Proof that Oceanic Salt is BAD!!!!

[mojodeli]

This is a 44g Brute trashcan. I washed it with a touch of bleach and completely dried it followed by a rinse in tap water
and another rinse in RODI with a TDS reading of 0. All this bucket has ever been used for is mixing salt water. All that
is in this bucket is RODI water and Oceanic salt mixed to 1.027 at 77 degrees.

I hug a 250w 10 USHIO DE pendant for two days over this can and this is the result. My tank looks like crap because
I have been making water changes with this salt and adding whatever the hell this crap is that came with the bucket of
Oceanic brand salt. The particles you see are some form of algae. There is a brown slime growing on the surface and
on the sides of the trashcan. I haven't tested the water but I don't think I will bother wasting a test to know that I will
never use this salt again.



http://www.michalekstrone.com/oceanic.htm

 

[tanker]

WOW. Glad I only use IO.

 

[andy51289]

Never had problems with my Oceanic....Mixes up well, and the tank has never looked so good.... Perhaps your trashcan had a strange reaction to the intense lighting.

 

[mojodeli]

No way there is anything wrong with the trash can. I'll post pics of my tank tomorrow. I've been have a terrible algae problem in my tank and resorted to 40g changes every day. Things were getting worse so I started suspecting the salt. I made sure made salt mixing container was completely clean and then fill it up with RODI water overnight. I added salt and thought I would put a llight over it to see if there was algae in the salt. There is!!!

Tank water has never been in my tub only RODI and Oceanic.

It's the salt and you could be next if you continue to use it.

 

[tsquad]

i dont even have a tank yet, so i dont really know much about this. but to prove that its the salt, and not your garbage can, why dont you run the halide over the can just filled with RO water?

 

[JosephineAd]

How aerated what it too? I guess it looks stagnate just for the picture. That looks like bad news. No phosphates in the RO water before the salt was added?

 

[Ebisan]

With every experiment, you need a control. You could make a batch using several buckets to eliminate the bucket as the source of the problem. Mix another brand of salt in the same bucket and see if the problems recurs. Btw, I used Oceanic salt before without any problems. I started using Red Sea with no problems either. Going to switch to IO for the next batch.

 

[mojodeli]

C'mon dude, I'm not a newbie at this. But if you must know, my top off container is coverless and located next to my fuge so it gets plenty of overflow light. Nothing growing in that water.

It's the salt. Period.

 

[caver]

i vote check your source ro water for phospahates. could be you are getting some from that. i personally use kent or IO. which ever is the better price at the lfs's i visit.

 

[mojodeli]

How aerated what it too? I guess it looks stagnate just for the picture. That looks like bad news. No phosphates in the RO water before the salt was added?

I had a pump running in there but shut off after I noticed stuff was growing. It was off for about four hours before I posted the pic. In fact the light was off too.


There are no phosphates in the RO water.


I don't think every bucket of Oceanic is bad. I've been using since it hit the market and had great results. I started having huge algae problems and couldn't figure out what was causing it. I have a very small bio load for my size tank. As fas I am concerned there is something in the past four buckets of oceanic I brought into my house. I was doing daily 40g changes to get rid of the brown slime and it only got worse.

I agree there need to be some kind of control but I personally don't need to experiement nor do I have the time.

I'm absolutely convinced that it is the salt and hanging a light over a bucket that I specically cleaned only to find algae growing within two days is proof enough.

 

[JosephineAd]

Thank you for the infomation. I know I will never try that salt now.

 

[HarvyClam]

IMO - Go with Red Sea or SeaChem. I only use SeaChem because I've found t to be the most stable.

 

[DtheDude]

or Tropic Marine Pro...ive heard things, ive heard things....

Seems like the Oceanic is a mixed bag just like TBS rock and DSB's...some people love them, some people's tanks are destroyed by them

 

[smeese]

Why are you lighting a can of water up. Just curious? Oceanic salt is a fine product. Just a matter of opinion i guess.

 

[emmanuel]

After trying another salt let everybody know what happened

 

[aquaman222]

Ok, bucket not covered? If so crap in the air. This happens with every brand of salt. Trust me, this means nothing. My mixing system is extremely high end and i've seen this happen with many brands of salt. Airborn . Cover your mixing tank.

 

[Lures and Jigs]

If you hung a light over the bucket, obviously it was not sealed air tight, perhaps you have something floating around in the atmosphere?

 

[sdbeazley]

I would have to agree with aquaman222 all salt does this over a period of time, but it probably was your batch of salt that did it to you.

 

[Dragonmaster]

C'mon dude, I'm not a newbie at this. But if you must know, my top off container is coverless and located next to my fuge so it gets plenty of overflow light. Nothing growing in that water.

It's the salt. Period.

I totaly agree with you, I am having the same issue with the Oceanic S#@T. I use food grade 42 gallon mixing cans in the store here and always have, with IO. Just started a week ago using Oceanic and wala! brown slime like crazy in the 42's. I'm not a newbie myself, but theres no question its the salt.

Just my 2 cents!!!

 

[Johnsteph10]

Algae spores are in the air. Everywhere. Unless you were in a vacuum and practiced sterile technique, your results do not mean anything. It would happen with any salt if you put light on it for 2 days and left the can open to the environment where algal spores can easily innoculate the water.

You also innoculated it by touching any of the equipment in the can, breathing on it, etc.

Try it with another brand of salt. You'll get the same results, I promise.