Anyone use "Nutri-Seawater"?

[friendtothefish]

I just added about 2 cups of this stuff to my 2.6gal nano. and now my Rose BTA is shriveling up and acting all weird...

Any one have any experience with this?

 

[ste6168]

what salinity did you use to have your tank at? The nutri-seawater is at 1.026 so that may be a reason why. HTH and good luck with the BTA

 

[friendtothefish]

Whats HTH?

And I didnt test my Sal before I added the live-SW, so I dont know. But I try to keet it right around 1.02...

 

[ste6168]

HTH means, Hope That Helps - but saying that you keep it right aroun 1.02 is not a very good description becuase a jump from 1.021 to 1.026 is huge for fish, that said, even going from a SG of 1.024 to 1.026 that quick is a big change. Changing SG should be done over a long period of time.

 

[friendtothefish]

My Sal at home will change that much daily, up or down. How is one supposed to keep it so Exact?

 

[LFSmarineguy]

actually nutri-sea can vary greatly in salinity and other parameters from jug to jug. I've seen as high as 1.03 SG in a jug before and found high lvls of nitrate and phosphate. I don't recommend using it unless it is part of a massive water change where it comprises a fraction of the water being replaced. It depends on the conditions at the time of collection.

 

[friendtothefish]

Interesting... I bought it cause the LFS guy was raving aobut it, but is seemed kinda sketchy, like he was just trying to sell it...

I dont think I will buy it again, unless I start to hear some positive feedback about it...