Nyos Ion B Supplements

[RoanokeReef]

In stock at SWA

They’re also offering it at 5L size for $60

That’s half of what the Red Sea bulk liquids cost for 5L

I can live with that pricing, they just shipped my 2L for $30 I bought last week

 

[Medinato]

I can live with that pricing, they just shipped my 2L for $30 I bought last week

Goodluck this is how mine showed up, Alk component leaked....USPS completely mangled it.

 

[RoanokeReef]

Ugh

 

[rtparty]

When I get through my 2 sets, I am either switching to BRS chems for the alkalinity and calcium/mg portion. Then I will just add the NYOS trace elements to those solutions OR my plan is to switch to Not A Feesh and their sodium hydroxide system

 

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When I get through my 2 sets, I am either switching to BRS chems for the alkalinity and calcium/mg portion. Then I will just add the NYOS trace elements to those solutions OR my plan is to switch to Not A Feesh and their sodium hydroxide system

Cost or just reliability of availability?

I can't get an answer from them on the powder being available in the states

 

[RoanokeReef]

Cost or just reliability of availability?

I can't get an answer from them on the powder being available in the states

RoanokeReef, yes it will be available Q1 in the US. We will launch it January in Germany. It will be the exact same product like the liquids, just more economically. The idea is you dissolve the whole canister (100% of it) at once (and it makes exactly 3 liters). We hope this makes the dissolving as easy as possible.​

Above is the answer I got in another thread.

 

[rtparty]

Cost or just reliability of availability?

I can't get an answer from them on the powder being available in the states

Mostly it’s the DIY side of me that likes making my own additives. I’d make my own trace bottles as well if Randy gave me a good recipe to follow. I find it fun

The powder NYOS isn’t all that intriguing IMO because we can already get super clean chems from BRS. The NYOS ca/mg is likely a 5% or 10% solution according to Randy’s RMM

I’m really interested in sodium hydroxide though. I don’t measure pH on my systems these days but I’d be shocked if they’re above 8.1 or 8.2 at most. Basements like CO2 and I do nothing else to raise pH purposely. So sodium hydroxide would be a nice boost. I could chase down a powder bulk version of this as well but like that Hunter put it all together and I can test it before going the DIY route

 

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SWA is selling 5 liter jugs at $59.99 each

I ordered 2

Should tide me over until the powder becomes available - and still half the cost of the Red Sea stuff I was buying before

 

[obanarama]

SWA is selling 5 liter jugs at $59.99 each

I ordered 2

Should tide me over until the powder becomes available - and still half the cost of the Red Sea stuff I was buying before

I switched from the Red Sea 4-part to the NYOS ion-b about 10 days ago and after about a week of trial and error I have found that I'm dosing nearly the exact same amount of the NYOS Alk part-2 as I was the Red Sea Alk part-2. i.e. With Red Sea I was dosing 54 mLs per day of part-2 (and 27 mLs of part-1) and am now dosing 55 mLs of both of the NYOS parts. How'd the transition go for you?

 

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I switched from the Red Sea 4-part to the NYOS ion-b about 10 days ago and after about a week of trial and error I have found that I'm dosing nearly the exact same amount of the NYOS Alk part-2 as I was the Red Sea Alk part-2. i.e. With Red Sea I was dosing 54 mLs per day of part-2 (and 27 mLs of part-1) and am now dosing 55 mLs of both of the NYOS parts. How'd the transition go for you?

Same - except I noticed a huge spike in consumption which I'm really (X) Doubting - I am wondering if the solution is struggling to stay in suspension properly

I have new jugs that just arrived and I'll be switching out today and we'll see if my alk starts climbing.

I'm up to 70ml which I don't believe is accurate given how many corals I have and their sizes.

 

[obanarama]

Same - except I noticed a huge spike in consumption which I'm really (X) Doubting - I am wondering if the solution is struggling to stay in suspension properly

I have new jugs that just arrived and I'll be switching out today and we'll see if my alk starts climbing.

I'm up to 70ml which I don't believe is accurate given how many corals I have and their sizes.

Interesting. I haven't experienced this. I'm also not seeing any build-up on my heaters or other equipment so I'm feeling pretty good that it's not precipitating out.

 

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Interesting. I haven't experienced this. I'm also not seeing any build-up on my heaters or other equipment so I'm feeling pretty good that it's not precipitating out.

I’m definitely not seeing this, I just don’t have the kind of coral growth that would need 70ml/day to maintain so I’m trying to understand what’s going on

This week I should have confirmation because I’m mixing up another 4L

If my alk spikes I’ll know something was up

 

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Btw @rtparty my latest jug of nyos alkalinity has a big ol chunk of precipitation in it

I know you had mentioned that happening to you

 

[rtparty]

Btw @rtparty my latest jug of nyos alkalinity has a big ol chunk of precipitation in it

I know you had mentioned that happening to you

After warming mine up, it went away and hasn’t returned thankfully

 

[ReefED!]

My alk keeps dropping and I had to go up to 80ml / day

Doesn’t seem right since I was around 50-60 when using Red Sea alk before I switched over to Nyos

I don’t think this is an 80ml/day alk tank in terms of growth - at this rate I’m looking at $60 a month in just two part

I don’t even have birds nest corals anymore which were my big alk sinks in the previous system

If I can’t figure this out I’ll have to look at other options

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

My alk keeps dropping and I had to go up to 80ml / day

Doesn’t seem right since I was around 50-60 when using Red Sea alk before I switched over to Nyos

I don’t think this is an 80ml/day alk tank in terms of growth - at this rate I’m looking at $60 a month in just two part

I don’t even have birds nest corals anymore which were my big alk sinks in the previous system

If I can’t figure this out I’ll have to look at other options

Do they claim to be the same potency?

 

[ReefED!]

Do they claim to be the same potency?

They both claim 10k DKH/liter

 

[obanarama]

Saltwateraquarium.com seems to be getting plenty of NYOS ion-b. I just ordered a couple more 5 liter bottles after those came back in stock the site. I'm also dosing the exact same amount of Alk with this as I was with the Red Sea 4-part.

I did the math and I was paying twice as much for the Red Sea 4-part as I am for the Nyos. I also just sent off my first ICP since I started using the NYOS and like that I'll be able to dial in the trace elements based on the results with the three trace bottles . So far I'm very happy, so are my corals.

My 180g four months after an upgrade from a 75g.