Excess Salt?!?!?!?

[Reef Monkey]

I recently filled up a 30g tank using RODI water. I sprinkled a little less than the required amount of salt into the tank to let my two Koralia 3s mix the salt. Well two days later it still looks like a couple of teaspoons of salt are lying in the corners and swirling throughout the water. Shouldn't this salt be dissolved by now? Any thoughts from anybody out there?

 

[Brenden]

Depending on how stong the powerheads are.... it is possible it has not mixed yet. What brand of salt? have you tried stirring it up more by hand?

 

[twilliard]

temp also affects how long it will take

 

[Reef Monkey]

IO salt at 78 degrees. Normally it dissolves, by sight, within 5 minutes or so.

 

[Reef Monkey]

Just tested and PH is around 8.2

 

[twilliard]

Sounds like you may have a few solids in there.
When I mix my salt I sometimes get the undissolved stuff in the bottom of the barrel. Not much though and it is pure white.
I have noticed that when I get IO each bucket has a different characteristic to it when it mixes.

 

[Reef Monkey]

Should I just filter it out through my skimmer then? Try and break them up by hand? What do you usually do twilliard?

 

[Kurt_Nelson]

It shouldn't hurt to leave it in there. I always get a little undissolved stuff in the bottom of my mixing tub with Reef Crystals. Good reason to do it out of the tank so you can leave that stuff behind.

 

[Planet Reef]

If this wasn't a brand new bag or bucket and enough moisture was allowed to interact with the salt when you did your last water change, this can happen.

 

[Reef Monkey]

Thanks guys, I'm going to try and run my Remora to see if that will help to rid the tank of this excess salt.

 

[Krish]

Not sure if that will help, but why not try siphoning it up? Much easier and quicker IMO

 

[Brenden]

I always just mix in a seperate tube and pump the water out when I get it where I want it. I agree it is not that abnormal to have some stuff left over.