Soooo....I made a miscalculation mixing some new saltwater and adding Mg to it and ended up with about 15 extra gallons. Since I only need to do a 5 gallon water change each week, will the extra mixed water be OK if its stored in the buckets I used for the next 3 weeks or so? The buckets are from Home Depot and are only used to mix water...I think I'll be fine but wanted to double check, will the buckets leach anything during this time?
mixed saltwater ok?
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What kind of salt? You may get some sediment depending on what kind of salt you're using. Other than that, i would say you're fine.
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yea, what Mr. Murray said. I would be more concerned about PH/ALK than the plastic leaching
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Interesting number of gallons Randy makes at one time.
I've been storing water in five gallon buckets for a while with no problems that I have noticed. I do not have a proper mixing station so I hook up the RO/DI to my kitchen sink, get as much as I can before the wife puts an end to it, then make what I need. I usually change 10-15% of my 90 gallon tank at a time and often have some left over.
Yesterday I set up a 32 gallon Brute to start doing large mixes to make my life easier, I'm glad I read that thread because I started to panic when I saw this comment.
FWIW, I've never kept constant flow going with the mixed water, but it has always been a bucket or two left over and I would remix and check salinity before using. I use Tropic Marin Pro.
Yesterday I set up a 32 gallon Brute to start doing large mixes to make my life easier, I'm glad I read that thread because I started to panic when I saw this comment.
FWIW, I've never kept constant flow going with the mixed water, but it has always been a bucket or two left over and I would remix and check salinity before using. I use Tropic Marin Pro.
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