SRC Member markietan Posted April 19, 2008 SRC Member Share Posted April 19, 2008 i'm using coral sea salt and previously i didn't have this problem. i would mix the salt and leave it overnight and next day adjust the salt mix to make sure that the salinity is okay and then just top it up into my tank now that my first packet of coral sea salt is finishing... there seem to be alot of whitish specks in my pail of salt mix which was left overnight... did the salt go bad? i didn't fully seal it properly and i think moisture got in and some of them clumped up together a little... is the salt mix still usable if i run it through filter wool into my sump w/ protein skimmer? Quote :DECOMMED 5ft shallow tank: :DECOMMED 3ft tank::DECOMMED 2ft nano tank: :4ft Balcony Tank: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member LaW Posted April 19, 2008 SRC Member Share Posted April 19, 2008 i'm using coral sea salt and previously i didn't have this problem. i would mix the salt and leave it overnight and next day adjust the salt mix to make sure that the salinity is okay and then just top it up into my tank now that my first packet of coral sea salt is finishing... there seem to be alot of whitish specks in my pail of salt mix which was left overnight... did the salt go bad? i didn't fully seal it properly and i think moisture got in and some of them clumped up together a little... is the salt mix still usable if i run it through filter wool into my sump w/ protein skimmer? its most likely calcium prepicipate. i experience that and finding it harder to dissolve as well if i didn't seal the salt properly. for those clumps, suspense in the water, then crush it to powder form again, that will make it easier to dissolve. happy reefing! Quote If a man could beat his own fantasy. Then to only breed in captivity. Then its pointless. Genesis 1:20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that has life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. And God created great whales, and every living creature that moves, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. || Tank: 78" x 30" x 30" || Sump: 48" x 22" x 20" || Lights: PowerModule 10 X 80W|| Returns: 2 x HF32 || || Skimmer: BubbleKing Supermarin 300 || Wavemaker: 3 x 6100 & 1 x 6200, 2 x Wavebox 6212, WavySea || || FR: 2 x FR150 || NR: Sulphur Denitrator || CR: RM Custom Made 8" || KR: Deltec KM500 || TopUp: Tunze Osmolator 3155 || || UV: Coralife 12X 36W || Ozonizer: Sanders C200|| Controller: GHL Profilux Plus II Ex || Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member markietan Posted April 19, 2008 Author SRC Member Share Posted April 19, 2008 its most likely calcium prepicipate. i experience that and finding it harder to dissolve as well if i didn't seal the salt properly. for those clumps, suspense in the water, then crush it to powder form again, that will make it easier to dissolve. happy reefing! thats what i thought too... so its still okay to top it up into the water with the calcium precipitate? Quote :DECOMMED 5ft shallow tank: :DECOMMED 3ft tank::DECOMMED 2ft nano tank: :4ft Balcony Tank: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member markietan Posted April 19, 2008 Author SRC Member Share Posted April 19, 2008 oh no... just read that too much calcium will cause my inverts's shell to harden b4 it molts and this might kill them i have 7 (+1 missing, presumably dead) shrimps in the tank... how? Quote :DECOMMED 5ft shallow tank: :DECOMMED 3ft tank::DECOMMED 2ft nano tank: :4ft Balcony Tank: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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