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10-23-2014, 03:40 AM
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I change 10% every week. I matched salinity and temperature. I have mixed sand upto 3 days with no effects. I use a power head to mix and at any point in time it would be the same as inside the tank. It should not affect the chemistry (and if it does, the same would happen inside the tank).
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10-23-2014, 03:48 AM
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I've thrown bags of Instant Ocean out before as well. It wasn't worth trying to prove the salt was bad to the retailer or manufacturer so I just buy a new bag and generally the new bag is fine. I haven't had fish die but the salt is inconsistent and at times it doesn't dissolve completely, the water is brownish or cloudy, and sometimes ****es off the corals especially sensitive SPS. If fish are dying though but no one else is having that problem, there might be something more to it like something in the bucket or something was tampered with.
Last edited by Samw; 10-23-2014 at 03:51 AM.
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10-23-2014, 02:13 PM
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What about your POWER head that you are using. Maybe is it a older one or oil filled pump.
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10-23-2014, 03:23 PM
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This is really strange that a 10% water change would cause a whole system to crash immediately. To me, it seems like there was a toxin introduced that caused this to happen. As others have pointed out, maybe something leaked into the mixing salt container. I would think there would be a lot more people using the salt that would start reporting this issue on this forum and on other reef forums. Maybe that is still to come though.
As for mixing salt and leaving it for extended periods, I mix mine about 10 days in advance and keep powerheads and heater on.
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