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View Poll Results: Do you test your waterchange water
i test for the normal 3 cal, mag, kh 8 14.55%
i test for calcium 2 3.64%
i test for magnesium 0 0%
i test for kh 2 3.64%
i test for other (not talking about salinity smart a**es 0 0%
no i dont test it 43 78.18%
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Old 08-27-2013, 10:42 PM
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I buy IO in bulk, so I just test one of the buckets in the batch for cal, alk, mg, and pH after 12 hours mixing just to check for something funky. I mix up 100 gallons at a time, so I don't bother to mix the salt in the bucket.

I use H2Ocean for my reef tanks and I test each new bucket. I don't mix the salt because H2Ocean packs the salt in a tight-fitting bag so it doesn't move around and settle ime. I only make 20 gallons at a time. I test cal, alk, mg, K, and pH after 12 hours.
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Old 08-28-2013, 05:01 AM
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+1, and I make sure I roll it tons to make sure it's mixed really well.
I stopped rolling my buckets sometime last winter and have found no reason to do it ever again
I'm getting consistent NSW so why should I ruin my basement carpet, or have the workout ?
Plus, if there's any free stuff in there, it's just gonna get messed up
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