Reef Crystals Salt Mixing Cloudy - Very concerned please help

[thatmanMIKEson]

I just switched back to Instant Ocean reef crystals because the Red Sea salt I was using gets cloudy and leaves residue all over the inside of the bucket and eventually all over the bottom of my sump area to where I literally had to scrape it off. Now I see that Instant Ocean seems to have the same issue.

My methods have changed / evolved like always lol

What temperature are you mixing the red sea salt at? And how are you mixing it? And how long are you mixing it for ?

So now I use colder water in the 70° range , mix with a powerhead for only about an hour or two, and i don't let it get above 78° while mixing, there is still a brown residue some times but seems different from bucket to bucket, and mixing in smaller batches now I don't notice it as much.

I still use red sea blue bucket.

 

[reefnfun]

I have been using it for many years and the last bucket I had the water was very cloudy(Milky). I used it anyways and the next morning it was crystal clear, no problems. I opened a new buck last week and the water is clear. i figured I just got a one off bucket. It is good to know I am not the only one lol.