whats in tropic marins part c.

[ddc0715]

you see... on the label it says, it contains all 70 trace elements found in natural sea water...but there is no break down or element list on the label..

anyone know what they all are?

this is a trace element question..not a "should I dose it question

 

[Reefer Dan]

you see... on the label it says, it contains all 70 trace elements found in natural sea water...but there is no break down or element list on the label..

anyone know what they all are?

this is a trace element question..not a "should I dose it question

TM part C is a NaCl free salt mix, so it is all the normal stuff (elements) you would get when you use a regular salt mix (like for water changes) but without the sodium chloride. It is not intended to replace (or supplement) the trace elements, but helps to make sure they don’t get diluted by the eventual byproduct of dosing 2 part ( CaCl2 + Na2CO3 -> CaCO3 + 2NaCl).

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Right. Look at a table of what seawater is, and ignore the sodium and chloride (there is certainly some sodium and chloride in it, but greatly reduced) and that is the composition of Balling Part C.

Here's a typical table from one of my articles (Table 1):

What is Seawater? by Randy Holmes-Farley - Reefkeeping.com

 

[MrGisonni]

It's not a trace elements supplement like replenish or other products

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

True, I missed that focus of the question. It should NOT EVER be used as a trace element supplement. It should be used when using calcium chloride and sodium bicarbonate/carbonate/hydroxide to offset the ion loses when you adjust the salinity back down from accumulating sodium and chloride.

 

[MrGisonni]

What Randy said!!

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

As an example of why it is inappropriate as a trace element supplement, suppose that you have undetectable trace elements (say, manganese) by ICP and want to raise them to NSW levels (a very common scenario), if you add the full NSW levels of these trace elements you will DOUBLE the level of magnesium, sulfate, potassium, etc. Those major ions will get way too high.