Jobiwan
Well-known member
Hello Boomer et al,
I'm almost to the point of having 600 gallons of RO in 7 different containers ready to fill my new tank in two weeks, I want to have them all mixed with salt (Seachem Reef is my personal preference) when I add them to the tank. as the live rock will be in place and I won't subject it to the rigors of a FW dip so I can mix it in the tank. Each container will have 24 hours of circulation to dissolve the mix and to adjust it to 1.025 (the salinity the 800 lbs of rock has been curing in for 10 weeks). Depending on the final delivery date of my system, this salt mix will be stored covered (to avoid dust contamination etc in my garage) for 7 to 14 days. I've noticed that 5 gallon sealed containers of premixed salt water are being marketed now, are there any problems/adverse chemical reactions I could experience by storing my synthetic mix for a couple of weeks without the benefit of aeration/exposure to air? The tank will be rapidly filled with an Iwaki 100 which should give a bit of aeration going in the tank, once it is full the closed loops powered by 3 hammerheads will go on, so the rock itself will only be exposed to unaerated water for a very short period. I'd appreciate any advice you can give me regarding this, best regards, Joe
I'm almost to the point of having 600 gallons of RO in 7 different containers ready to fill my new tank in two weeks, I want to have them all mixed with salt (Seachem Reef is my personal preference) when I add them to the tank. as the live rock will be in place and I won't subject it to the rigors of a FW dip so I can mix it in the tank. Each container will have 24 hours of circulation to dissolve the mix and to adjust it to 1.025 (the salinity the 800 lbs of rock has been curing in for 10 weeks). Depending on the final delivery date of my system, this salt mix will be stored covered (to avoid dust contamination etc in my garage) for 7 to 14 days. I've noticed that 5 gallon sealed containers of premixed salt water are being marketed now, are there any problems/adverse chemical reactions I could experience by storing my synthetic mix for a couple of weeks without the benefit of aeration/exposure to air? The tank will be rapidly filled with an Iwaki 100 which should give a bit of aeration going in the tank, once it is full the closed loops powered by 3 hammerheads will go on, so the rock itself will only be exposed to unaerated water for a very short period. I'd appreciate any advice you can give me regarding this, best regards, Joe
