Mixing H2Ocean
 

Just getting back into reefing after an 18 month hiatus and a move to the coast. I always used this salt and thought i mixed it to the proportions the instructions said..1 lb per US gallon. Did the conversion and 1 us gallon is 11 litres. Mixed it with my RO water and it reads 1.030 on my vertex refractometer. I know you always need to check it before you actually do your water change, but this seems completely out of whack. Anyone else actually follow the instructions with any success or do you each just start low and gradually add until you find your ideal mix for the size of batches you mix?

i always mix mine a half cup at a time i'm still at the 5 gallon pail phase cuz i keep finding other things to buy instead of a mix bin but so far it works out to aprox. 2 and 7/8 cups per pail

It will depend how much you mix to what your elevation is.

Here I take a IO pail (6 gallons) and I add 2 cups of salt. Mixed to 1.026 at 78 degrees every time.

i guessi forgot to add that part bahh, any way my water is mixed at 77-78F and the gravity is 1.024

2 cups per 5 gallons has always got me really close....

h2ocean
 

i would stay away from h2ocean-i was using it and cyano grew everywhere-including in my phyto reactors-switched away from it and almost no cyano

so people that use other brands of salt dont get cyano?

lesson number one... NEVER follow the directions!

Follow your gut, or your heart, and 9 times outta 10 you are right. As long as you never doubt yourself, you will always be closer then if you really tried your best...

With that being said, I mix a cup and a half of h2ocean with 5 galons of water and always come out about 024 and that works good for me cause of evaporation... situation always dictates...

sorry about the spelling...

I second this

correct me if im wrong, but isnt it supposed to be measured out by weight, not quantity? the instructions on my pail of H2Ocean say 1kg/24.2L. thats 156.2g/agal of water, or 0.344 lbs/gal of water. This has always mixed up to be a little low, about 1.023, I target 1.026.

and koresample, 1 us gallon is 3.78L