Old water treatments how long??

[steelhead]

I have just changed my 75 gal. from Discus back to salt and found a bunch of old water treatments some never opened. These include trace elements,strontium,iodine,buffer,and calcium along with a large variety of test kits is this stuff still good ? If I remember these are about 9-11 years old.

 

[flower]

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Originally Posted by steelhead http:///t/389080/old-water-treatments-how-long#post_3435972
I have just changed my 75 gal. from Discus back to salt and found a bunch of old water treatments some never opened. These include trace elements,strontium,iodine,buffer,and calcium along with a large variety of test kits is this stuff still good ? If I remember these are about 9-11 years old.
Welcome to the site....LOL...9 to 11 years, I would say no. It isn't worth it to take a chance on them, if the chemicals have altered at all over time who knows the damage they could do. Test kits are no good after a year, we use them a little longer.... but not 9 to 11 years longer.

 

[steelhead]

Ok, I did not know to bad about $150 worth of stuff. I don't need any of it now as I just put a few Damsels in to get things going. Not sure what way I'm going thinking of just some live rock and fish rather than full blown reef this time.