Saltmix Parameters bring on the test results

[jason2459]

Water samples will be headed to Aquaforest tomorrow!

 

[droog]

Jason,

Check out this service from Red Sea: http://www.redseafish.com/my-batch/

Analysis based on batch number printed on the bucket. Pretty cool. I use Red Sea blue bucket, am getting 160ppm == 9.0 dKH @ 35ppt with the current bucket, will check that against the website.

-droog

 

[jason2459]

Jason,

Check out this service from Red Sea: http://www.redseafish.com/my-batch/

Analysis based on batch number printed on the bucket. Pretty cool. I use Red Sea blue bucket, am getting 160ppm == 9.0 dKH @ 35ppt with the current bucket, will check that against the website.

-droog

Thanks! I'll check it out.

 

[jason2459]

OK, I got results back from AquaForest this morning. Wow, I've got a lot of compiling to do.

Thanks big time to AquaForest for running all those tests for me and really for all of us to help this thread become more complete.

 

[jason2459]

I have all the numbers entered into the spreadsheets. Now just to figure out how to capture and post the triton/aquaforest sheet as it's gotten quite wide.

 

[bif24701]

Saltmix Parameters bring on the test results

Come on man! We are diein here


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[jason2459]

lol

Here's the big 3 breakdown at least to start with.

 

[jason2459]

Here you go. All the ICP test results...

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Working on it

 

[jason2459]

Ok, couple different views and hope one of them works out ok. Lots of screen shots

 

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[jason2459]

I want to write some things up and will probably do it mainly in my big 3 shootout thread as its more related to it and looks into the reliability of ICP testing and RedSea Mg test kit or potential lack thereof of both.

 

[jason2459]

Aquaforest was still extremely low in S and it's most definitely not testing error. Both their Reef and Sea branded salts were low. Only salts I would not use at this point besides those with organics would be the Aquaforest Reef and Sea salts due to that.

There are many other oddities but I have a much better understanding now between getting all these back, my testing, and talking with Carl from ENC Labs. When I have a chance I will recap this.

But overall I feel the list is showing a good average of what one can expect to see in a salt brand and useful to compare.

 

[bif24701]

Just browsing some of these I've noticed that several salts tested levels of AL seems to be at the levels that many have been claiming MarinePure had leached into there water. See this it tells me that the AL levels they are getting could be coming directly from the salt they are using. What do you think Jason?


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[jason2459]

Just browsing some of these I've noticed that several salts tested levels of AL seems to be at the levels that many have been claiming MarinePure had leached into there water. See this it tells me that the AL levels they are getting could be coming directly from the salt they are using. What do you think Jason?


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The Al tested in these salts is much less then whats tested after adding the blocks.

Al in new salt mix seems to come in at around 2ug/l if it shows up.

My tank at one month with marine pure block in tested I believe 19ug/l and around 3 months around 90-100ug/l

Let me screen shot my tank results.

 

[bertoni]

Okay, I'm sticking this thread, too.

 

[jason2459]

Wow and thanks again! I really hope it helps others as that's what this thread is all mainly for. Really it does very little for me but I have learned a lot through all of this so there is that personal gain.

 

[bertoni]

Thank you for getting all this information together. I'd like to convert the basic parameters into a chart like the one in the sticky note at some point, but I've been busy and not feeling all that well for a while.