Is that salt???

[Danny85]

Hi.

Can You guys tell me what this is? The thing on My Heather and sump? Is it salt ore? My tank is only 4 days old and have live sand and live rock.

 

[TheAquarian]

Dust coating from setting up the tank. Did you have a cloudy tank when you added the water?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Undissolved particles, probably mostly calcium carbonate. New salt mixes are more prone to that than old tank water with the same parameters.

 

[Danny85]

Dust coating from setting up the tank. Did you have a cloudy tank when you added the water?

Oh yes it was. So i Can just clean it up?

 

[Danny85]

So do i just leave it there ore do I remove it?

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Yes you can clean that up. Like Randy said, it's salt mix that didn't, and won't, mix all the way. It's normal.

 

[Chuk]

Looks like calcium carbonate precipitate

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I’d ignore it.