All for Reef powder mixing brownish orange?

[Yevoc]

I purchased a 10L tub of the powdered All for Reef from BRS on Black Friday.

Got to mixing it and mine mixes a brownish orange.

Only ever seen this mix a light blue is this normal?
Mixed with 0 tds RO/DI, in a clean glass jar.

 

[Poochaku]

normal. wish it was a nice blue like the premixed but it is what it is

 

[wolfen281]

I started dosing last month with the powdered. So, I've only mixed it once and it was colored as you described.

 

[Mikosreef]

Same here. Mixes yellow.

Anyone experience any issues with it, irrespective of color?

How has tank stability been and how much are you all dosing?

See thread on yellow color here

Tropic Marin All For Reef Powder Mixing Questions..

Just mixed up 3L today. 1. I used autoclaved lab grade machinery to mix it. I used heated RO water while mixing. It went from cloudy to clear after 10 or so minutes, but it has an overall yellow tint to it. Is this normal? 2. The powder had several contaminants in it: A blue spec, a red spec...

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[J1a]

I been using the yellow mix for almost a year, without problems.

 

[Mikosreef]

I been using the yellow mix for almost a year, without problems.

Good to know.

How big of a tank?

How much do you dose?

What are your parameters at?

What type and quantity of corals?

Do you do any water changes?

 

[J1a]

Good to know.

How big of a tank?

How much do you dose?

What are your parameters at?

What type and quantity of corals?

Do you do any water changes?

240G, 100ml per day
7.5kh, 420 Ca, 1350 Mg, 2.5 NO3, 0.01PO4
Sps and clam dominant with some LPS and NPS.
No water change.

 

[Mikosreef]

240G, 100ml per day
7.5kh, 420 Ca, 1350 Mg, 2.5 NO3, 0.01PO4
Sps and clam dominant with some LPS and NPS.
No water change.

Glad its working.

I am hoping to also skip the water changes and use Chaeto and skimmer for nutrient export.

What does your nutrient export look like?

 

[J1a]

Zeolite reactor to grow bacteria; then flush the mulm to feed the corals, or to be skimmd out.

There is a clarisea for mechanical filtration as well.

 

[jhatfield]

I purchased a 10L tub of the powdered All for Reef from BRS on Black Friday.

Got to mixing it and mine mixes a brownish orange.

Only ever seen this mix a light blue is this normal?
Mixed with 0 tds RO/DI, in a clean glass jar.

I've gotten the brownish solution no matter what brand I use, so I ignore it. Did it with AquaForrest ABC, Red Sea Trace Colors, and now TM. My personal, non-scientific/non-tested guess, is that it's related to iron. The brown fallout only seemed to happen in the solution with whichever trace component contained iron.

 

[Hermie]

my alkalinity is super stable with all for reef (actually increasing) but I havent been monitoring my calcium or magnesium. my montis are growing excellently as are the other corals. I don't dose anything else except DIY all for reef. Strangely the dosing container has developed some cloudy fuzziness which I Assume is a bacterial mulm. I don't think it's negatively affecting the dosing since my alkalinity is staying above 10. I wish it was lower actually.

 

[J1a]

my alkalinity is super stable with all for reef (actually increasing) but I havent been monitoring my calcium or magnesium. my montis are growing excellently as are the other corals. I don't dose anything else except DIY all for reef. Strangely the dosing container has developed some cloudy fuzziness which I Assume is a bacterial mulm. I don't think it's negatively affecting the dosing since my alkalinity is staying above 10. I wish it was lower actually.

You can always dose less for a few days to bring the level down a notch, then resume the normal dosing to maintain the level.