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Topic: Milky Red sea pro salt

Posted By: kody72
Subject: Milky Red sea pro salt
Date Posted: August 19 2015 at 10:21pm

I've got some red sea pro salt and mixed it up and now its milky as heck. Should I throw it out or what? I mixed it up like it says in there videos and let it set. Went to do a water change the next day still milky and 3 day later still milky. Any suggestions?

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Posted By: Marcoss
Date Posted: August 19 2015 at 10:29pm

Maybe over mixed?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UlIHJ02NaKk

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Posted By: kody72
Date Posted: August 19 2015 at 10:31pm

Maybe I only ran the pump 2hr max until it was all dissolved.

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Posted By: Krazie4Acans
Date Posted: August 20 2015 at 6:10am

Did you heat the water? If I don't heat mine too tank temp then it stays hazy for a few days. Heat the water and it should clear within an hour or two.

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Posted By: kody72
Date Posted: August 20 2015 at 10:34am

Yes 79°F

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Posted By: Krazie4Acans
Date Posted: August 20 2015 at 11:01am

Weird. I've never had an issue and I heat and mix constantly for a couple of days some times.

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Posted By: relethg
Date Posted: August 20 2015 at 12:48pm

When I mix red sea pro I have the milky issue and think it is because in the summer the RO water is already pretty warm (mixing station in garage) and it takes longer to get rid of the milkiness when the RO water is already in the high 70s. Winter it is not an issue.

Krazie, do you mix in garage, basement or what?

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Posted By: Krazie4Acans
Date Posted: August 20 2015 at 1:01pm

Basement. It's cool when I pump it from my RO into my mixing container. Then I heat it to 78 before adding the salt. It's always cloudy when first mixed and then clear within an hour.

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Posted By: Marcoss
Date Posted: August 20 2015 at 1:11pm

I mix my salt with room temperature water, in fact, I don't use a heater when doing a water change. I have not noticed any issues, but I also only have LPS and a few fish. I think maybe an SPS would have issues.

Did you mix it to 1.025? I'm just curious. Mine will get milky if I go high on the salt and have to take it back down with more RO.

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Posted By: Krazie4Acans
Date Posted: August 20 2015 at 1:21pm

I mix mine at 1.026.

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Posted By: relethg
Date Posted: August 20 2015 at 1:42pm

1.026. I know it takes longer to clear up for me the warmer the starting water. I had no issue with this when I used Oceanic salt, but I switched for the higher levels of Alk, Ca, mag and trace.

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Posted By: Hogie
Date Posted: August 20 2015 at 2:51pm

Make sure you pour the salt into the water. If you pour the water into the salt, it's really milky for a loooong time. Also, I've found if I pour the salt into cooler water, let it dissolve, then heat it up, I have less milky water and there is less residue that attaches to the container surface. If I heat the water and then pour the salt in, there are more deposits on the container.

Posted By: kody72
Date Posted: August 20 2015 at 3:02pm

1.026 I add salt after I filled up my drum 60g worth the water was at 75 and I added heater before salt was added

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Posted By: relethg
Date Posted: August 20 2015 at 3:26pm

I know its counter intuitive but you want the RO water at about 68 degrees when you mix. I think colder is fine. Here is the instructions out of the manual. I can tell you this, when my water is warm >75 it takes me 24 hours to get the milkiness to go away. My pump that mixes the water does not aerate it.

1. Prepare the quantities of salt and water for the desired salinity according to the chart.

2. Use reverse osmosis (RO) water at approximately 20°C/68°F. Always add the salt to the water.

3. Mix vigorously (without aeration) for 0.5 - 2 hours, until all of the salt is dissolved and pH has stabilized to 8.2-8.4. DO NOT mix for more than 4 hours

4. Raise the water temp to 25°C/77°F and measure the s.g./ salinity with an accurate hydrometer/ refractometer. Add salt or water as necessary to achieve the desired parameters.

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