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| View Poll Results: How Long Do You Mix A Fresh Batch Of Salt Before Putting it in the Tank? | |||
| A Couple of Hours |
   
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47 | 28.66% |
| 12 Hours |
  
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8 | 4.88% |
| 24 Hours |
  
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59 | 35.98% |
| 2 Days |
  
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35 | 21.34% |
| However Long it Takes the Heater to Get it to Temperature |
  
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15 | 9.15% |
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09-09-2009, 07:16 PM
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A couple hrs to a month!!!!!
Acctually, when I go to work, I make up 15g for the wife, incase of emergency's Then, when I get back, I do a water change with it. But, I will use water a few hrs after mixing, as long as its not too cold.
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09-09-2009, 08:16 PM
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Like a week or two. I fill up the mixing barrel, and then let the pump do its thing. Usually though I forget about it until the next weekend, which is why it gets to age for a week.
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09-09-2009, 08:29 PM
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One week. I do weekly water changes so when I finish with one I get the water for the next one ready. I also find it very helpful to have the new saltwater on hand in case of an emergency or when I sell a bunch of frags to someone (so that I can replace the water the frags were bagged in).
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09-09-2009, 10:01 PM
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In an emergency I've mixed and used it inside of five min's. Most of the time it's more then a week. I have two 35 gallonish rubbermaid cans, one for RO and one for Saltwater. I have a 900gph pump running continuously on the salt side to keep it mixed. I've never heated the water.
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09-09-2009, 10:29 PM
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I mix my salt until it is all dissolved, < 5 min, using tank temperature water and pump it in as I siphon detritus and old water out. Been doing that for years. Change 10% water every week. Fish and corals are in excellent condition.
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09-10-2009, 01:16 AM
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Anywhere from when it's clear (after adjusting for salinity) to a couple days ahead... If too much water evaporates from my mixing bucket (I try to avoid this anyhow, distilled water isn't cheap) there is a white deposit left on the pump and bucket since I dose the freshly mixed water with calcium and magnesium while it's mixing. The pump heats the water to a reasonable temperature also, so I don't use a heater.
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