Didn't mix salt long enough
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Sdoutreefer
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I use red sea coral pro. It was mixing for about 2 hours but the salinity was not high enough for me so I added a little and thought I had given enough time to mix.
socal619
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i use the same salt, mine mixes pretty fast in like 30 minutes. i just make sure the powerheads blows all the salt off the bottom of the bucket and mixes. 2 1/2 scoops in a 5 gallon bucket, pour water ontop salt, add powerhead, 30 mins later good to go
mcarroll
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If it was going to do any damage, I'd bet it would be immediately apparent - so I think if all looks well then no harm, no cause worry.
I wouldn't make a habit out if it though.
FWIW, from setup, to pouring the water, to mixing, through cleanup I can do a whole 5 gallon water change in about 10 minutes or less without hurrying.
Not that anyone needs to necessarily go faster, but it doesn't have to take more than 5 minutes or so for most salts to completely dissolve. If it takes you any longer (and you see that as a problem), get more creative with how you set up your mixing pump.
Even using a manual mixing paddle like these followed by air stones doesn't take much longer. (Don't cheap out on the air pump if this is your method. Along with the paddle, I have used one outlet off a Fusion 7 air pump - which is not expensive - to mix two 10 gallon vats with good results.)
SOCAL619: Always, always, always pour the dry into the wet. This goes for food baking, cement mixing and especially mixing artificial seawater. There is much more chance for precipitation to happen if you instead wet over the dry, which will cause your water change water to be reduced in calcium and alkalinity.
Hope this helps!
-Matt
I wouldn't make a habit out if it though.
FWIW, from setup, to pouring the water, to mixing, through cleanup I can do a whole 5 gallon water change in about 10 minutes or less without hurrying.
Not that anyone needs to necessarily go faster, but it doesn't have to take more than 5 minutes or so for most salts to completely dissolve. If it takes you any longer (and you see that as a problem), get more creative with how you set up your mixing pump.
Even using a manual mixing paddle like these followed by air stones doesn't take much longer. (Don't cheap out on the air pump if this is your method. Along with the paddle, I have used one outlet off a Fusion 7 air pump - which is not expensive - to mix two 10 gallon vats with good results.)
SOCAL619: Always, always, always pour the dry into the wet. This goes for food baking, cement mixing and especially mixing artificial seawater. There is much more chance for precipitation to happen if you instead wet over the dry, which will cause your water change water to be reduced in calcium and alkalinity.
Hope this helps!
-Matt
socal619
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If it was going to do any damage, I'd bet it would be immediately apparent - so I think if all looks well then no harm, no cause worry.
I wouldn't make a habit out if it though.
FWIW, from setup, to pouring the water, to mixing, through cleanup I can do a whole 5 gallon water change in about 10 minutes or less without hurrying.
Not that anyone needs to necessarily go faster, but it doesn't have to take more than 5 minutes or so for most salts to completely dissolve. If it takes you any longer (and you see that as a problem), get more creative with how you set up your mixing pump.
Even using a manual mixing paddle like these followed by air stones doesn't take much longer. (Don't cheap out on the air pump if this is your method. Along with the paddle, I have used one outlet off a Fusion 7 air pump - which is not expensive - to mix two 10 gallon vats with good results.)
SOCAL619: Always, always, always pour the dry into the wet. This goes for food baking, cement mixing and especially mixing artificial seawater. There is much more chance for precipitation to happen if you instead wet over the dry, which will cause your water change water to be reduced in calcium and alkalinity.
Hope this helps!
-Matt
ill keep this in mind, thank Matt
-Matt :tongue: lol
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Sdoutreefer
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I don't think it has to do with the way I mix my salt. I've been mixing my salt for years now but kind of rushed it tonight with my water change because of plans. The sg was .024 and wanted 025-026 so I added a little. I gave it about 10 minutes and it looked like it had mixed until I put the new water in. But thanks everyone for the input!
Socal- you need to make it a point to always add salt to the water. In the past I have had people try to mix water for me and they would add water to salt... Unfortunately the batch was wasted :banghead:
Socal- you need to make it a point to always add salt to the water. In the past I have had people try to mix water for me and they would add water to salt... Unfortunately the batch was wasted :banghead:
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