.46
PH 8.14
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Old 11-15-2003, 06:00 PM
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I have been following the thread for a while and hoped I could be lucky with the 200gal of IO I bought a month+ ago from J&L. I made the first batch of water from salt in that bucket yesterday - well ....
After 24 hr of stirring at 77F, the water is still cloudy and KH is off-scale (the color stayed blue after dropping the full ml of Sailfert reagent)....
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