salt order
- Thread starter TriMax
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I need 3 or so.
I would like to say that the Kent salt I got last time had magnesium level of 1050 and calcium was less than ideal also. Alk was 9.6. There is also a huge thread about Kent salt in the chemistry forum. Apparently they shipped a bunch of salt with no alkalinity. One drop on a salifert test kit changed the color. The salt was in a bag in the bucket and the bucket has yellow labels. Kent has changed the packaging. Anyway they probably fixed it by now but a heads up. I guess debating salt would be like arguing about Ford VS Chevy...
Mike
I would like to say that the Kent salt I got last time had magnesium level of 1050 and calcium was less than ideal also. Alk was 9.6. There is also a huge thread about Kent salt in the chemistry forum. Apparently they shipped a bunch of salt with no alkalinity. One drop on a salifert test kit changed the color. The salt was in a bag in the bucket and the bucket has yellow labels. Kent has changed the packaging. Anyway they probably fixed it by now but a heads up. I guess debating salt would be like arguing about Ford VS Chevy...
Mike
Chris_Campbell
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How much is a bucket?
Chris_Campbell
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I'd be up for a bucket... maybe two I'll let ya know when an order date is set.
Chris_Campbell
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hmm.. One for now then
I'll take 2.
BTW - I stopped by the CR on the way home from work and asked them about the salt order. Chris said he could get us the 160gal bucket of Instant Ocean for $39+tax. He said it would have to be a group buy where we would preorder and pay, he would order at the first of the week and the salt would arrive at the end of the week. Then you would just go by the store and pick up your buckets.
Just wanted to throw that out as an option. Concerning brands, I can go with whatever the group decides.
BTW - I stopped by the CR on the way home from work and asked them about the salt order. Chris said he could get us the 160gal bucket of Instant Ocean for $39+tax. He said it would have to be a group buy where we would preorder and pay, he would order at the first of the week and the salt would arrive at the end of the week. Then you would just go by the store and pick up your buckets.
Just wanted to throw that out as an option. Concerning brands, I can go with whatever the group decides.
imsqueak
Premium Member
After we get closer to a final number, some of us have online vendors we can contact to compare pricing. Hopefully the CR will be close and I'd pay a couple bucks extra to support LFS (I dont like the idea of supporting Uncle Sam as long as he's still giving us an "out" via internet purchase though).
Dave, IMO, no thread in ETRC should be without a hijack attempt if it gets +5 posts
Unfortunately, I didnt get the one where she loaded the oven AND poured flour in the oven, all the cans in the lazy-suzan, kitchen floor, and all over herself! As a Papaw I got to laugh as I cleaned it all up. There's nothing better than a grand daughter except MAYBE a grand son. That's yet to be experienced but I love being 40 and being able to spoil her all weekend and sending her home to mommy. A candy bar just before she leaves for home always gives me a chuckle. Payback is a MF...
Dave, IMO, no thread in ETRC should be without a hijack attempt if it gets +5 posts
Unfortunately, I didnt get the one where she loaded the oven AND poured flour in the oven, all the cans in the lazy-suzan, kitchen floor, and all over herself! As a Papaw I got to laugh as I cleaned it all up. There's nothing better than a grand daughter except MAYBE a grand son. That's yet to be experienced but I love being 40 and being able to spoil her all weekend and sending her home to mommy. A candy bar just before she leaves for home always gives me a chuckle. Payback is a MF...Angela Short
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more hijack, imsqueak, you and my mother sound like you have taken the SAME grandparenting classes! Funny how you would have killed "your" child 20 years ago for the mess but it's sooo cute when its the grandaughter :lol: Thats the great part of having grandbabies!
EvilMel
is a serious goby fanatic
If we go with IO, I'm out. Also, if we pick them up at the CR I'm out as well. Last time I got completely screwed on that deal.
It's a fine store and I want to support it but I am not going to buy salt from there as part of the group order again.
We typically get Kent salt buckets (200g) for $35 including tax and shipping from either Premium Aquatics or Customaquatic.com. That's $4 less per bucket and we get 60g more water out of each. IMO that's the only way to go. Premium Aquatics is who we ordered from last time, they are a great company and that's who I think we should go with again. JMO.
It's a fine store and I want to support it but I am not going to buy salt from there as part of the group order again.
We typically get Kent salt buckets (200g) for $35 including tax and shipping from either Premium Aquatics or Customaquatic.com. That's $4 less per bucket and we get 60g more water out of each. IMO that's the only way to go. Premium Aquatics is who we ordered from last time, they are a great company and that's who I think we should go with again. JMO.
