oceanic110
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what kind of sea salt do you use?
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coralcollector
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naturelover
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IO only and will not change unless company goes out of business.
murray bmf
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thefishfreak03
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Instant ocean for life
bioreefer
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thanks guys for the repy but I was thinking about HW but from what I can get is I am paying for marketing with the more expensive salts I seen yours tanks and most I enjoy but I think more people use IO than anyother I myself use coralife sea salt why b/c I get 150 gal mix for 38 dollars but as of late I been buying IO but I made up my mind I feel I do not need to spend the extra 12 dollars on HW B/C IO works for all of us. thanks everyone!!!!!!!
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thomas712
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The brand new bucket of IO that I opend on Tue 2nd and mixed was not right. Friday when I did my water change...well.... Lets just say I was on the phone that night with the company. I just sent in a sample of thier salt in for thier own testing to see what happend. Am waiting on their response.
They tell me over the phone if it is the salt then they will have no problems replacing it. Not sure if they want to talk about the livestock.
Thomas
The brand new bucket of IO that I opend on Tue 2nd and mixed was not right. Friday when I did my water change...well.... Lets just say I was on the phone that night with the company. I just sent in a sample of thier salt in for thier own testing to see what happend. Am waiting on their response.
They tell me over the phone if it is the salt then they will have no problems replacing it. Not sure if they want to talk about the livestock.
Thomas
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thomas712
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All shrimp dead
all hermits dead
all snails dead
all emerald crabs dead
tiny starfish dead
flatworms were floating around the tank in agony, that part doesn't hurt my feelings.
Corals in pain and suffering, getting dark in color. Candy cane coral looks like it is dying. All others seem to be recovering slowly.
Leathers shedding, xenias balled up and or slumped over, no polyps were extended on any coral for three days, but are coming out now, the 4 BTA's were elongated but with tight tenticals, weird looking. Galaxia frag looks like someone took a flamethrower to it.
Who knows what it did to my infuana and other benthos? Probably killed much on the microscopic level. Tank recycling.
Fish breathing hard and also darkend in color for a while, would not eat for over a day.
Emergancy water change that night, with saltwater from an LFS. Added large batch of fresh Carbon and new polyfilter to see if Copper was involved, pad did not turn blue so no copper evident.
As to what happend, when testing the alkalinity afterwards it was unreadable, off the scale on the salifert test, did not find out what PH was. Calcium seemed to be sucked right out of the tank as well as magnesium.
Took IO salt down to LFS and mixed up batch with my water and he tested the same results on the alkalinity, off the scale.
Sent sample salt to IO headquarters in Mentor, Ohio on Tuesday 9th. We will see what happens with this sample.
May this never happen to any of you
Thomas
all hermits dead
all snails dead
all emerald crabs dead
tiny starfish dead
flatworms were floating around the tank in agony, that part doesn't hurt my feelings.
Corals in pain and suffering, getting dark in color. Candy cane coral looks like it is dying. All others seem to be recovering slowly.
Leathers shedding, xenias balled up and or slumped over, no polyps were extended on any coral for three days, but are coming out now, the 4 BTA's were elongated but with tight tenticals, weird looking. Galaxia frag looks like someone took a flamethrower to it.
Who knows what it did to my infuana and other benthos? Probably killed much on the microscopic level. Tank recycling.
Fish breathing hard and also darkend in color for a while, would not eat for over a day.
Emergancy water change that night, with saltwater from an LFS. Added large batch of fresh Carbon and new polyfilter to see if Copper was involved, pad did not turn blue so no copper evident.
As to what happend, when testing the alkalinity afterwards it was unreadable, off the scale on the salifert test, did not find out what PH was. Calcium seemed to be sucked right out of the tank as well as magnesium.
Took IO salt down to LFS and mixed up batch with my water and he tested the same results on the alkalinity, off the scale.
Sent sample salt to IO headquarters in Mentor, Ohio on Tuesday 9th. We will see what happens with this sample.
May this never happen to any of you
Thomas
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cowbuoy
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bump to get email on this tread
I just got two $28 buckets from the sale IDed here a month ago
First bucket is fine - no problem yet
I take it this was the first batch you mixed with a new bucket??
or was it a bag??
but a lot number would be good
I just got two $28 buckets from the sale IDed here a month ago
First bucket is fine - no problem yet
I take it this was the first batch you mixed with a new bucket??
or was it a bag??
but a lot number would be good
m.rogers
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thomas that is scary to know about IO it is what i us and i think from now on know matter what salt i us when i open a new one i will make up a small bit and do every test i can before i add to any of my tanks.
i hope every thing works out with IO and let them know we are waiting to hear how they deal with you.
mike
i hope every thing works out with IO and let them know we are waiting to hear how they deal with you.
mike
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thomas712
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Don't know if there is any lot number or not.
This is a bucket that makes 200 U.S. Gallons.
Not sure if this is the same for all buckets but there is a long number above the upc # 10051378014011, then the upc number is 051378014014.
Anyone know if there is truly a batch number anywhere on the buckets or bags.
And yes this was the first water change using this bucket which I will save for the winter for my driveway. Imagine that, expensive road salt.
Thomas
This is a bucket that makes 200 U.S. Gallons.
Not sure if this is the same for all buckets but there is a long number above the upc # 10051378014011, then the upc number is 051378014014.
Anyone know if there is truly a batch number anywhere on the buckets or bags.
And yes this was the first water change using this bucket which I will save for the winter for my driveway. Imagine that, expensive road salt.
Thomas
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thomas712
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Also I have not seen my 6 line wrasse in over a 24 hour period and one of the green chromis is doing his best to hide, hard to get a look at him, but will try tonight after lights out.
Thomas
Thomas
stillfrodo
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OMG Thomas that is horrible sorry to hear. Sad part about it is big deal they replace the salt what about all your work and livestock that you have strived so hard to keep. Sorry again. I sincerly hope it never happens again. Good luck......