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Me too......generally its known as low Mg and high potassium content salt and that is why this sounds weird..
How High is the Potassium?
I do not have anything to Test Potassium.
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Me too......generally its known as low Mg and high potassium content salt and that is why this sounds weird..
Generally its 440-470ppm. Possibly highest among all salts.How High is the Potassium?
I do not have anything to Test Potassium.
I told you before and telling this again just take that whole bag and mix the whole thing as much as you can....A Few People are Saying to Mix the Salt Before Using It.
What is the Best Way to Go About Doing That?
I would doublecheck the salinity. And calibrate the refractometer.
To doublecheck the magnesium i would check that the Salifert tests are from different batches = different expire date.
What is the salinity and how are you measuring it?
Have these same kits (exact ones) read lower on previous batches of salt?
Are you certain you are using them correctly? Some people read syringes backward.
I ask because test kit error is more common than bad batches of salt, but both exist.
How did you make new salt water (amount of salt as a fraction of a bucket)?
you try mixing the buckets well before making salt, in case it is inhomogeneous?
There is no good way to lower the magnesium once it is in there.
Is it OK if it really is that high? Probably, but I'd prefer it to be lower. When people do treatments for bryopsis they sometimes get that high, and some notice that some creatures become lethargic.
What is the salinity and how are you measuring it?
Have these same kits (exact ones) read lower on previous batches of salt?
Are you certain you are using them correctly? Some people read syringes backward.
I ask because test kit error is more common than bad batches of salt, but both exist.
How did you make new salt water (amount of salt as a fraction of a bucket)?
you try mixing the buckets well before making salt, in case it is inhomogeneous?
There is no good way to lower the magnesium once it is in there.
Is it OK if it really is that high? Probably, but I'd prefer it to be lower. When people do treatments for bryopsis they sometimes get that high, and some notice that some creatures become lethargic.
What is the salinity and how are you measuring it?
Have these same kits (exact ones) read lower on previous batches of salt?
Are you certain you are using them correctly? Some people read syringes backward.
I ask because test kit error is more common than bad batches of salt, but both exist.
How did you make new salt water (amount of salt as a fraction of a bucket)?
you try mixing the buckets well before making salt, in case it is inhomogeneous?
There is no good way to lower the magnesium once it is in there.
Is it OK if it really is that high? Probably, but I'd prefer it to be lower. When people do treatments for bryopsis they sometimes get that high, and some notice that some creatures become lethargic.
No, not with a spoon but try to take out the whole salt bag and mix the bag by turning it over couple of times upside down. It will be heavy but it should work.
If the mg was at the correct level, you still wouldn't know if the copper level was too high. Unfortunately, we have to rely on the manufacturers to provide us with a quality product. Just the way it is...
Just take the bag out of the bucket and turn bag upside down couple of times.....thats it.Everyone I talked to said there is too much Salt in the Bucket and that would not do anything to Mix it Properly.
They said I would have to sit there for like a week taking out little scoops and mixing and re-mixing a million times over.
there is no way that the salt needs to be mixed and that a heavier fraction settled leaving only magnesium up top.
This whole thread is assuming the test used has zero error of reading, procedure etc. it's taking a single number with no comparative testing and just going with it.
The mag you have needs no adjusting because no salt mixes make lethal batches, they just vary.
I realize the claim is no test error, but that's not taking into acct the posts that show the variances stated by different kits and different physical differences we cause among tests.
When we search out threads that show variance among kits not even expired we see why we don't chase params especially when the tank is fine. This chasing is far more common due to hundredths of pH variation, as told by a colorimetric kit where that reading is taken as gold, and the impact taken as certain. They feel any variance from 8.1 equals doom.
How does that one off test relate to the threads mentioned where people take several kits and get varied readings off the same sample? Live threads are running with that info using pretty good test brands. Worth a consider...
To take a test reading as infallible, with no comparative readings posted side by side etc is common for param concerning but impacts to the tank rarely occur, see myriad 1/100th pH variation threads in chem forum.
His reading could indeed be right, never hurts to verify. Is ok to compare test too, more than one kit.
Post pic of the reading and a side by side reading from another kit in same pic. Lfs will have alt test. The bryopsis history for this tank indicates high magnesium needs anyway the impact of true 1800 might be helpful.
http://reef2reef.com/threads/is-a-9-50-ph-bad.248160/#post-2917599
imagine if we took that reading (from a digital probe) as correct and let him react to it. his real ph would be six. if a digital probe is fallible, no reaction to a one off colorimetric reading is advised. I say verify your test, and if it is 1800 then enjoy the free bryopsis squelching.