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Roll your bucket ?
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IO did have issues a few years ago where alk was very high and killed a bunch of tanks. I would expect though, that they would not let that happen again. Where did you buy the salt? Maybe someone else has a bucket from the same batch they could test?
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I can't remember, does IO print batch info or dates on the buckets? I don't recall seeing anything like that.
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Pretty sure it was IO. About 6 or 7 years ago.
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I just recently had a bout with a bad bucket of IO...but the problem was the opposite. The alk was really low. I have always used other salts (not IO) that were consistent but with the big tank...the budget has come more into play. I started testing and found my tank alk was really low...then I tested the freshly made water from the last bit of the salt out of that bucket and it was between 4-5. The next bucket I opened went back to the 10-11 that I was expecting from IO. I've been slowing bringing my Alk back up in my tank. Now I always check every new batch and I roll every bucket (have for years).
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I know that a lot of people have success with IO (and I did for 2 years before that too), but I've switched brands now. |
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low alkalinity that could be caused by a water change would not wipe out your tank and kill your fish. Something else must have killed a fish, which created ammonia and then created a chain reaction and killed more fish, and corals.
If your alkalinity is 8 and you do a 20% water change with a salt that is 5kh, that will not affect your KH in your tank significantly. I had my kh at 5 before I started dosing at some point and that did not kill anything in my tank. Quote:
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I had an issue with bags of IO bought x-mas 2011 The alk was about 16 in each of the 6 bags I use buckets now and I get between 10.5 and 11 And my ca is still around 400 in every bucket I test each first batch from a new bucket, and have stopped rolling - with no issues |
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My batch of io tests out at 1000 mag, 350 cal and 14 dhk. I use tap water and the dhk is high around 8 or 9. Do you use tap water or rodi?
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