Bad salt?
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maeistero
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look seriously into a topoff tank, they're cheap.
my previous post was cut off, so i might miss something i was thinking of before :thinking:
the reef salt i just got is crystallized(sp?), and i've been wondering as it takes a week or more to dissolve completely. i think that the reef salt is for people who plan on it and dissolve the crystals for a week or so as opposed to the smaller salt for the couple of days salters. there is a lot more testing involved for me on the crystals as this is my first bucket. :thinking:
i would still run your tank with a lot of flow for a couple weeks at least. you need to look into at least 4-6 maxijets for a 55. i'd go with 750's or above, but that's personal opinion.
your substrate is one that i've used with no problems before on a 2-3" sandbed. there's a lot of 4-6" 'ers on the site, but nite's seem to be lower on less than 4".
:notsure: i view every new question as a little bit of advice and a lot of experimentation.
my previous post was cut off, so i might miss something i was thinking of before :thinking:
the reef salt i just got is crystallized(sp?), and i've been wondering as it takes a week or more to dissolve completely. i think that the reef salt is for people who plan on it and dissolve the crystals for a week or so as opposed to the smaller salt for the couple of days salters. there is a lot more testing involved for me on the crystals as this is my first bucket. :thinking:
i would still run your tank with a lot of flow for a couple weeks at least. you need to look into at least 4-6 maxijets for a 55. i'd go with 750's or above, but that's personal opinion.
your substrate is one that i've used with no problems before on a 2-3" sandbed. there's a lot of 4-6" 'ers on the site, but nite's seem to be lower on less than 4".
:notsure: i view every new question as a little bit of advice and a lot of experimentation.
silentm
Member
did u have to rinse you substarte alot?the tank is 75gal aga,i run a wet/dry filter with a sv1 excalibur skimmer and a mag 9.5 for return.so it could take up to a week for the salt to disolve?my substrate just seems to create more and more cloud i woke up this morn and it looked like nothing but smoke,yesterday i could at least see the back.
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thomas712
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Originally Posted by silentm
How can you tell if you have a bad batch of salt?my tank has been runnin for 4 days now and the glass has a white milky slime on it.
You should test it before using. I had a similar event that wiped out my whole cleaning crew. My mixing tank looked like someone had poured milk in it and it left behind almost all the calcium that was in the salt mix because the alkalinity was in outer space and it caused a severe precipitation event.
Thomas
How can you tell if you have a bad batch of salt?my tank has been runnin for 4 days now and the glass has a white milky slime on it.
You should test it before using. I had a similar event that wiped out my whole cleaning crew. My mixing tank looked like someone had poured milk in it and it left behind almost all the calcium that was in the salt mix because the alkalinity was in outer space and it caused a severe precipitation event.
Thomas
silentm
Member
so i should test for?salinity,alk and calcium?and yeah my tank looked like what you described i dont have any livestock in yet but i was concerened by what looked like a chemical reaction on the surface of the water,like oil in water type deal.i just emptied my tank and it was completed white film covered.im rerinsing my substrate and gonna remix water.