Randy Holmes-Farley
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Again, let me just repeat to make this ultra clear. There is no uncertainty whatsoever about the composition of Balling Part C, assuming the folks from Tropic marin are not lying. I have been over this many times with Lou Ekus, and he is ultra clear that it is a high quality seawater ion composition without sodium and chloride. The minor issue of the alk and calcium compotent that I expected wasn't there, isn't by Maimi's testing.
This is an example where Lou and i are discussing how ion balanced ESV B-ionic is compared to TM Balling.
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As you know , Randy, I have to disagree. I will give you that a properly designed two part system can very closely approximate the ionic balance achieved by the Balling Method. But I strongly disagree, and feel it is a very misleading statement to say, that the well designed two part system accomplishes "exactly what the Balling Method does in terms of ionic balance"! The ONLY way it could do that is if it contained ALL 70 (let's not argue about that number, I'm rounding off) of the trace elements found in natural sea water. And I don't know if ANY two part system that does that.
This is an example where Lou and i are discussing how ion balanced ESV B-ionic is compared to TM Balling.

Fritz Salt Issues?
Does the bad batch measure up (Alk, Ca, Mg, whatever else you have test kits for) the same as the others? Stinks, but I'm sure you'll bounce back. The big three? Couldn't have been that; results were way too dramatic, especially with my 20% change. 25% max. Immediate complete polyp retraction...

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