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Old 09-03-2012, 05:36 AM
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Are you going to try a different brand of kit ???
Every batch of every box of my RBS is exactly the same. Good salt to try Sure, it costs a bit more, but isn't worth the peace of mind?
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Wow, $85 for RBS vs $35-40 for IO
I think I'll stick with my buckets that are giving me grief
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Wow, $85 for RBS vs $35-40 for IO
I think I'll stick with my buckets that are giving me grief
Wait a minute. Your calcium is testing that high and you're not using Reef Crystals? Just the regular IO? Holy smokes. I find that very surprising.
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Wait a minute. Your calcium is testing that high and you're not using Reef Crystals? Just the regular IO? Holy smokes. I find that very surprising.
That's what I said!!!!!
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That's what I said!!!!!
I think his test is faulty. I think that stuff is supposed to mix up around 380.

Or, he's getting buckets of regular IO that are actually filled with Reef Crystals.
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I will vouch for Greg on the high calcium in the IO salt as I have the same problem too. My calcium was measuring over 500 from the IO salt and I was also getting really high alk as well around 17 at Christmas time.
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I will vouch for Greg on the high calcium in the IO salt as I have the same problem too. My calcium was measuring over 500 from the IO salt and I was also getting really high alk as well around 17 at Christmas time.
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Well, if it happened to two of you . . . I'll cut Greg some slack.
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Well, if it happened to two of you . . . I'll cut Greg some slack.
Ok, maybe Greg isn't crazy, but something is still wrong. IO should not read that high in Ca..
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Ok, maybe Greg isn't crazy, but something is still wrong. IO should not read that high in Ca..
I'm pretty sure that IO must have terrible quality control on their salt. Coralgirl and I have both had alkalinity issues with the Reef Crystals: virtually impossible to maintain Alk above 6 without dosing. This was even the case in my NC12, where I was changing 50% of the water per week (and had no Alk suckers in it).
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Ok, maybe Greg isn't crazy, but something is still wrong. IO should not read that high in Ca..

I wish my tests were off
Hopefully the next bucket will be better and, if not, I'll be buying some other test kits for reference
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