cloudy water

Klaus777 · 12/03/2008, 10:05 AM

I have been mixing salt water for a few days now. I am holding some of the water in 2 - 35 gallon aquariums with no sand or rock, just the water. The water isn't clear. Not that it is impossible to see through, just a little foggy. Why is that? Will running carbon make it clear?

Konadog · 12/03/2008, 10:10 AM

What temperature is the water? I know for me if the water is cold (in the 60Â°s) that the water will be a little cloudy. Once it warms up, it goes away. I don't think everything dissolves as it should when cold.

royaldude · 12/03/2008, 10:11 AM

Hi. I think that you have not gotten a complete mixture of the salt in the water. Keep a power head going and it should finish disolving. That would be my guess.

kernyboy · 12/03/2008, 10:48 AM

keep your powerheads on. Make sure the temperature is warmer. (80 or so). The heat helps the salt dissolve quicker. Other wise it just looks like you poured milk in the tank

mbell09 · 12/03/2008, 10:53 AM

went through the same thing when i setup was told the salt was not mixing right adde a powerhead for circulation and wow what a differance it made

Klaus777 · 12/03/2008, 11:02 AM

I pre mixed it all in a brute trash can for 24 hours with a heater an power head. the water in the aquariums are circulated and heated to 80 degrees. Salinity is 35ppt checked with a refractometer.

WaterKeeper · 12/03/2008, 11:07 AM

Sometimes you get a little calcium precipitation when the water is mixed. Once in the tank it usually clears as the carbon dioxide in the tank water will redissolve colloidal carbonates in a couple of hours.

12/03/2008, 10:05 AM	#1
Klaus777 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kitchener, ontario Posts: 244	cloudy water I have been mixing salt water for a few days now. I am holding some of the water in 2 - 35 gallon aquariums with no sand or rock, just the water. The water isn't clear. Not that it is impossible to see through, just a little foggy. Why is that? Will running carbon make it clear?

12/03/2008, 10:10 AM	#2
Konadog Master of the 16 hour day Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: East Long Beach, So Cal Posts: 13,151 Blog Entries: 4	What temperature is the water? I know for me if the water is cold (in the 60Â°s) that the water will be a little cloudy. Once it warms up, it goes away. I don't think everything dissolves as it should when cold. __________________ Save the Reefs................................................................Save the world! -Ken Current Tank Info: Currently tankless, and loving it!

12/03/2008, 10:53 AM	#5
mbell09 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: rochester ny Posts: 339	went through the same thing when i setup was told the salt was not mixing right adde a powerhead for circulation and wow what a differance it made __________________ ask a quetion be dumb for five min. ask no questions be dumb for life Current Tank Info: standard 55 gal tank

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WaterKeeper Bogus Information Expert Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: SW Ohio Posts: 16,147	Sometimes you get a little calcium precipitation when the water is mixed. Once in the tank it usually clears as the carbon dioxide in the tank water will redissolve colloidal carbonates in a couple of hours. __________________ "Leading the information hungry reefer down the road to starvation" Tom Current Tank Info: 130 Now out of service and a 29

12/03/2008, 10:11 AM	#3
royaldude Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: london on Posts: 43	Hi. I think that you have not gotten a complete mixture of the salt in the water. Keep a power head going and it should finish disolving. That would be my guess.

12/03/2008, 10:48 AM	#4
kernyboy Moved On Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: MA Posts: 470	keep your powerheads on. Make sure the temperature is warmer. (80 or so). The heat helps the salt dissolve quicker. Other wise it just looks like you poured milk in the tank

12/03/2008, 11:02 AM	#6
Klaus777 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kitchener, ontario Posts: 244	I pre mixed it all in a brute trash can for 24 hours with a heater an power head. the water in the aquariums are circulated and heated to 80 degrees. Salinity is 35ppt checked with a refractometer.