Why not to use io salt

[spit.fire]

Originally Posted by dcw1sfu

I was actually thinking of switching to IO from ddh2ocean salt but this has made me rethink that decision.

Once I run out of kz I'm switching to salinity

[Snappy]

Originally Posted by spit.fire

Once I run out of kz I'm switching to salinity

I know of others that like Salinity but I personally have never had good luck with it.

[rayjay]

I've been using IO now for over 20 yrs and never had a problem due to salt.
Any problems I've had could honestly be attributed to something I did, or didn't do correctly.

[Myka]

If you can prove it`s the salt, your house insurance would probably cover some or all of the livestock under the coverage for pets. My own house insurance covers up to $5000 which includes equipment and livestock. That wouldn`t cover it for me, but it sure would help!

Originally Posted by rayjay

I've been using IO now for over 20 yrs and never had a problem due to salt.

It's never a problem until...it IS a problem. Kinda like the Kent Carbon recall from a few years back. I used Kent Carbon for a decade before that happened.

[Aquattro]

While issues with salt can and have happened, I've never seen an incident where only one person was affected. It's usually a batch, and many people suffer and report losses.

[Ron99]

I've been using IO for years too without problem. Are you sure your bucket or scoop or something else wasn't somehow contaminated with something? Maybe the water you used was somehow contaminated?

I'm not trying to minimize your loss which sucks but if you are the only who's experienced this it's not likely due to something others are using without problem.

[Nate]

Salinity seems to be a go to for anyone that has had bad experiences with a salt.

I like that their batches are much smaller (36 buckets) and that each batch gets an indiviual third party analysis and a sticker is made up of the precise contents of each bucket by batch.

This alone is worth it for those that have had problems.


While we are on cool seachem facts. Every single person in their company from sales guys to accountants all have to have a fish tank. They feel that using the products is the best way to understand the business and show you believe in your product.

Originally Posted by Snappy

I know of others that like Salinity but I personally have never had good luck with it.

[gobytron]

if it was the salt, we should see at least a few more instances of this same thing coming up soon...

Unless somehow your bucket of salt was tampered with or something...

[TimT]

Sorry to hear about your loss. I threw IO to the curb a while ago because it was consistently inconsistent enough that it alarmed me. I'd used it since the mid 70's.

It's not just the big three that can nuke a tank. I lost a whole bunch of SPS to a bucket of reef salt(not IO or RC) that was deficient in Potassium.

Since the majority of the cost of salt mix is freight one must wonder how they can sell it so cheap. What quality are the chems used?

It's not correct to assume that just because no one else complained that it's not the salt. It's also not correct to assume that just because part of a batch is ok that the whole batch will be ok.

Cheers,
Tim

[gobytron]

Originally Posted by TimT

Sorry to hear about your loss. I threw IO to the curb a while ago because it was consistently inconsistent enough that it alarmed me. I'd used it since the mid 70's.

It's not just the big three that can nuke a tank. I lost a whole bunch of SPS to a bucket of reef salt(not IO or RC) that was deficient in Potassium.

Since the majority of the cost of salt mix is freight one must wonder how they can sell it so cheap. What quality are the chems used?

It's not correct to assume that just because no one else complained that it's not the salt. It's also not correct to assume that just because part of a batch is ok that the whole batch will be ok.

Cheers,
Tim

Just as not correct to assume it was the salt though, no?

A fair guess, sure, but an absolute, it is not.

The salt can be tested and this can be put to rest.

I would contact IO if this happened to me.