Salt Values

[mr_alberta]

Maybe this will help?

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/sho...alt+comparison

[craigwmiller]

Thanks Harvey, my concern with that is that it is old and maybe not localized to the batches we have on the market in Canada right now.

Very good information nonetheless for people who haven't read through it.

[craigwmiller]

Bump? Anyone doing water changes?

[gqlmao]

Salt: H20 Ocean
Temperature: 78F
Salinity: 1.025PPT
RODI water: 0ppm


Test Results:

Calcium:450ppm
Alkalinity:10.5 DKH
Magnesium:1350ppm

All done with salifert test kits.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by craigwmiller

Bump? Anyone doing water changes?

Not sure how many people actually test the water they make. I typically don't.

[gqlmao]

I don't test my new water anymore, I switched to RC I am scared to test some values might shock me and make me switch to an expensive salt. Good thing I only do small water changes.

[craigwmiller]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Not sure how many people actually test the water they make. I typically don't.

Oh for sure, and I promise you that I don't very often either (this it the first ) -- but to build a current-canadian-distribution list I'd love for a few others to do the same

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by craigwmiller

Oh for sure, and I promise you that I don't very often either (this it the first ) -- but to build a current-canadian-distribution list I'd love for a few others to do the same

The problem is that there can be huge differences between batches. IO told me their acceptable Ca levels were 350 - 430. That's a huge swing. So I'm not sure you can build a table worth anything if other salt brands are like that. although, a table with enough data might show this trend in other salts too.