Disappointed Marine Environment User

[wpringle]

Recently received my first order of Marine Environment...boy was I geeked to start using the magic elixir.

 

Mixed up a batch (didn't dissolve worth a crap), calculated the amount of liquid additive to be approximately 1.6ml/gal, added the appropriate amount, let it age overnight, heated it to 78 degs and broke out the Ca tester to test out the 400+ I was expecting....WRONG Ca level turned out to be 280!!!! Had higher levels of Ca with IO!!!

 

Man what a let down. Would like to try Bio-Sea but I refuse to buy it. Sent an e-mail to Aqua Craft in the hopes that perhaps they may try to make amends with a bag of Bio-Sea.

 

Maybe I should just forget about Aqua Craft and go for TM. I have not found a place on line which carries it. My LFS's don't stock it. Anyone know where I can get it on line?

 

Thanks

[Dave ESPI]

lol

 

sorry to hear that d00der.

So, well give us EXACTLY how you mixed it and what you did. What kind of water,and what temp? I have not had a single bit of trouble.

 

Personaly I stick with the Bio-Sea.

[Crakeur]

I use the ME and I haven't had any problems. It dissolves real fast fort me and I use that stupid bottle, although I am running out of juice and still have 3/4 of the first bag left (7 more bags to go woohoo).

 

I wish you luck in emailing the company. I emailed them asking them if they could give me an idea as to the amount of liquid per gallon I should dose and the response I got was "mix all the salt in a 5 gallon bucket, dump in the whole magic bottle and, whenever you do a water change, dilute the salt water to the salinity you need." Not what I wanted as I will not leave 5 gallon buckets of salt water laying around my apartment.