Warning! Potential Problem with Kent Salt.

[rickjames]

I just tested a new bucket that I bought about 1 month ago at J&L, luckily haven't used it yet. I screwed up a little on the salt mix so these levels should adjust to even lower at 35ppt. I tested salinity with a refractometer and Alk with a salifert test kit:

Old bucket of kent @ 38ppt:
10.9 dkh

New bucket of kent @ 39ppt:
3.6 dkh

Going to email J&L tommorow and buy a new bucket of Seachem.

[Willow]

Originally Posted by rickjames

I just tested a new bucket that I bought about 1 month ago at J&L, luckily haven't used it yet. I screwed up a little on the salt mix so these levels should adjust to even lower at 35ppt. I tested salinity with a refractometer and Alk with a salifert test kit:

Old bucket of kent @ 38ppt:
10.9 dkh

New bucket of kent @ 39ppt:
3.6 dkh

Going to email J&L tommorow and buy a new bucket of Seachem.

i dont think they carry seachem.

[Denis]

I just send an email to J&L too.
They carry Crystal Sea Salt Mix. Is this mix any good?

[Johnny Reefer]

Great.
I have a full bucket of the yellow logo Kent.
Man!

Cheers,

[Funky_Fish14]

Doesnt mean its bad! Some seems to have turned out alright.

I will test my yellow logo bucket tomorow. I bought it on boxing day from AI. I'll post results tomorow.

Chris

[Snappy]

I have always used "Reef Crystals" and found it to be a very good and reliable product.

[rickjames]

Originally Posted by Willow

i dont think they carry seachem.

IPZ here does.

[rickjames]

Originally Posted by rickjames

I just tested a new bucket that I bought about 1 month ago at J&L, luckily haven't used it yet. I screwed up a little on the salt mix so these levels should adjust to even lower at 35ppt. I tested salinity with a refractometer and Alk with a salifert test kit:

Old bucket of kent @ 38ppt:
10.9 dkh

New bucket of kent @ 39ppt:
3.6 dkh

Going to email J&L tommorow and buy a new bucket of Seachem.

I was thinking about this this morning wondering why I got 3.6dkh, higher then everyone else. Then I remembered that I used about 3 cups of salt from the old bucket out of 14 total, which would explain my higher reading.

[whatever]

Anyone get a response from Kent on what they plan to do about this bad batch of salt? Also what is Kent telling their retailers and, what do the retailers of the kent products plan on doing for their customers, if anything, who bought the bad salt?

[Beverly]

For information on what Kent has been doing regarding their bad batch of salt, refer to the RC link in the first post in this thread.