Mixing salt. Is there a right or wrong way?

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

So they say. Not sure of the rationale behind it though.

The rationale is to reduce the time where salt is present in excess, either locally on the bottom or overall. It’s hard to avoid entirely, but mixing in fast to lots of water limits the likelihood of hypersalinity at the bottom which will encourage irreversible precipitation of calcium carbonate.

 

[Dburr1014]

I use cool water then add the salt. Powerhead in the bucket while I'm adding salt. A scoop at a time. Could be 20/30 minutes before its all up to the correct sg. I used to heat it after mixed if I'm doing a water change. I now do awc so it's always cool.

 

[Potatohead]

So they say. Not sure of the rationale behind it though.

Because as you ad water to salt, and the salt dissolves, you can/will get hyper-concentrated saltwater, in which some elements of the salt will precipitate out.

 

[jda]

I strongly caution anybody not to believe that people who work for, or develop products for, a company are really smart and know what they are doing. Some are, but most are completely lost. Some companies have gone through scores of "chemists" and still have not found solid, reliable formulas for a salt mix.

...just take what they tell you with a grain of salt and verify it on your own.

 

[EricR]

...just take what they tell you with a grain of salt and verify it on your own.

"with a grain of salt",,, now that's punny,,, errr,,, funny

 

[Roli's Reef Ranch]

Always funny when somebody calls out RHF and gets owned. I guess some people still don't know who he is. It's like telling Colonel Sanders that he doesn't know how to fry chicken! LOL