Trailermann Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 Since I got no useful feedback on R2R, perhaps some sympathetic club member has some advice. I am wondering why many people run a pump periodically to circulate the salt mix once the salt is thoroughly dissolved. Any ideas?Second question: If a closed loop is set up with canister filter and pump, would that reduce the brown precipitate that forms in the salt mix tank? It is extremely inconvenient for me to clean out the bottom of the tank every two to three months. I saw some set up on BRS earlier but cannot find it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Z Reef Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 Not sure how much it helps but since mine is in my garage I run a heater (freeze prevention) and my main mixing pump runs 1x per day for 15 minutes. Never setup anything for a filter. Currently using BW NeoMarine and I find it doesn’t leave much residue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielie21 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 I have a 55g tank on a closed loop on all the time since i started and haven't seen any kind of settlement on the bottom of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailermann Posted December 11, 2020 Author Share Posted December 11, 2020 3 hours ago, Danielie21 said: I have a 55g tank on a closed loop on all the time since i started and haven't seen any kind of settlement on the bottom of it. That is encouraging. And the loop includes a sediment filter, right? What size pump do you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielie21 Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 On 12/10/2020 at 10:52 PM, Trailermann said: That is encouraging. And the loop includes a sediment filter, right? What size pump do you use? No filter, its a usa current 1900 gph same as my mine dt tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Higher Thinking Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 On 12/10/2020 at 1:57 PM, Trailermann said: Since I got no useful feedback on R2R, perhaps some sympathetic club member has some advice. I am wondering why many people run a pump periodically to circulate the salt mix once the salt is thoroughly dissolved. Any ideas?Second question: If a closed loop is set up with canister filter and pump, would that reduce the brown precipitate that forms in the salt mix tank? It is extremely inconvenient for me to clean out the bottom of the tank every two to three months. I saw some set up on BRS earlier but cannot find it now. People do a lot of things just because other people do them. And those other people only do them because they heard of someone else doing it. I think having some healthy skepticism is good. In this case though, I'm not really sure whether there is merit to long term or period recirculating. I recall BRS doing some kind of test about keeping the pump going continuously or just a few hours. You'll have to look it up because I can't remember the conclusion to which is best. Maybe it was a day or two.... 🤷🏼♂️ On another note, I've yet to scrub down my mixing barrels. I probably should. I just open the spigot and flush the first half gallon because that inevitably has a lot of sediment. Maybe I'll improve on this process someday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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