R/O Right won't dissolve

[frogguy]

I just switched to R/O water with R/O Right (Kent) supplementation. I added the R/O Right about 4 hours ago and it still hasn't gone into solution. Is this normal?

thanks,
frogguy

 

[savga]

Hmm, that is strange. It always dissolved very easily for me. I put it in the bottom of a bucket and pour water in onto it. It dissolves without any extra stirring for me.

 

[Medusa Head]

Do you mean your water is cloudy, or it has settled on the bottom? I've found that powders like RO Right and Equilibrium will cloud the water for around 12-24 hours after they are added. Equilibrium is also particularly hard to dissolve - I use a magnetic stirrer and even after leaving Equilibrium on there for a half hour, there's still a significant amount that hasn't dissolved.

Might I suggest switching to Kent Botanica gH+. I did... it contains only calcium and magnesium... no danger of increasing potassium level too much (I dose potassium seperately). It's a liquid, just shake it up, measure it, and add it. And best of all, no clouding whatsoever!

 

[frogguy]

It doesn't cloud the water. It is a white particulate that sits on the bottom. I can see some of it going into solution immediately, but the particulate was still there after 6 hours.

I added 2 teaspoons to 10 gallons of deionized water. There is a pump in the tank circulating the water. I'll check this morning to see if the particulate matter is still there.

Does this stuff go off? I just bought it yesterday and the seal was still intact but it does seem to have solidified a bit as I had to scrape it out. Is it normally a powder?

frogguy

 

[frogguy]

I just checked the tank and the particulate is still present after 18 hours.

frogguy