left over powder from salt mix
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Just searched and found this older thread. Quick question for those of you out there that are using Salinity. I was just about to plumb a new 64G brute for Salt mixing. I was planning on using a small blueline external pump to do the mixing in the container but before i do, wanted to check here to see what everyone's experience has been over the past few months. Does adding the salt to the RO slower really reduce the amount of precipitate in the mixing container? I'm now afraid that the blueline will be too much flow and cause more and not less precipitation while i am mixing. I've noticed a lot when I add all the salt at the same time, so I am going to cut back to half the amount, then followed by the remainder in a couple of hours. Hoping that helps. I currently use a quietone pump to mix in the container which worked fine when i mixing 40 gallons, now with the larger container I need to boost the pump.
Bob
Bob
Ive been using Salinity for several months now (by the barrel lately) and notice that if I try to use it less than 24 hours after mixing it is still a little cloudy. my last batch I let sit for 4-5 days and the water was crystal clear. I pour 17 cups slowly into the RO brute bucket when adding
I use a 44 gal brute and use a Koralia 4 (old school) to mix the salt.
I use a 44 gal brute and use a Koralia 4 (old school) to mix the salt.
I mix mine in a 44G Brute as well but usually only fill it with about 30 gallons of RO. I have an external Iwaki doing most of the mixing and also have a Koralia 2 inside the bucket pointed towards the surface. I dump 13 cups, a cup at a time as the water is being pumped into the Brute. It is usually cloudy for at least 24 hours if not longer but is pretty clear after 48 hours. I get a white residue coating the inside of the container that will wipe off as long as I don't let it dry for too long. If it drys and I do it again it becomes hardened, turns brown and only comes off with a vinegar soaking and scrubbing. I also get some small brownish pellets laying at the bottom of the container.
I will accept that I'm putting the salt in too quickly as a partial explanation, however I've started putting the two day old mixed water into another brute that is on wheels to take it to my frag system and it will still end up with the white residue. Does some of the calcium precipitate stay suspended in the water even after it has been mixing for several days?
I will accept that I'm putting the salt in too quickly as a partial explanation, however I've started putting the two day old mixed water into another brute that is on wheels to take it to my frag system and it will still end up with the white residue. Does some of the calcium precipitate stay suspended in the water even after it has been mixing for several days?
I point my PH down towards the bottom - to mix up any sediment on the bottom - I have never seen anything brown, just the white residue coating. I pour mine in rather quickly - the 17 cups takes about 2-3 minutes for me to pour in. I do this with a full 40 gal though -i feel the particles have more time to dissolve on the way down.
