Aquaforest probiotic method

[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.

[vanreefer]

Hi
Anyone know of any Canadian source for probio f or np pro? Amazon.ca doesn't have np pro and they have listed the probio f as unsure if it will be restocked... Got everything else I need from Amazon.
Cheers

[xenon]

I heard the official AquaForrest Canadian distributor will be located in Toronto very soon. (10min drive from our door)

[Myka]

Originally Posted by xenon

I heard the official AquaForrest Canadian distributor will be located in Toronto very soon. (10min drive from our door)

I heard the same thing. Hopefully they can provide the products for similar pricing as Amazon.

[Bill@IA]

Originally Posted by Myka

I heard the same thing. Hopefully they can provide the products for similar pricing as Amazon.

We'll hope for the best but Amazon's shipping rates are tough to beat, on heavy boxes and pails of salt.

[xenon]

The guys selling on Amazon are making very small margins.

I doubt we will be able to match them.

[Myka]

Originally Posted by xenon

The guys selling on Amazon are making very small margins.

I doubt we will be able to match them.

Originally Posted by Bill@IA

We'll hope for the best but Amazon's shipping rates are tough to beat, on heavy boxes and pails of salt.

Well, Amazon makes enough money to justify a $4 BILLION deficit in shipping costs every year.
http://www.statista.com/topics/846/amazon/

There is no way you guys can compete with that. If our Canadian distributor has any sense, he'll make a deal with Aquaforest that requires Aquaforest to end their relationship with Amazon.ca. Why would vendors push a product that has established pricing that he can't compete with?

[dcw1sfu]

Originally Posted by vanreefer

Hi
Anyone know of any Canadian source for probio f or np pro? Amazon.ca doesn't have np pro and they have listed the probio f as unsure if it will be restocked... Got everything else I need from Amazon.
Cheers

I just picked up 2 bottles of the NP Pro as well as component strong from salty supply and got it delivered to my PO BOX across the line. They do however also ship to Canada.