Salt Analysis Study Results

As a newer user of Tropic Marine Pro Reef, I find the numbers pretty disturbing. I can tell you from testing a new batch of water last night, I have the "left" sample on the charts (400 calc, 1000 mag, 6-7 dKH, etc). Mine is from a bucket.

1000 magnesium in one batch, 1600 in another? Either their containers are NOT AT ALL mixed well, or their manufacturing/processing/quality is way off!
 
definatly impressed with coralife. I bought that salt for the build im working on, was just going to use it for the inital cycle because it was cheap. Guess Ill stick with it!
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11819562#post11819562 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by kb27973
Looks like they tested one of the 'bad' buckets of Reef Crystals...
Ken
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"Two samples of each salt were purchased in December 2007, one each from different distributors. We chose distributors from geographically distant locations to increase the chances of seeing samples from different manufacturing runs. The only exceptions were Crystal Sea, Crystal Sea Bioassay, and Marine Environment, of which we were only able to obtain samples from a single
source."


you mean they got 2 "bad" buckets..
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11819131#post11819131 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by King-Kong
Anyone else pretty impressed by coralife salt?... great numbers!
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My thoughts exactly. PO4 readings on IO were pretty bad IMO.
 
i think its great that they showed to what level a measured amount of salt added to a measured amount of water will bring the SG to but i think that after that they should have raised all salts to NSW before doing the rest of the tests.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11819620#post11819620 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mbbuna
i think its great that they showed to what level a measured amount of salt added to a measured amount of water will bring the SG to but i think that after that they should have raised all salts to NSW before doing the rest of the tests.
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Agreed.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11819131#post11819131 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by King-Kong
Anyone else pretty impressed by coralife salt?... great numbers!
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Thats all my lfs sells. He's in love with the stuff. :)

mb, simple conversions will get those results. I'm working on that now.

Example.

Secheam Reef reported 469.5 calcium at 30 ppt.
469.5 div by 30 = 15.65 x 5 = 78.25

469.5 plus 78.25 = 547.75




Hey Howard. Do you remember what I reported this salt to be for calcium at 35 ppt ? ;)
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11819701#post11819701 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Billybeau1
Thats all my lfs sells. He's in love with the stuff. :)

mb, simple conversions will get those results. I'm working on that now.

Example.

Secheam Reef reported 469.5 calcium at 30 ppt.
469.5 div by 30 = 15.65 x 5 = 78.25

469.5 plus 78.25 = 547.75




Hey Howard. Do you remember what I reported this salt to be for calcium at 35 ppt ? ;)
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go for it ;) i dont do math:lol:
 
Fish stores get great deals from vendors to sell their product. What they sell may simply give them the greatest profit margin.
 
'i think that after that they should have raised all salts to NSW before doing the rest of the tests.'

me too. perhaps billybeau1 will post another table with the extrapolated values?
 
Well,

Thanks DrBegalke and AWT!

And thanks ahead of time to Billybeau1 for calculating 35ppt corrected numbers! I look forward to looking at the salinity corrected numbers and re-evaluating which salt I will choose at that point.

James
 
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