Old salt

saleen2881 · 01/17/2011, 01:33 AM

Hey Everyone, I mixed up 30 gallons of salt water and i put the rest of my bag of tropic marin pro and it wased enough so i put two bags that make up 5 gallon each of IO salt that was hard. So after 36 hours the salt has not desolved? When salt is hard dose that mean it has gone bad? How log dose salt go bad in ?

Thanks Brian

MilkWeed18 · 01/17/2011, 01:58 AM

When salt gets hard it does not dissolve properly, so you might be low on trace elements. It only gets hard when moisture gets into a bucket or bag. Some people usually toss it.

allsps40 · 01/17/2011, 08:39 AM

Dont use it.

saleen2881 · 01/17/2011, 03:38 PM

Should I throw out the 30 gallons of water?

sland · 01/17/2011, 04:39 PM

If you cannot get it to dissolve, I wouldn't put it in the tank, it more than likely won't dissolve there either. Pick up a nice air tight container of sorts to store your extra salt in, that way you won't run into that problem again. I have a big 6 quart ziploc air seal container and I have had salt in there for about a year and still looks nice and fresh, and dissolves the way it should.

saleen2881 · 01/17/2011, 10:07 PM

Hey, thanks for all the info! Leaving the salt in the container will it go bad?

sland · 01/18/2011, 08:36 AM

I have never had a problem leaving the salt in the container, and I have done it for years. Keeping it moisture free and in a dark cool place was my main concern.

01/17/2011, 01:33 AM	#1
saleen2881 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Beverly Hills, CA Posts: 416	Old salt Hey Everyone, I mixed up 30 gallons of salt water and i put the rest of my bag of tropic marin pro and it wased enough so i put two bags that make up 5 gallon each of IO salt that was hard. So after 36 hours the salt has not desolved? When salt is hard dose that mean it has gone bad? How log dose salt go bad in ? Thanks Brian

01/17/2011, 01:58 AM	#2
MilkWeed18 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Orlando Posts: 135	When salt gets hard it does not dissolve properly, so you might be low on trace elements. It only gets hard when moisture gets into a bucket or bag. Some people usually toss it. __________________ "If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe." - Carl Sagan

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01/17/2011, 08:39 AM	#3
allsps40 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Arizona Posts: 4,627	Dont use it.

01/17/2011, 03:38 PM	#4
saleen2881 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Beverly Hills, CA Posts: 416	Should I throw out the 30 gallons of water?

01/17/2011, 04:39 PM	#5
sland Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Fort Riley, KS Posts: 186	If you cannot get it to dissolve, I wouldn't put it in the tank, it more than likely won't dissolve there either. Pick up a nice air tight container of sorts to store your extra salt in, that way you won't run into that problem again. I have a big 6 quart ziploc air seal container and I have had salt in there for about a year and still looks nice and fresh, and dissolves the way it should.

01/17/2011, 10:07 PM	#6
saleen2881 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Beverly Hills, CA Posts: 416	Hey, thanks for all the info! Leaving the salt in the container will it go bad?

01/18/2011, 08:36 AM	#7
sland Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Fort Riley, KS Posts: 186	I have never had a problem leaving the salt in the container, and I have done it for years. Keeping it moisture free and in a dark cool place was my main concern.