Instant Ocean Sea Salt

DGL · 09/14/2006, 07:33 PM

Instant Ocean Sea Salt
HAS ANYONE OUT THERE HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH INSTANT OCEAN SALT & ALKALINITY? I DID A 50 GAL WATER CHANGE ON MY 180 AND THE ALKALINITY SHOT OFF THE SCALE! THIS WATER HAD BEE MIXING WITH A POWER HEAD FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS.

I MADE UP ANOTHER 55 GAL. FROM A FRESH BUCKET OF INSTANT OCEAN, AFTER MIXING WITH A POWERHEAD FOR ABOUT 4 HOURS I CHECKED THE ALAKINITY WITH A SALIFERT TEST KIT AND IT IS SO HIGH THE TEST WON'T READ!!!!

mg426 · 09/14/2006, 07:55 PM

I have seen it around 11dkh but nothing any higher.

drummereef · 09/14/2006, 08:00 PM

The alk and calcium is a little on the low side with IO from my experience. What kind of water are you using? That could be the issue here. My RO/DI doensn't do anything for the alk obviously. Tap is a different story.

DGL · 09/14/2006, 08:02 PM

Maybe I just got some bad salt. I have used our deep well water for years it has a PH of 8.0 to 7.9, Alkalinity runs 8.0 to 8.3 dKH, zero PO4, zero NO3 and zero NO2. Up until now I haven't had any problems with Instant Ocean either.

wayne in norway · 09/15/2006, 06:43 AM

The well water without salt has dKh 8.0 - 8.3? Well add inth at 'included' with the salt, and yes, I'd expect a pretty high alk....

09/14/2006, 07:33 PM	#1
DGL Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 89	Instant Ocean Sea Salt Instant Ocean Sea Salt HAS ANYONE OUT THERE HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH INSTANT OCEAN SALT & ALKALINITY? I DID A 50 GAL WATER CHANGE ON MY 180 AND THE ALKALINITY SHOT OFF THE SCALE! THIS WATER HAD BEE MIXING WITH A POWER HEAD FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS. I MADE UP ANOTHER 55 GAL. FROM A FRESH BUCKET OF INSTANT OCEAN, AFTER MIXING WITH A POWERHEAD FOR ABOUT 4 HOURS I CHECKED THE ALAKINITY WITH A SALIFERT TEST KIT AND IT IS SO HIGH THE TEST WON'T READ!!!!

09/14/2006, 07:55 PM	#2
mg426 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: maryland Posts: 6,923	I have seen it around 11dkh but nothing any higher. __________________ I found a way to make a small fortune running a reef tank. Start with a large fortune. Unofficial President of the SEACLONE haters club Current Tank Info: 125 mixed reef 110 lbs LR, 1x250watt XM 20K MH 2x175watt XM 20K MH on Magetics 2X96 watt actinic PC, 220 watt VHO actinic, 30 gallon refugium, closed loop system powered by Sequence Dart MSX 200 skimmer 38 gallon sump, Oceansmotions squirt

09/14/2006, 08:00 PM	#3
drummereef Team RC Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: STL Posts: 14,754	The alk and calcium is a little on the low side with IO from my experience. What kind of water are you using? That could be the issue here. My RO/DI doensn't do anything for the alk obviously. Tap is a different story. __________________ -Brett 180g Marineland Starfire In-Wall 278 gallon system

09/14/2006, 08:02 PM	#4
DGL Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 89	Maybe I just got some bad salt. I have used our deep well water for years it has a PH of 8.0 to 7.9, Alkalinity runs 8.0 to 8.3 dKH, zero PO4, zero NO3 and zero NO2. Up until now I haven't had any problems with Instant Ocean either.

09/15/2006, 06:43 AM	#5
wayne in norway Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Stavanger, Norway Posts: 1,271	The well water without salt has dKh 8.0 - 8.3? Well add inth at 'included' with the salt, and yes, I'd expect a pretty high alk....