Red Sea Blue Bucket ICP Results (ATI)

[plippert21]

I mixed up a fresh batch saltwater using Red Sea Blue bucket at 35 and sent off to ATI. Sharing here.

To me the results below are confirmatory of its quality and gives me food for thought when putting these in to the moonshiners method spreadsheet. When doing so only very minor things are suggested to dose. Give me a lot of comfort when doing weekly water changes.

 

[rtparty]

You can compare it here

The Ultimate Salt Test

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See how consistent things are at least

 

[plippert21]

You can compare it here

The Ultimate Salt Test

I wanted to get this thread up and going before the holidays soak up all my time. I did a live YouTube with Deven from ReefDudes going over things but it is about 1.5 hours long. I will write up a more detailed explanation here in this first post soon. I am a hobbyist first and foremost. I have...

www.reef2reef.com

See how consistent things are at least

Very cool! Thanks for passing along.

Looks like my batch has lower Iodine and Strontium. But remarkably similar overall.

 

[Potatohead]

Keep in mind iodine is difficult to test for with icp so the numbers will usually vary depending on the machine and/or operator.

This has been my salt of choice for many years, can’t say I have any complaints.

 

[plippert21]

Keep in mind iodine is difficult to test for with icp so the numbers will usually vary depending on the machine and/or operator.

This has been my salt of choice for many years, can’t say I have any complaints.

Good to know. Thanks

 

[taricha]

Interesting that Manganese was 100+ppb in @rtparty data and totally undetected here.

 

[rtparty]

Interesting that Manganese was 100+ppb in @rtparty data and totally undetected here.

The OP should contact ATI and make sure that manganese was entered correctly. In the past, they have missed things like that.

Manganese at zero is probably unlikely. Now I need to go see if any of mine were zero

edit: a couple of mine showed zero. I’ll watch that closer on the next round of testing and make sure that’s correct

 

[InvaderJim]

I use red sea blue bucket and did a ATI ICP on my tank water in december and my manganese was also zero.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

I use red sea blue bucket and did a ATI ICP on my tank water in december and my manganese was also zero.

Tank water is often depleted in manganese. A little macroalgae growth can strip the whole NSW level to none detected in a short period of time.

 

[InvaderJim]

Tank water is often depleted in manganese. A little macroalgae growth can strip the whole NSW level to none detected in a short period of time.

I had no idea. That makes sense why mine would be reading zero. Thanks for the info!

 

[rtparty]

I had no idea. That makes sense why mine would be reading zero. Thanks for the info!

A lot of us dose manganese daily for this reason

 

[rtparty]

Tank water is often depleted in manganese. A little macroalgae growth can strip the whole NSW level to none detected in a short period of time.

In your opinion, do you think freshly made water would ever have undetectable manganese? It seems to me it is a impurity that comes from other raw materials and that’s why we see it so often in new water.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

In your opinion, do you think freshly made water would ever have undetectable manganese? It seems to me it is a impurity that comes from other raw materials and that’s why we see it so often in new water.

I don't know. Presumably it depends on the limit of detection used as well as other things. I do not know the current limits of detection for ATI or others, but back when I used Triton and they provided such info, here's what I concluded:

Manganese (Mn). Triton can just barely detect the natural level of manganese (0.17 µg/L) since their LOD is 0.12 µg/L. Detecting none suggests it may be depleted, and is another possibility for dosing, but I have less confidence that this one is really seriously depleted since it is so close to the LOD. But Mn is biologically important and I will consider it.

 

[rtparty]

I don't know. Presumably it depends on the limit of detection used as well as other things. I do not know the current limits of detection for ATI or others, but back when I used Triton and they provided such info, here's what I concluded:

Manganese (Mn). Triton can just barely detect the natural level of manganese (0.17 µg/L) since their LOD is 0.12 µg/L. Detecting none suggests it may be depleted, and is another possibility for dosing, but I have less confidence that this one is really seriously depleted since it is so close to the LOD. But Mn is biologically important and I will consider it.

Most of my testing showed elevated WELL above NSW. Usually 50 µg/L or greater. This is why I assume it is an impurity becasue it is often elevated and inconsistent.