Frank Millero's Artifial Seawater Recipe

[yrema]

from Randy's "What is Seawater?" Article:
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-11/rhf/index.php

23.98 g sodium chloride
5.029 g magnesium chloride
4.01 g sodium sulfate
1.14 g calcium chloride
0.699 g potassium chloride
0.172 g sodium bicarbonate
0.100 g potassium bromide
0.0254 g boric acid
0.0143 g strontium chloride
0.0029 g sodium fluoride
Water to 1 kg total weight.

quick question,
suppose one could aquire the following chemicals (in reagent or USP grade), can we use it in reef tanks?

inputs greatly appreciated. thanks!
(any wiseguy remarks will be considered OT)

 

[HowardW]

Here's some addtl. info:


http://content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?d...3_5_ch06&toc.depth=1&anchor.id=0&brand=eschol

 

[J. Montgomery]

I'd imagine that reagent grade chemicals is as good as any salt manufacturer is using. Though I'd be very surprised if the individual ingredients were not much more expensive than commercially available salt mixes.

 

[bertoni]

If you could mix it, it'd likely work. It'd take some fancy equipment and some very expensive chemicals.

 

[yrema]

howard> thanks for the link!
josh> that's what i'm also thinking, do you suppose it could have lower levels of heavy metals?

It'd take some fancy equipment

bertoni> what kind of equipment, specifically?

thanks for the inputs, guys.

 

[bertoni]

Well, a very accurate scale, or some expensive mixing equipment. Likely, both.

 

[yrema]

bertoni> hmm, ok. maybe these are available in universities. gotta ask the gang. thanks again!

 

[MCsaxmaster]

Sure, with a good scale you could make this. You'd be spending an arm and a leg compared to what most salt mixes cost though...

Salt mixes are (comparatively) cheap because the manufacturers can buy huge quantities of these chemicals directly from the manufacturers. Not so with Joe Shmoe's like us.

cj