pdxmonkeyboy Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 I'm curious..do the dehydrate salt water or just mix chemicals? Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuncrestReef Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 (edited) Sea water is pumped into shallow shallow evaporation ponds. As the water evaporates, it leaves a layer of salt that is scraped up and processed for packaging, then the ponds are refilled. It's a lot like the Great Salt Lake in UT. I think Red Sea has a video that shows the process. Edited October 13, 2018 by SuncrestReef Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdxmonkeyboy Posted October 13, 2018 Author Share Posted October 13, 2018 cool. find the video and post the link. lol Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdxmonkeyboy Posted October 13, 2018 Author Share Posted October 13, 2018 it's a little of both it seems. pure sodium chloride through evaporation then the add back the minerals lost. which seems odd to me.. maybe the trace elements are lost in the rinsing process?? Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumby Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 19 hours ago, pdxmonkeyboy said: it's a little of both it seems. pure sodium chloride through evaporation then the add back the minerals lost. which seems odd to me.. maybe the trace elements are lost in the rinsing process?? Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk Great Video! Thank you for posting it but who is Carl in the video? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exodus Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 The method explains manufacturing for Companies such as Red Sea & Royal Nature, but the largest amount of Sea salt being consumed is manufactured in Large Warehouse's consisting of industrial pharmaceutical equipment mixing Synthetic chemicals and Compounds. Instant Ocean's facilities are in Virginia, I would assume the shipping/importing globally would add to the costs tremendously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremevans Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 That video is interesting. They sort of gloss over the part about adding back in trace elements, but do say that it happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailingeric Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 I always thought it was when Na and Cl got together, made a little whoopie and then little salt babies come about a few weeks later. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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