Aquaforest probiotic method

[Proteus]

I did this same thing with hydroton, grew lots of fauna inside

[dcw1sfu]

Received my bucket of Aquaforest reef salt today. Should be receiving the rest of the products in the next week or two as well as Siporax.

Did a small 5 gallon water change to test parameters and overall I was impressed. It mixed clean and clear in a matter of minutes and all parameters were very close to the ones on the quality control sheet. Overall seems like a high quality salt and perfect for carbon dosing. Obviously to early to tell if it will have positive effects on my tank.

Parameters at 1.026 salinity all tested with Salifert

Calcium 415
Magnesium 1320
Alk 7.4dkh
Potassium 400

A picture of the quality control test results is posted below.

[xenon]

I recently purchased a bucket of their reef salt. I wanted to see where cal/alk/mag would be after mixing it.

We currently use Tropic Marin Pro Reef in-store because its low in alkalinity. All other salt brands we offer are high in alk and my SPS don't like it.

What readings are you guys getting for the big 3 after mixing it up?

Also, I run 3L of Siporax in a Vertex zeo reactor. Its only been a little over a month since I put it online so it might take a while to seed bacteria to get real results.

[Myka]

Originally Posted by xenon

What readings are you guys getting for the big 3 after mixing it up?

Everyone has been reporting as dcw1sfu posted above - really close to the quality control sheets.

[xenon]

Originally Posted by Myka

Everyone has been reporting as dcw1sfu posted above - really close to the quality control sheets.

Excellent.

If so, this will be the salt we use in-store from now on.

[spedly]

I picked up my order of their reef salt from the post office last night. I'm looking forward to giving it a try. My tank doesn't have high requirements yet but I did like the value. Instant Ocean is more expensive at the LFS than this stuff was shipped through Amazon.

[mrhasan]

Am I the only one who bought the probiotic salt

[Reefer Rob]

Originally Posted by dcw1sfu

Received my bucket of Aquaforest reef salt today. Should be receiving the rest of the products in the next week or two as well as Siporax.

Did a small 5 gallon water change to test parameters and overall I was impressed. It mixed clean and clear in a matter of minutes and all parameters were very close to the ones on the quality control sheet. Overall seems like a high quality salt and perfect for carbon dosing. Obviously to early to tell if it will have positive effects on my tank.

Parameters at 1.026 salinity all tested with Salifert

Calcium 415
Magnesium 1320
Alk 7.4dkh
Potassium 400

Did you blend the salt before mixing? I have the same batch number and I'm getting the following readings at 35ppt:

Ca 420
Mg 1410 (new kit)
kH 6.7 (tested against the standard solution)
K 360

I may have purchased an old (but not expired) potassium test kit and it seems it could be reading low. This could be a problem since I've been dosing K to try to bring the level up to 400.

I've always thought that stratification was a myth, but perhaps not. I'm going to blend the salt before my next water change and see what happens.

[Reefer Rob]

Looking around I see that Salifert has discontinued the potassium test kit, presumably there was/is issues. All the other brands are a royal PITA. I think I'm done with potassium testing and dosing.

[dcw1sfu]

Originally Posted by Reefer Rob

Did you blend the salt before mixing? I have the same batch number and I'm getting the following readings at 35ppt:

Ca 420
Mg 1410 (new kit)
kH 6.7 (tested against the standard solution)
K 360

I may have purchased an old (but not expired) potassium test kit and it seems it could be reading low. This could be a problem since I've been dosing K to try to bring the level up to 400.

I've always thought that stratification was a myth, but perhaps not. I'm going to blend the salt before my next water change and see what happens.

I did mix the salt really well between two buckets prior to making the water i tested as I transfered it to an old instant ocean pale. I then make up the 5 gallons and tested the water after 20 mins mixing.

Who knows.