How long do you let your salt mix age?

[overanalyzer]

Originally posted by j21kickster
Honestly- i let mine ste for about 2 hours-
I mix, sest salinity and then put a heater ia with an airstone- wait till it is 80 and then change it out- never had a problem
What do you expect from a former LFS employee??
Question is - how long is the whole process?? From the mixing to getting it up to temp??

 

[j21kickster]

about 2 hours

 

[j21kickster]

we had to make SW on so many emergencies- i know you are suposed to let the O2 CO2 levels balance- but we never had any problems

 

[ffishermen]

this may be a dumb question, but what the heck. i live close to the ocean so getting filtered sea water is not a problem for me.
i've been doing this for quite some time now and haven't seen any ill effects from this. what are the benfits of making it your self.

 

[goldrush]

I guess the biggest benefit is convenience.You can mix as much as you want,whenever you want. To me it's the fact that with RO/DI water I am assurred that it is desease free. If you are getting your water anywhere near the coastline I would be very concerned about contaminents.Pollutants,boat discharge,red tide,algaes,medical waste,sewage,should I go on?