Triton Core 7 - Can you mix half used bottles?

[Fisherman Joe]

Hi,

I have 200ml left in component 3a and when i added it to a measuring jug with a little of the old bottle of 3a, it all went cloudy and it looked like it precipitated.

Should you completely use one bottle before turning to another?

 

[blaxsun]

Ideally, yes. Though I'm guilty of generally mixing bottles all the time to consolidate/save space.

 

[Fisherman Joe]

Does it have any effect when it precipitates out of solution?

 

[Miami Reef]

Does it have any effect when it precipitates out of solution?

I’m not sure how 2 of the same solutions can cause precipitation.


FYI: I was trying to pm you about something not on topic to this thread, but I see that you have pm disabled. Was that on purpose? I wanted to ask you something about your pretty tank.

 

[Fisherman Joe]

I’ll turn it on.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I agree with everything said above/.

You sure you mixed the identical bottles and how much precipitate are we talking about? Slight cloudiness (no concern) or lots of settled solids (indicates a problem)?

 

[Fisherman Joe]

I agree with everything said above/.

You sure you mixed the identical bottles and how much precipitate are we talking about? Slight cloudiness (no concern) or lots of settled solids (indicates a problem)?

I’m pretty sure is was 3a with 3a.

Let me check again.

Do we know what is in 3a and 3b. Just curious.

 

[Beazy]

I’m pretty sure is was 3a with 3a.

Let me check again.

Do we know what is in 3a and 3b. Just curious.

Can’t remember what was in both. If you did accidentally mix 3a into 3b that shouldn’t cause that issue either. Iirc both of those can be used together or separately if you only have 3 dosing heads. You’d just want to try to adjust the ratio so it’s 50% of both solutions if you did end up mixing in the wrong one