Rick Mathew
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Jay...In my experience the mathematical adjustment is very close and is meaningful...I have used it many times in test development. As best as I can tell it is linear in behavior at lest in the ranges I have worked with.
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I’ve had reps or hobbyists offer both Fritz, the new Aqua Forest salts, and Contiuum. Might be another I’m forgetting
I wonder if the new Red Sea formulas have anything drastically different that makes them worth testing again.
TokenReefer
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I second this. Much appreciated. I refer to this thread often. Very useful
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For those following along:
Do you think there is any value in adding a price per gallon to my testing "parameters?" I hesitate because prices can vary wildly depending on promos, sales, and vendors. I find budget to be one of the largest factors when purchasing salt so I wonder if a salt's value changes to some if the price doesn't meet the parameters, if that makes sense.
Do you think there is any value in adding a price per gallon to my testing "parameters?" I hesitate because prices can vary wildly depending on promos, sales, and vendors. I find budget to be one of the largest factors when purchasing salt so I wonder if a salt's value changes to some if the price doesn't meet the parameters, if that makes sense.
Sean Clark
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I wouldn't bother with pricing. It's too volatile to add much value and at the end of the day if price was someone's driving decision factor then they likely won't be looking too hard at the rest of the data.
I do get curious about how much salt the bucket really makes. I see a lot of buckets rate at a low salinity and make significantly less than it says at say 35ppt. I just recently decided on the nyos salt which definitely isn't cheap but I like a lot about it.
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No. Not one company followed through to send me their salt. I won’t blast them but one could easily infer who didn’t send me salt that said they would. Only a couple large brands are missing.
I’ve got three more salts to add to the sheet and then I’ll likely wrap this up
Since I'm starting fully fresh builds I decided on nyos. Bought a bucket about 1 ½ months ago. They icp batch test and put on bucket but I haven't seen many people using this salt so not much user info on it. It's pretty clean but I haven't done any real testing myself yet. Pharma grade, icp, and able to store was a big factor for me. We'll see. If you want some let me know.
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Already been tested
I haven’t updated the Google Sheet with all the latest results yet. Going back on the ReefDudes stream once I’ve completed this round.
Couple people on here are helping out by sending in some salts and ICP tests so it will be another month or so before I conclude this round
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Mixing dry powders with many different ingredients with different particle sizes and densities to get a uniform mix on the scale of a bucket is quite challenging, and I’m a bit surprised that many companies seem to do it reasonably well.
Looking forward to the streamAlready been tested
I haven’t updated the Google Sheet with all the latest results yet. Going back on the ReefDudes stream once I’ve completed this round.
Couple people on here are helping out by sending in some salts and ICP tests so it will be another month or so before I conclude this round
