What am I supposed to do about this smh STOP USING IO SALT RN!!!

[Makubex]

I mixed rodi water with instant ocean-purple bag(its for reef and labeled as the best professional salt out there), and right now I need salt but can not wait a week for shipping nor I can pay their ridiculous double spiked up prices, I tested for both rodi water and the saltwater with salifert ammonia test kit and my ammonia reads 2.0!!! STOP using this salt or your fish and corals WILL die within an hour!!!, I know no one tests their new water especially for ammonia but I did for the sake of it(and all the salt I have right now is instant ocean purple brand for 400+ gallons), I tested the rodi water and read 0 ammonia 0 nitrites, etc. What am I supposed to do now tell me!, those acans wont survive even 30'

 

[T-J]

NOT an emergency. You posted about this three weeks ago and were given a number of reasons why you are getting ammonia in your freshly made water.
Too many people use IO salt. If there was an issue, it would be well known pretty quickly.

 

[Makubex]

NOT an emergency. You posted about this three weeks ago and were given a number of reasons why you are getting ammonia in your freshly made water.
Too many people use IO salt. If there was an issue, it would be well known pretty quickly.

Is happening again, I did read the answers and none applied as it was just new rodi water and salt what else can it be anyway?, there were no more answers in the end and was just left with a 'yea the manufacters can do that' pretty much

 

[Waters]

Definitely not the salt...it is used successfully throughout the world on millions of tanks.

 

[c_healy]

What test kit did you use?

 

[Makubex]

NOT an emergency. You posted about this three weeks ago and were given a number of reasons why you are getting ammonia in your freshly made water.
Too many people use IO salt. If there was an issue, it would be well known pretty quickly.

Is happening again, I did read the answers and none applied as it was just new rodi water and salt what else can it be anyway?, there were no more answers in the end and was just left with a 'yea the manufacters can do that' pretty much

 

[Makubex]

What test kit did you use?

Salifert ammonia test kit

 

[Rugops]

I just cycled a tank with IO and the ammonia is at 0.

 

[Bucs20fan]

Been using IO since the start, still using it. No ammonia in mine. Fowlr or reef tank.

 

[Makubex]

I just cycled a tank with IO and the ammonia is at 0.

Yea because the bacteria has eaten it up... duh?, test it before starting the cycling and you could see it, after weeks the bacteria would've demolished the ammonia. Think.

 

[Makubex]

Been using IO since the start, still using it. No ammonia in mine. Fowlr or reef tank.

Once you dump it in... the new sw would get mixed with the old water, test the new water in your tub or bucket or whatever you use to make your new water you'll see.

 

[Troylee]

Just filled my 400 gal with it and zero issues.. guess you got the only bad box

 

[homer1475]

Some trave amounts of ammonia is in every salt mix. Not 2ppm. Check your tests again.

 

[DanDman]

 

[dedragon]

false positive ammonia result more likely than anything. Have you recently changed your rodi filters? There is more likely something else going on in your tank or mixing station causing these issues. If there was actually a bad batch of salt reefers here would be up in arms

 

[Makubex]

Some trave amounts of ammonia is in every salt mix. Not 2ppm. Check your tests again.

I will but salifert has never lied or malfunctioned I even test my water again at 2-3 different lfs and all these times the results were all the same.

 

[Bucs20fan]

Once you dump it in... the new sw would get mixed with the old water, test the new water in your tub or bucket or whatever you use to make your new water you'll see.

I feel for you and the problem you are having, But I have a reef tank full of torches and acros. If my water that I add has 2ppm ammonia my reef is toast.

 

[Troylee]

false positive ammonia result more likely than anything. Have you recently changed your rodi filters? There is more likely something else going on in your tank or mixing station causing these issues. If there was actually a bad batch of salt reefers here would be up in arms

He uses tap water

 

[homer1475]

I will but salifert has never lied or malfunctioned I even test my water again at 2-3 different lfs and all these times the results were all the same.

Then you have something funky going on in your mixing barrels. I literally just finished dumping a 50g bag out of a 200g box in my barrel. 0 ammonia.

 

[Makubex]

false positive ammonia result more likely than anything. Have you recently changed your rodi filters? There is more likely something else going on in your tank or mixing station causing these issues. If there was actually a bad batch of salt reefers here would be up in arms

Well no one tests their new water... we rely 110% on it being non toxic, its rodi water and thats giving me 0s, I will re test but this kit has never ever failed me