How Long Do You Mix A Fresh Batch Of Salt?

RuGlu6 · #1 09-09-2009, 07:16 PM

I put a new salt water mix in my tank as soon as salt is disolved never more then few minutes and no air, no heating.
Been doing this for years, fish and coral seem ok with that.

MMAX · #2 10-11-2009, 12:46 AM

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Originally Posted by RuGlu6

I put a new salt water mix in my tank as soon as salt is disolved never more then few minutes and no air, no heating.
Been doing this for years, fish and coral seem ok with that.

Same with me. Mix it up and dump it in. No problems whatsoever with anything in the tank.

edikpok · #3 10-15-2009, 05:37 AM

10-20 minutes. Whenever it dissolves it goes in. In order to heat the water up - I use my electric kettle to heat up the RO water just before I start draining the water from the tank...

Binare · #4 10-15-2009, 06:04 AM

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Originally Posted by edikpok

10-20 minutes. Whenever it dissolves it goes in. In order to heat the water up - I use my electric kettle to heat up the RO water just before I start draining the water from the tank...

You use your kettle with tap water too? Leaves behind calcium and lime deposits just like the build up in a coffee pot. I'm sure some of that would be released back into the ro water if you do.

burblecut · #5 11-29-2009, 04:02 AM

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Originally Posted by RuGlu6

I put a new salt water mix in my tank as soon as salt is disolved never more then few minutes and no air, no heating.
Been doing this for years, fish and coral seem ok with that.

I do this too, never had an issue with my coral or fish.

View Poll Results: How Long Do You Mix A Fresh Batch Of Salt Before Putting it in the Tank?
A Couple of Hours	47	28.66%
12 Hours	8	4.88%
24 Hours	59	35.98%
2 Days	35	21.34%
However Long it Takes the Heater to Get it to Temperature	15	9.15%
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