Reef Fusion question

Goby-won · Sep 9, 2017

I have a question - does anyone know why Fusion 1 gets "slimy" or changes colors while in clear reservoir bottle? Even from my crappy picture you can see the slight color difference in the liquids.

Thanks for the help.

Randy Holmes-Farley · Sep 9, 2017

Reef Fusion 1 is the calcium part. It should not get cloudy unless the container was contaminated with some salt water or alk part, or the delivery tip is below the water line and some seawater is entering (it should drip free through the air). Are you diluting it at all?

What is the container itself made of, and are you sure it is something in the water and not clouding of the plastic material itself?

rkpetersen · Nov 6, 2017

That's not true, Randy. New well-mixed RF1 gradually deposits a brownish debris in the bottom of the container, even when starting from a perfectly clean uncontaminated container. I and many others have noticed this.

Randy Holmes-Farley · Nov 6, 2017

Thanks. I never heard of brown preciptitates from a commercial two part. Sounds like they used less than optimal ingredients.

Prestone Driveway Heat was known to do this. Maybe they sued the same source calcium chloride.

rkpetersen · Nov 6, 2017

You know, good point - it shouldn't be there. I've kinda been ignoring it, but I've gone ahead and siphoned most of it out. It also makes me wonder whether it's now better not to shake a new bottle of RF1 before pouring it into the dosing container.

Goby-won · Nov 9, 2017

I shake my bottles before I refill my doses bottles. I test alk, mag, & ca. My numbers are right where they are supposed to be - I only dose 1 ml of each 7 times/day. I was wondering if I should start adding “shake my dose bottle everyday” when I do my other stuff.