Other crazy ingredients of NoSalt

Boohoo said:
I purchased the same kind (with those extra ingredients) some months back. At the time I too questioned if it was the correct stuff. I was told here that it was and have been using it ever since. :)
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Thanks for the reassurance. I am going to add some tonight. I have never properly dosed ferts before, so I am hoping for some exciting plant growth. We'll see how it goes.
 
I wanted to compare the products listed in the fert sticky, but the store I went to just had NoSalt. I couldn't find stump remover at the hardware store, so I may check out Greg Watson for KNO3 and KCl.
 
EcoPit said:
I wanted to compare the products listed in the fert sticky, but the store I went to just had NoSalt. I couldn't find stump remover at the hardware store, so I may check out Greg Watson for KNO3 and KCl.
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Ahhh... Stump Remover! .. well that brings back some younger memories.. Dyamite was used to remove stumps for the house ;)
 
I believe that in online communciation, it is conventional to represent yelling by using all capital letters -- e.g. FIRE!!!

Be that as it may, can anyone tell me roughly how much potassium I should be adding to a 30 gallon planted tank (60 W. light, DUI CO2)? I have both NoSalt and another product called Leaf Zone, which contains both K20 (potash) and Iron.
 
I believe you will need to test your water. Some water sources have higher levels of potassium than others so there is no base amount.

And mineral oil in NoSalt is very low in concentration. The worst it would do to your fish is make it much easier for them to go to the bathroom.
 
For me simple and easy is best.

I buy dry chemicals from Greg Watson to dose the "Macros" NPK

75 gallon tank
65 net gallons

KNO3 Potassium Nitrate .75t 4x week = 25+ ppm K
KH2Po4 Potassium Mono Phosphate .125t 4x week = 8 ppm K

I also add 1T of Seachem Equilibrium at water change which gives me another 12 ppm K

That's a total of 45+ ppm K and no worries about additives and preservatives.

Two years on this tank and never a hint of K deficiency.

Jay
 
I believe those extra ingredients are flow agents. They keep the salt grains from sticking together so they will come out of the shaker.

I've seen KCL in bags of pellets for use in water softeners. It is supposed to be healthier than sodium for softened drinking water, so it is meant for human consumption (albiet after ion exchange in the resin) . Probably cheaper than the shaker salt too. $10 for 40 lb
http://www.acehardware.com/product/...84.1367182&parentPage=family&searchId=1367182

I suppose I could use it in the softener, then add some softened water to the water changes. Potassium carbonate instead of calcium and magnesium.
 
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That's the cheapest source of K I've seen. A quick Google search on potassium chloride water softener crystals brought back a goldmine of results. I wonder if they are truly aquarium safe. I don't see why not, but I would like to see the ingredient list.
 
From the Morton Salt website it seems to be a mined product with no additives. So it probably contains traces of other minerals and sand (silicon dioxide, as in the shaker salt)

http://www.mortonsalt.com/faq/faq_wate.asp?id=34

Is potassium chloride mined the same way as salt?

Yes, the Morton product is mined the same way as salt.

Do Morton® Potassium Chloride Pellets contain the resin cleaners found in other Morton® System Saver® Pellets or Morton® Rust Remover Super Pellens®?

No. Morton® Potassium Chloride Pellets do not contain any additives. Therefore, you will not get the benefit of the resin cleaners found in Morton® System Saver® Pellets or Morton® Rust Remover Super Pellens®.
 
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