I have a 5 gallon bucket with a powerhead and a heater to premix water for water changes on my 5.5g nano. now heres the question, the water in the bucket is always cloudy or just ends up with alot of white 'dust' settling on everything (bottom, sides, powerhead, heater) could it be the salt mix im using (kent) or maybe the additives for ph, alkalinity (seachem Reef buffer, and brightwell alkalin 8.3) this 'dust' stuff never seems to dissolve all the way and is starting to piss me off can anyone shed some light on this for me?
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you need to make all the water first and then add the salt
you will still get the slight dust, but the cloudiness will eventually clear up after you have added all the salt and let the pump sit in there for a while
you will still get the slight dust, but the cloudiness will eventually clear up after you have added all the salt and let the pump sit in there for a while
what do you mean make all the water first ? when i this is how i make the mix
1. add ro/di water
2. add salt mix until salinity is right
3. add buffers
4. let sit with koralia 1 in bucket
having mucho grande dust problems.
1. add ro/di water
2. add salt mix until salinity is right
3. add buffers
4. let sit with koralia 1 in bucket
having mucho grande dust problems.
i_am_poor
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Why would you use both Seachem buffer (PH & ALk) and Alkalin? They both do the same thing and maybe you overdosed.
FISHSTICK
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I was thinking the same thing?
i_am_poor said:
I was thinking the same thing?
cstewart79
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one thing I never do is add buffer to freshly mixed saltwater I find it bad news, what occurs is the calcium precipitates out into solution when added to fresh saltwater for some reason.
curtisandrachel
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cstewart79 said:
+1
I only add the buffers to the tank itself.
i_am_poor
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cstewart79
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salty do this when you mix your salt and you can not go wrong
add your 5 gallons to your bucket,
add you salt, mix over night
If you are not testing alkalinity (DkH) I would not add buffer blindly to affect pH. There are other ways of increasing your pH such as kalkwasser. That do not mess with your buffering system like buffer does.
add your 5 gallons to your bucket,
add you salt, mix over night
If you are not testing alkalinity (DkH) I would not add buffer blindly to affect pH. There are other ways of increasing your pH such as kalkwasser. That do not mess with your buffering system like buffer does.
i_am_poor
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What is the Cal and Alk of your salt mix? Just seeing why you would even need to use buffer.
Hi, Salty.
I agree with the above, basically, you snowed your water, meaning you raised the pH so high that calcium carbonate precipitates and that's what causes the white dust.
Just leave out the additive...
At least you only messed up 5 gals, once I snowed a whole 30 gallon trash can full and had to dump it all...
Good luck,
Steve
I agree with the above, basically, you snowed your water, meaning you raised the pH so high that calcium carbonate precipitates and that's what causes the white dust.
Just leave out the additive...
At least you only messed up 5 gals, once I snowed a whole 30 gallon trash can full and had to dump it all...
Good luck,
Steve
