Extremely High Alk In Instant Ocean Salt

[Duker]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

I've never rolled a bucket of salt in 12 years, it's always consistent. Settling of salt components isn't going to double the alk reading on new water. If it's 16dKh now, it's going to be ~16 after rolling it.

But sometimes the additives to the salt seperate, rolling or scooping/stirring the salt always a good idea. It does happen, and there are bad batches out there to. I recall Seachem aquavitro salt and Kent having issues like this in the past. Guess better safe than sorry, roll/mix/stir bucket and test before using!

Good lord, can u imagine the headache of doing H2O changes as usual and then ooh oh!

[Aquattro]

Sorry, I disagree. Any separation of ingredients IMO is miniscule. Like I said, I've never rolled a bucket (other than one I dropped) and I'm not about to start.
For fun, I'll make a gallon of water off the top of my new bucket, then roll it all over, make another gallon and post the differences in alk and Ca.

[Duker]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Sorry, I disagree. Any separation of ingredients IMO is miniscule. Like I said, I've never rolled a bucket (other than one I dropped) and I'm not about to start.
For fun, I'll make a gallon of water off the top of my new bucket, then roll it all over, make another gallon and post the differences in alk and Ca.

I'll do that to, I have a fresh bucket of Seachem Reefsalt. Interesting to see what u get, and I get, of course if these buckets are mixed well, it should be buisness as usual. I think its just a precaution, not the norm. You know...an ounce of prevention is worth a heck of alot more!! ;0)

[Aquattro]

I write it off as superstition rather than precaution. Any bucket of salt that was ever bad was bad right to the bottom

[Duker]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

I write it off as superstition rather than precaution. Any bucket of salt that was ever bad was bad right to the bottom

Well yes, if we are talking about a bad batch, but if we are talking about a bucket not mixed then rolling it will help to mix it....that's all.

[Aquattro]

I guess my point is that I don't believe a bucket can be "not mixed". It's added to the buckets from a huge hopper with tons of salt premixed, and the settling that may occur is negligible. Certainly nothing bad will happen from rolling it, other than running over a toe I just think people often go through silly rituals for things when they don't have to. Yes, I take a more relaxed approach to all this reef stuff, so if rolling helps one sleep better at night, I'll just leave it alone

[monocus]

i'm pretty sure that when they mix the chemicals in the manufacturing plant it is all blended before it is dispensed into the buckets.there might be small clumps in the mix that you might roll out to even out the ingredients,but nothing that would cause a major change.i would take the bucket back for a replacement

[mseepman]

I would call IO, I have heard of several people getting bad salt and once they provide a sample...replacement salt arrived post haste. I would have done that had I not already used almost all of it up...thus the adage, test every batch.

[ckmullin]

Originally Posted by monocus

...there might be small clumps in the mix that you might roll out to even out the ingredients...

Had exactly this happen with some dry fertilizer for my freshwater tank. I had to sift and make sure the different elements were all broken up.

However for this salt...I agree that it's mixed long before it hit the bucket