Instant ocean percipitate. What can i do?

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So my normal salt mix is red sea blue bucket but I am currently out and I had an old bag of instant ocean laying around so I can at least get my new tank cycled and over the following months slowly get it to red sea. The problem is that I added the salt to the water even though it was clumpy and now I have this white percipitate that I have no idea how to get rid of. I'm hoping I dont have to empty the tank and start over. It's a calcium precipitate because vinegar causes a reaction with it.
What can I do to get rid of the percipitate.

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Its not going to harm anything, can cause sand to harden if precipitates on it and mixes but thats about it. And that can be fixed by rubbing the hardened sections between your fingers.
 
Its not going to harm anything, can cause sand to harden if precipitates on it and mixes but thats about it. And that can be fixed by rubbing the hardened sections between your fingers.
So no issues at all? I may just syphon it out
 

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