Evaporating Salt

[ceseve01]

I have noticed a minor problem in my aquarium. Ever since I have had my 30 gallon tank set-up,(which has been about a month) there has been salt evaporating onto the surface! The moist salt is all over my emperor filter, the intake tube of my prizm and all over the hood. Is this normal? Are there any solutions? I ran nitrite, nitrate, amonia, and Ph and there are all normal. any recomendations will be appreceated.

 

[scy]

Hey Ceseve01,And welcome to the board.My tanks do the same thing this is normal,when i clean i just push the salt back into the tank iv'e never had a problem.

 

[b_ball12_99]

I have always been told and read that the salt stays in the tank and have never had to add more when replacing evapoarted water. I also have the salt crud too. It is very normal.

 

[shel]

Welcome to the board, it is a great board. Any questions, just post them and someone will answer you. I have the salt crude on my sump, I just push it back in when I do a water change. The salt crude on the top of tank I wipe out, not back into the tank because of dust or whatever. Hope this helps.
Shel

 

[sonny]

What is happening is that as water bubbles and flows back into the tank, it splashes tiny drops of saltwater onto the top of the hood. When it, dries, the salt stays behind. If you can find a way to reduce the splash, it will reduce the salt creep. You may have to mix your water change water a little heavy on the salt to replace what you've lost with this evaporation.
Sonny