I know that opinions on what salt is best are like buttholes... Everyone has one LOL
BUT (no pun intended... Or was there???)
Has anyone used the ESV B-Ionic seawater system?
The few reviews I have seen people have said it made a HUGE difference...
Price is pretty comparable to most premium salts...
Marine depot has it for 20.99 for a 25G box, 25.99 for a 50 G box and 67.99 for a 200G box...
It's a 4 part mix...
sodium chloride - dry
Magnesium Sulfate hexahydrate - dry
anionic minerals and elements (pre-dissolved liquid)
Cationic minerals and elements (pre-dissolved liquid).
Instructions show how to mix from 1 gallon all the way to 100, and by adding amounts, you can get everything in between...
Checked out some pictures of it being mixed in a glass tank... Sodium chloride dumped in, in 3 minutes the water was totally clear and all salt was disolved.
Magnesium Sulfate dumped in, another 3 minutes and it was totally dissolved and no residue...
2 liquids dumped in about 2 minutes apart, no clouding, no precipitate.
after about an hour, to be brought up to the temp of this guys nano, he did a 95% water change...
Comments posted below say others using it the same way had no corals close up or slime...
http://reefbuilders.com/2010/01/14/b-ionic-seawater-system-is-a-microbatch-salt-mix-that-is-perfect-for-nano-reefers-large-tanks-too/
oh yeah...
When mixed to 34ppt, 1.026sg, it advertisies at, and is actually been tested almost dead on to these numbers:
450 ppm Ca
3.25 meq/L Alk
1400 ppm Mg
BUT (no pun intended... Or was there???)
Has anyone used the ESV B-Ionic seawater system?
The few reviews I have seen people have said it made a HUGE difference...
Price is pretty comparable to most premium salts...
Marine depot has it for 20.99 for a 25G box, 25.99 for a 50 G box and 67.99 for a 200G box...
It's a 4 part mix...
sodium chloride - dry
Magnesium Sulfate hexahydrate - dry
anionic minerals and elements (pre-dissolved liquid)
Cationic minerals and elements (pre-dissolved liquid).
Instructions show how to mix from 1 gallon all the way to 100, and by adding amounts, you can get everything in between...
Checked out some pictures of it being mixed in a glass tank... Sodium chloride dumped in, in 3 minutes the water was totally clear and all salt was disolved.
Magnesium Sulfate dumped in, another 3 minutes and it was totally dissolved and no residue...
2 liquids dumped in about 2 minutes apart, no clouding, no precipitate.
after about an hour, to be brought up to the temp of this guys nano, he did a 95% water change...
Comments posted below say others using it the same way had no corals close up or slime...
http://reefbuilders.com/2010/01/14/b-ionic-seawater-system-is-a-microbatch-salt-mix-that-is-perfect-for-nano-reefers-large-tanks-too/
oh yeah...
When mixed to 34ppt, 1.026sg, it advertisies at, and is actually been tested almost dead on to these numbers:
450 ppm Ca
3.25 meq/L Alk
1400 ppm Mg
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