Clooudy mix with Salinity

[legalreefer]

Just bought my first bucket of Salinity. Was told to let it mix for at least 6 hours. I use RO/DI water... Its been mixing since last night and still cloudy. Any thoughts

 

[eagle9252]

Its fine. The only time mine has went cloudy was when i heated the water first. I mix then heat. Have let it mixed for several days and no problem

 

[legalreefer]

I heated it while mixing. I didnt know if this was nornal or not. Thanks!

 

[darth reefer]

I put in the water salt and heater at the same time and let it circulate for a day or two and mine is always clear. Been using salinity for about 6 months now. I would let it keep going for a while and see if it clears up.

 

[eagle9252]

when mine clouded up i could never get it to clear up but put it in anyway and it cleared up in the tank in about 30min.

 

[acroholic]

Don't worry about it.

 

[cedzaquaddiction]

Shouldn't be a problem. Only had that issue once with Instant Ocean (FOWLR for now), and it cleared up within an hour of adding it to my DT. Something about the the flow and LR that naturally takes care of things...

FWIW: After I have about 10-15 gallons of RODI water, I add all the salt I need with a couple of power-heads running, and continue to let the RODI trickle in until I've reached my desired salinity level. I normally let the RODI run while I am at work, and adjust as needed when I return home. After it's all balanced out, I add my Seachem Prime, and let it continue to mix for about 45 minutes.

I normally make about 35 gallons of SW at a time. Never heated a single time, as my containers are in my laundry room, and it is normally kind of warm in there anyway.

 

[ralph atl]

Acroholic;824027 wrote: Don't worry about it.

yup....:up:

 

[shanepike]

CedzAquAddiction;824037 wrote: After it's all balanced out, I add my Seachem Prime, and let it continue to mix for about 45 minutes.

Why do you add Prime? That's the first I've heard of that.

 

[eagle9252]

ShanePike;824088 wrote: Why do you add Prime? That's the first I've heard of that.

some use prime as a stress coat for new fish and it says to add to new water but that's mostly if you use house water not rodi water.

 

[cedzaquaddiction]

eagle9252;824097 wrote: some use prime as a stress coat for new fish and it says to add to new water but that's mostly if you use house water not rodi water.

Yup. I'm probably being overly caution as usual. I use the prime work water changes as they are normally 30 gallons or more. Don't use prime for top off water, though I don't really have a reason. Lol.

 

[dakota9]

Prime; It's a good practice.......

Years ago, on the forums here, a member had a tank crash. Turns out the RODI unit failed and allowed chlorinated water into mix water and killed most everything when added to the tank as I recall.

A few pennies worth of prime could have fixed that issue.

Just sayin......

 

[cedzaquaddiction]

Dakota9;824116 wrote: Prime; It's a good practice.......

Years ago, on the forums here, a member had a tank crash. Turns out the RODI unit failed and allowed chlorinated water into mix water and killed most everything when added to the tank as I recall.

A few pennies worth of prime could have fixed that issue.

Just sayin......

There ya go... :shades:

 

[grouper therapy]

Dakota9;824116 wrote: Prime; It's a good practice.......

Years ago, on the forums here, a member had a tank crash. Turns out the RODI unit failed and allowed chlorinated water into mix water and killed most everything when added to the tank as I recall.

A few pennies worth of prime could have fixed that issue.

Just sayin......

Do you recall how it failed? The carbon block removes the chlorine so I do not understand how it "failed". Did he not change it out?

 

[legalreefer]

I have to agree it is good practice. But its all cleared up after a couple hours after the wc! Thanks guys!