Tropic Marin trace elements A and K questions

[Arisbel]

Does the solution separate at all? Both my solutions lost their distinctive colors while being in a dosing container. The temperature fluctuates and I’m in Florida. (Outside). There’s a red looking sludge in one of the two containers and I don’t know what it is or if it’s important? Should I mix it?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

When you say in a dosing container, did you dilute it?

A variety of trace elements are prone to air oxidation, which can happen faster when diluted and mixed into a larger volume, and in some cases, that oxidation can reduce solubility (such as converting ferrous iron to ferric iron).

 

[reefiniteasy]

My A & K does not get that sludge, one of them precipitates a gold powder. But I still dose it and have had no issues. There is another thread I started where Lou chimed in about the factory and process not being sterile so bacteria sometimes causes a stringy, whispy precipitate. When I’ve had this, it’s been blue in color.

 

[KStatefan]

The instruction say to shake before use. I have not noticed in thing on the A- but the K+ does. I have mine stir before dosing.

 

[Dennis Cartier]

My K+ IV bag precipitates a gold sediment. The A- bag doesn't precipitate anything.

 

[Hans-Werner]

The K+ Elements may precipitate a small amount of iron hydroxides as golden brown sediment as @Dennis Cartier states, but I have never seen something like this sludge.

Is it diluted or does it get too much light?

 

[Erasmus Crowley]

The color of the sludge looks very similar to the color of the tube that is reaching down into the solution.

Could the solution be slowly disintegrating the plastic? Or possibly leaching out the pigment from the plastic and the pigments are settling to the bottom?

 

[Arisbel]

When you say in a dosing container, did you dilute it?

A variety of trace elements are prone to air oxidation, which can happen faster when diluted and mixed into a larger volume, and in some cases, that oxidation can reduce solubility (such as converting ferrous iron to ferric iron).

No it’s not diluted. The container is also sealed if that matters

 

[Arisbel]

When you say in a dosing container, did you dilute it?

A variety of trace elements are prone to air oxidation, which can happen faster when diluted and mixed into a larger volume, and in some cases, that oxidation can reduce solubility (such as converting ferrous iron to ferric iron).

Should I mix it periodically? I could add a little pump in there to circulate it

 

[Arisbel]

The K+ Elements may precipitate a small amount of iron hydroxides as golden brown sediment as @Dennis Cartier states, but I have never seen something like this sludge.

Is it diluted or does it get too much light?

It’s not diluted. The windows next to it are tinted

 

[Arisbel]

The color of the sludge looks very similar to the color of the tube that is reaching down into the solution.

Could the solution be slowly disintegrating the plastic? Or possibly leaching out the pigment from the plastic and the pigments are settling to the bottom?

Interesting theory but the tube is 100% fine

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I would not assume that mixing it is useful. In the picture, there seem to be three containers with sediment.

What are all three?

 

[Hans-Werner]

It’s not diluted. The windows next to it are tinted

I think the color of the solution in the storage containers looks clearer than the original product.

So I assumed it could be bleached by light or be diluted.

 

[Dennis Cartier]

I noticed that the sediment in all 3 containers appears to be red. Some darker than others, but all red. The tube extending down into the container is also a deep red.

Could the colour be leaching from the plastic tube? Because I would not expect the same colour of sediment in different solutions unless it was not related to the solutions.