shaywood Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Recently bought a couple of buckets of coral pro salt. Last weekend I cleaned my Brute mixing can and filled it with RODI. Then, I added enough salt to get to 35ppt at 70 degrees. I ran a stir pump for several hours and daily since. Today I performed my first water change with the new salt water. The water is cloudy and muddy looking. You can see the residue on the sides and in the water. Anyone else run into this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xmas_one Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Gotta follow the directions with this “enhanced” salt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Great salt! It has higher calcium and carbonate and at higher mixing times and temperatures it will precipitate. Unlike most salts it can be mixed right away and used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaywood Posted May 31, 2020 Author Share Posted May 31, 2020 Wow, how interesting. Always thought it was a good idea to mix the water occassionally. This suggests, "mix it and forget it" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 (edited) 20 minutes ago, shaywood said: Wow, how interesting. Always thought it was a good idea to mix the water occassionally. This suggests, "mix it and forget it" Agreed. It took me a while to get used to that concept but I was happy with the salt and Red Sea in general as a company. I know they have had some issues particularly with their stands and heavier tanks but they make it right. If they came out with a shallow tank I would probably get another one. I would heat it because I was doing a 4 gallon water change in a 20 gallon tank and didn’t want to cause that much of a temperature fluctuation and it would precipitate but like he said it didn’t seem to make that much of a difference In parameters. Edited May 31, 2020 by Emerald525 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicknjo Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 I just bought a bucket to try since at the time I couldn't get tropic marin pro. I hate this salt. Leaves my bin filthy, takes forever to mix if it does at all, and my magnesium is off the charts. Just used the last of it and glad I'm back to tropic marin. Good luckSent from my SM-G975U using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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