reefcrystals and alkalinity

[emmanuel]

I had one bucket of reefcrystals that was 9.8 dkh with a salifert test kit and now I have a bucket that is 12.6 dkh . Both test were done 24 hours after the salt and water were mixed but the lower dkh was mixed with RO the higher dkh was with RO/DI
Whats with that?

 

[KathyC]

Try mixing the salt up and retest..I've heard some buckets of some salts need to be mixed so that the different additives are evenly distributed throughout the bucket.

 

[bad coffee]

reef crystals has had consistency issues lately. I switched back to IO.

B

 

[emmanuel]

That's not good , every time I get comfortable with a product it either gets discontinued or it goes bad

 

[KathyC]

I have gotten in the habit lately of testing my new water when I get a new bucket of salt..you just never know...
But, I do know it's best to always stir up any new bucket of salt..you may still be ok with your bucket Manny!

 

[grknyer]

The very reason I switched salts. They have had consistancy issues for a while now. It's all over Reefcentral and other reef sites I frequent.
When the very few sticks in my tank were being affected I switched. I now use Red Sea Pro Salt.