High Alk In new bucket of Red Sea salt

[Arcu2]

Wondering if anybody has ever had high alk in the Red Sea salt bucket. Tested 11.2 when it’s supposed to be 7.8-8.2. Did I get a bad batch?

 

[blaxsun]

The black bucket has very high alkalinity.

 

[Arcu2]

The black bucket has very high alkalinity.

This is the blue bucket not coral pro

 

[blaxsun]

This is the blue bucket not coral pro

Sorry, that’s what i meant - maybe the wrong salt mix got packaged at the factory?

 

[Jeffcb]

You can go on Red Sea's web site and check your batch with the serial number on the bucket.

 

[Arcu2]

You can go on Red Sea's web site and check your batch with the serial number on the bucket.

Weird

 

[Jeffcb]

Weird

meg/l there is a conversion table somewhere.

 

[jda]

Did you dry mix the salt? Don't pay any attention to the BRS infomercial, you still need to do it if you mix small batches... larger batches tend to level out more.

Did you test with Salifert? They are cheap and good to have on hand to check your Hannah and stuff.

 

[Saltyreef]

Did you dry mix the salt? Don't pay any attention to the BRS infomercial, you still need to do it if you mix small batches... larger batches tend to level out more.

Good advice here ^^^^^^
Was just about to say....dont forget to roll the bucket or dump the bag back out into the bucket to make it homogeneous again.
Shipping settles these buckets out a lot.

 

[Arcu2]

Good advice here ^^^^^^
Was just about to say....dont forget to roll the bucket or dump the bag back out into the bucket to make it homogeneous again.
Shipping settles these buckets out a lot.

I actually just did that and I’m making a batch right now lol let’s see what it says. Thanks guys.

 

[Arcu2]

Dry mixed the whole bucket like a mad man. Still showing high alk. 11.3. I’m thinking this was packaged wrong and this is coral pro in the bucket and not regular Red Sea salt.

 

[Ultra Aquatics]

I would run a salifert or Red Sea test first, I’ve seen some pretty bad inaccuracies with Hanna units.

 

[Backreefing]

This may sound overly simple , butt calibrate your saltinity checker and be certain it’s right. If you mix it a little bit overly salty the you will get high numbers .

 

[r20crazy]

how long are you letting it mix for. I dont trust any numbers if not mixed for at least 24hrs. the BRS video even went into this about readings being high until mixed for 24hrs...

 

[Saltyreef]

Dry mixed the whole bucket like a mad man. Still showing high alk. 11.3. I’m thinking this was packaged wrong and this is coral pro in the bucket and not regular Red Sea salt.

What are you using to measure salinity and how much are you mixing? 5 gal atleast?
Was the hanna checker @ 7 8-8.2 with your last bucket of RSBB?

 

[Arcu2]

What are you using to measure salinity and how much are you mixing? 5 gal atleast?

Fresh calibrated Hanna checker and Refractometer I calibrated with the calibration fluid. Yes I mixed 5 gallons.

 

[Arcu2]

Got some new reagent and also the salifert test to double check the Hanna. Turns out the reagent was bad lol. Testing at 8.2 now! Sucks I had about 1/4 of reagent left.