NYOS Salt
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Hurricane Aquatics
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Again, all 4 of my bags were the same. I've reordered new bagsonths later and they come with 8.5 all and the previous 4 had 7.7. I mean they vary by when you order and then order again.
This was when BRS started carrying it. They might have tightened it up since then, hopefully. It's great salt, I never said it wasn't.
AquaLogic
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Oh I don't doubt you, I just found it curious. I would be willing to bet it was growing pains in the beginning and it has worked itself out. The bucket I am finishing up on now tests exactly at what is listed and also the bottom of the bucket tests exactly as the top did, which I was impressed with as well.
I'm about to pop a new bucket open in a week or so, and the buckets are different batches ordered a good bit apart. I'll post back on what the results are. I'll keep using it as long as it stays consistent for me. I can't get over how crazy clean it mixes.
Jimbo327
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Okay, so here is the info from Nyos.
First, all of North America for Nyos is distributed through Aperture. And Aperture is basically BRS. So when I asked Nyos directly, they actually routed me to BRS for answers.
From BRS, the salt is delayed and in ocean transit from EU. It will be here late June and they distributed to all the North America vendors. So most likely, it'll be available again in early July.
First, all of North America for Nyos is distributed through Aperture. And Aperture is basically BRS. So when I asked Nyos directly, they actually routed me to BRS for answers.
From BRS, the salt is delayed and in ocean transit from EU. It will be here late June and they distributed to all the North America vendors. So most likely, it'll be available again in early July.
ryanjohn1
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Don’t forget nyos is still a small company basically starting out. But dang the salt is good!
Mattiejay6
2500 Club Member
What made it junk?
Christan Kapaun
New Member
Hi all,
this is Christian, I am together with my brother Matthias founder of Nyos.
First of all thank you so much for all the positive and constructive reviews. It is the greatest reward for what we do and all the hard work we have put into our salt mix. Thank you all!
I came across this thread and saw that there are many unanswered questions and I wanted to use the opportunity to give you some background information about salt mixes.
Let‘s first start with consistency because this has been discussed here lately: In general, it is impossible to mix salt without any variety through several batches. It is also extremely difficult to mix salt homogenousely in general. It of course depends on the mixing method you chose, on the granule size of the different salts, the consistency within a specific raw material and even things like temperature and many many more factors. With the ICP testing of every batch, we wanted to make this more transparent to you that you see the variety in the parameters instead of hiding it.
As assumed by some of you, we found some tweaks here and there to reduce the variety of the parameters even further and we are constantly improving. The acceptable range of ALK is now 8.0-8.9 with a target of 8.5. Lately we managed to narrow it down to 8.3.-8.8 and hope to improve here even more.
Keep in mind, with our latest improvement, the introduction of the MS Trace Elements (like Selenium, Rubidium and others that can only be detected with the ICP-MS) the ratio between the biggest ingredient (sodium chloride) and the smallest ingredient (selenium) is 1:50.000.000 (!!). That means on 1.000kgs of Sodium Chloride we have to add 0,00002 kgs of Selenium and mix that homogeneously so if you test the salt you will find 0,2 ppb (parts per billion) Selenium. To make this possible, you really need to think outside the box.
Hope that helps you a little bit to understand the difficulties when mixing salt. If you would like to know more about salt mixed, let us know.
By the way: We chose 8.5 dkh because we think this is how most of you rund their reef tanks. But is that actually true? What ALK would you prefer? If we figure out a way to make a representative poll what users would prefer, we would adapt the receipe.
Best regards
Christian
this is Christian, I am together with my brother Matthias founder of Nyos.
First of all thank you so much for all the positive and constructive reviews. It is the greatest reward for what we do and all the hard work we have put into our salt mix. Thank you all!
I came across this thread and saw that there are many unanswered questions and I wanted to use the opportunity to give you some background information about salt mixes.
Let‘s first start with consistency because this has been discussed here lately: In general, it is impossible to mix salt without any variety through several batches. It is also extremely difficult to mix salt homogenousely in general. It of course depends on the mixing method you chose, on the granule size of the different salts, the consistency within a specific raw material and even things like temperature and many many more factors. With the ICP testing of every batch, we wanted to make this more transparent to you that you see the variety in the parameters instead of hiding it.
As assumed by some of you, we found some tweaks here and there to reduce the variety of the parameters even further and we are constantly improving. The acceptable range of ALK is now 8.0-8.9 with a target of 8.5. Lately we managed to narrow it down to 8.3.-8.8 and hope to improve here even more.
Keep in mind, with our latest improvement, the introduction of the MS Trace Elements (like Selenium, Rubidium and others that can only be detected with the ICP-MS) the ratio between the biggest ingredient (sodium chloride) and the smallest ingredient (selenium) is 1:50.000.000 (!!). That means on 1.000kgs of Sodium Chloride we have to add 0,00002 kgs of Selenium and mix that homogeneously so if you test the salt you will find 0,2 ppb (parts per billion) Selenium. To make this possible, you really need to think outside the box.
Hope that helps you a little bit to understand the difficulties when mixing salt. If you would like to know more about salt mixed, let us know.
By the way: We chose 8.5 dkh because we think this is how most of you rund their reef tanks. But is that actually true? What ALK would you prefer? If we figure out a way to make a representative poll what users would prefer, we would adapt the receipe.
Best regards
Christian
The Warelock
Active Member
I would like to run my tank at 8.5dkh ideally, so there is some buffer room in case alk starts dropping faster over time.
I ordered a bucket of your salt a few weeks ago to try and the ICP sticker on the lid says “8.7dkh” but the first two batches of saltwater I made read “7.6dkh” so that kind of sucked to see ngl. Not a huge deal since alk can be raised easily but it left me filled with doubt about the ICP results posted on the bucket lid tbh.
I rolled the bag of salt very well before using and double checked the alk readings on my Hanna checker with a new bottle of reagent with the same results…
rtparty
7500 Club Member
I would like to run my tank at 8.5dkh ideally, so there is some buffer room in case alk starts dropping faster over time.
I ordered a bucket of your salt a few weeks ago to try and the ICP sticker on the lid says “8.7dkh” but the first two batches of saltwater I made read “7.6dkh” so that kind of sucked to see ngl. Not a huge deal since alk can be raised easily but it left me filled with doubt about the ICP results posted on the bucket lid tbh.
I rolled the bag of salt very well before using and double checked the alk readings on my Hanna checker with a new bottle of reagent with the same results…
What was your calcium?
How do you check salinity and how do you calibrate it?
The Warelock
Active Member
Didn’t check calcium, I can check tomorrow. I check salinity using refractometer with 35ppt calibration fluid from BRS.
rtparty
7500 Club Member
I’d look up Randy’s DIY refractometer solution and make some. Make sure your refractometer is correct. I’ve found so many bad batches of calibration solution I don’t trust any of them
I tested the first few batches of NYOS salt and alkalinity was spot on. I haven’t checked the last couple though
The Warelock
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