jackaninny Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 Anyone else get a chalky residue when mixing D-D H2Ocean salt? I get the residue as a bud up on my mixing pump, heater and in the bucket. It's sort of grayish to tan. I'm only mixing 5 gal at a time and I add the salt nice and slow and do it after water gets to temp. Ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grassi Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 I think that happens with all the salt mix, some more, some less. I had it with all the brand I tried. I wash my mixing container every other week with water and vinegar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReeFit Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 you should be filtering your salt mix through a sock before it goes into the bucket. you would be surprised how much junk you can get out of a bucket of saltmix. i use h2 ocean pro plus as well and i don't have any problems with it doing it this way, but i also mix up 50 gallons at a time and let it stir / aerate for 24 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coralreefer Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 I switched to Gettanked #2 salt because I was tired of "variability" of what was coming out of buckets...this stuff is hand packed, no anti-caking agents, leaves no residue, spot on parameters... DrMerle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kshack Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 I contacted him to see how much we would have to order to get a break on shipping. He never got back to me. Dr Fosters only charges $8 to ship and I think you can order several containers at that cost. The charge for Gettanked was around $35 just for the shipping. Do you know of any group order details? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markdadof2 Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 I second coralreefer - he turned me on to gettanked (i use #1) and love it. Just ordered more today. Always mixes clear and clean and YOU control calcium level. The levels are dead on - I love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowman Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 Mark and Merle, where do you guys get this salt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markdadof2 Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 Bob, PM sent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kshack Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 Hey Bob, see my post earlier. Come on Bob...GROUP ORDER!! Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowman Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 I sent them an email to get all the info Ken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markdadof2 Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 Hey BOb, when was that picture taken of you for your avatar? ha ha ha ha ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanRevive Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 Bob, if you run this group buy, i will sell the salt I got from your last group buy, LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
414driver Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 If you get a group buy with GetTanked count me in for 12 25 gal bags! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowman Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 Mark and I will get together and see if it is worth while to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCR Posted August 4, 2010 Share Posted August 4, 2010 I use Kent never had a residue. Have used D-D. Didn't like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markdadof2 Posted August 5, 2010 Share Posted August 5, 2010 Last time I used 'bucket salt' my mg skyrocketed. Even though I had mixed and rolled etc, it still settled. I just prefer a smaller bag of salt to mix up to avoid such issues. I have a gettanked shipment on the way and will mix up a 5 galllon bucket of slurry (I only do 5-10g water changes a week). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAVES Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 H2Ocean salt often has a bit of ferric oxide (rowaphos) in the calcium they use. The residue is this ferric oxide. I would suspect it goes for the other salts too, but I only know specifically of the H2Ocean having trace amounts of this in the calcium that is used to bump the numbers after its dehydrated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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