Oceanic Salt

If this has been discussed I appoligize...

I've been hearing good things about oceanic so I tried it out.  Here some test results...

Temp- 79°
Salinity- 35ppt
PH- 8.3
Dkh- 8.6
Calcium- 450ppm
Magnesium- 1440ppm
NO3- 0
PO4- 0
Si- 0

Done 2- water changes so far and so far so good.

 

Do either of you have a boron test kit?  The reason I ask is... the Oceanic salt came out just after the Omega Seas disappeared.  I heard that whoever owned Omega Seas had infringed on the Oceanic patent (hearsay only, no first hand knowledge).  And the Omega Seas salt was reported to have elevated boron levels.  Boron (borate) is a great buffer for seawater and is used in some marine buffer products and at least one other marine salt purposefully elevates it for that reason.

·       Specific gravity: 1.021 to 1.023

·       PH: 8.0 to 8.2

·       Calcium: 420 - 460 parts per million

·       Magnesium: 1250 - 1350 parts per million

·       Potassium: 380 - 400 parts per million

·       Bromide: 65 parts per million

·       Phosphates: none

Edited by Travis

I use Oceanic Salt, too. I was using it exclusively for a couple of months. At first, things in my tank seemed to react in a good way, looking better than ever. But then after a while, it seemed like things were not as happy. I didn't really make any other changes to my system. I now alternate my water changes between Oceanic and Instant Ocean mixes. Like everything, I think variety may be good.

I love how the micro-fine Oceanic Salt mix dissolves immediately. Not sure if anyone else has made this same interesting observation... I used a sheet of paper to make a funnel into my water jug, so the salt wouldn't spill all over. Usually, I immediately throw the paper away, but for some reason I just set it on my desk this time. A couple of days later, I noticed that the salt had melted into something that looked like wet glycerin drops all over the paper. Then, after about a week, it completely evaporated. Weird!

The moral of the story... When it says to reseal the container, make sure you do. Something strange happens when it's exposed to air. Or paper? Or me?

I heard it's the guy from Seascope!! AKA, Chemical Hovanek!

jfinch wrote: Do either of you have a boron test kit?  The reason I ask is... the Oceanic salt came out just after the Omega Seas disappeared.  I heard that whoever owned Omega Seas had infringed on the Oceanic patent (hearsay only, no first hand knowledge).  And the Omega Seas salt was reported to have elevated boron levels.  Boron (borate) is a great buffer for seawater and is used in some marine buffer products and at least one other marine salt purposefully elevates it for that reason.

Jon,

it is to my understandin that omega salt infringed on Instant Ocean salt mix since it was the same chemist who made both salts Oceanic was in the works before all that happend...

Eric, PS, i love the new Oceanic salt

Eric, it was IO?  I thought it had something to do with the micro small size of the salt grains that got them in trouble.

I'd guess that elevated boron is toxic to some life and not to others.  I don't really know, but I like the idea of keeping stuff other then calcium and carbonates at NSW concentrations.  But from Oceanic's reply to you I doubt it's elevated.  Also, just a guess but I doubt Tim will talk about any salt not made by Marineland.  So expect data on Instant Ocean and Reef Crystals.  Although, it would be great if he had data on others too!

Do you recall what the infringment was?

Who is backing/distributing the oceanic salt (central garden & pet?)?

Hey Jon, the main problem was that when the chemist left (IO) for omega cause omega offerd more money IO said that he used some formula that was IO they are still in court fighting it out and yes they still sell Kent Marine salt...

Adam,  that's great!  Do you know if the data is in the public domain?

It's not this data is it:  http://web.archive.org/web/20030608135355/http://www.animaln etwork.com/fish2/aqfm/1999/mar/features/1/default.asp

Edited by jfinch