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    Posted: May 09 2017 at 7:00am
So I bought saltwater last Thursday. I threw in pumps around 3 pm yesterday. So here's my question. 1. Is the water still good? 2. If it is, how long (Aerating) before I can use it? 3. Do I need to look out for a chemical imbalance now that I let the water sit so for long loosing O2? 
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Yes it's still good. I sometimes let the water sit and mix for several days before I use it. As ling as it had some pumps in there to move it around and there is surface tension, you're good. (although I always check calc and alk before I use it to make sure they're where I want them.)
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I might as well add my 2 cents and maybe even stir the pot a little. Wink

It wouldn't hurt to pour it back and forth between buckets once or twice before pouring into the aquarium.

When I mix new saltwater in buckets, I pour it back and forth 3 or 4 times and then immediately add it to the tank. Never had a problem doing it this way. I don't worry about pouring cold saltwater into a warm aquarium because the larger body of water quickly absorbs the temperature difference and because in the wild, currents of different temperature water passing by are the norm. The animals can handle it. 

Same goes for Alk and Ca levels in the new saltwater. I never test new saltwater and here's why. 
The reason we change a small portion of water is to reap the benefit of adding correct levels of all the elements, not just Alk and Ca. Every animal likes the positive difference that a small percentage of new salt water adds to the environment. If there is an unusual variance due to a bad batch of salt, the larger body of water should easily absorb any difference. Sure, sometimes animals react to water changes but they come back within minutes or hours. If the animals cannot handle slight variations, there is probably something else not quite right with tank conditions, which unfortunately, leads to a proverbial tipping of the scale. 

SPS? Are you kidding? Most SPS grow in the surf zone where they get pounded by waves, cold and warm currents, downpours of fresh rainwater, and hours of sitting out of water in the hot sun. And don't forget tumultuous monsoons and typhoons. 

I'm wondering if we ought to be asking ourselves, "Are we babying our coral to the point that they can't handle a little change or tumult?"

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The salt I use does not mix up at nsw levels specifically alkalinity which can cause a swing enough to upset maybe not kill my sps but why would I take that chance. If it is that I am being to kind to my coral well so be it. Although my dog many many moon ago was a raging killer I don't treat him as such or how he was many many moon ago.
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Big smile  Good point. You know me, you pegged me years ago as the hippie hobbyist that lets things go the natural way. That said, I respect the way you do your tanks. 


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