Red Sea Coral Pro Salt

[jvalentine]

Last night I began to start up my new Red Sea Reefer 350. I filled it up with RO/DI water (BRS 7 Stage RO/DI), ensured no leaks and that it ran fine. There was no sand or rock in the tank.

Put a Maxspect Gyre xf330 pump in and began adding Red Sea Coral Pro salt into the tank and letting the Gyre and my return pump (Sicce Syncra Silent 4.0) do the mixing. Water temp was about 70 at this point. Got the salinity up to 1.026, added a heater set to 78, and made sure to scrape the bottom of the tank to kick up any salt that may have settled and watched it for a few hours, hoping for the water to clear. By the time I went to sleep it was still a bit cloudy but clearing up overall.

However when I woke up this morning it was MUCH cloudier than when I went to sleep. A thin white layer had formed on the Gyre and bottom of the tank (didnt really look like salt deposits though?). Anyone else have this issue? Will it clear up eventually or did I mess something up?

 

[hubblephilip]

Sounds like you added the salt too quickly and the calcium has precipitated.

 

[jvalentine]

Sounds like you added the salt too quickly and the calcium has precipitated.

Is there anything I can do to fix it?

 

[hubblephilip]

Is there anything I can do to fix it?

Similar thing happened to me with Fritz salt and a new tank, i ran a lot of floss to get rid of the clouding, took pumps out and cleaned them and then rode it out til it cleared. Would be worth testing the alk and calcium before adding anything. Ideally dont add any corals until its clear and the alk and calcium are where they should be.