old salt

somethingphishy · 01/12/2007, 01:40 PM

two days ago i ran out of sera salt when mixing water for my water change. When i switched to sera salt i never finished the bucket of oceanic salt.....so i added about two cups of oceanic salt to make the mixture for my current water change today. My question is has any one had problems using salt that has been sitting around for a long time(six+ months)as with my oceanic salt? could using salt that was exposed to air contain undesirable baceria/fungus in it? your thoughts......

tkeracer619 · 01/12/2007, 01:44 PM

if the salt was still salt and not a brick it should be fine. If it is a brick it probably would still work..........

zooty · 01/12/2007, 01:50 PM

Pretty much what tkeracer619 said. Salt is an anti-bacterial so you should have nothing to worry about.

somethingphishy · 01/12/2007, 01:51 PM

i had to break it up but it had about the same mosture content as the sera salt

somethingphishy · 01/12/2007, 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by zooty
Pretty much what tkeracer619 said. Salt is an anti-bacterial so you should have nothing to worry about.

that's what i thought but it can't hurt to ask.....dead corals or fish would not be a nice reward for a water change....

frederickk · 01/13/2007, 09:15 AM

It did happen to me also and I did the same. My bag was sealed thought but I still had a bit of brick and everything went well. Don't worry about that.

01/12/2007, 01:40 PM	#1
somethingphishy Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Fleetwood, pa Posts: 852	old salt two days ago i ran out of sera salt when mixing water for my water change. When i switched to sera salt i never finished the bucket of oceanic salt.....so i added about two cups of oceanic salt to make the mixture for my current water change today. My question is has any one had problems using salt that has been sitting around for a long time(six+ months)as with my oceanic salt? could using salt that was exposed to air contain undesirable baceria/fungus in it? your thoughts...... __________________ "Set the gearshift for the high gear Of your soul, you've got to run like An antelope out of control!" Current Tank Info: 50g/20l sump

01/12/2007, 01:44 PM	#2
tkeracer619 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Westminster, CO Posts: 17,289	if the salt was still salt and not a brick it should be fine. If it is a brick it probably would still work.......... __________________ Hobby Experience: 9200ish gallons, 26 skimmers, and a handful of Kent Scrapers. Current Tank: Vortech Powered 600G SPS Tank w/ 100gal frag tank & 100g Sump. RK2-RK10 Skimmer. ReefAngel. Radium 20k.

01/12/2007, 01:50 PM	#3
zooty Fish Warden Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Reading, PA Posts: 694	Pretty much what tkeracer619 said. Salt is an anti-bacterial so you should have nothing to worry about. __________________ A clean skimmer is a happy skimmer Current Tank Info: 180g RR, 3 AI Royal Blue LEDs, Oct. Skim, mixed reef

01/12/2007, 01:51 PM	#4
somethingphishy Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Fleetwood, pa Posts: 852	i had to break it up but it had about the same mosture content as the sera salt __________________ "Set the gearshift for the high gear Of your soul, you've got to run like An antelope out of control!" Current Tank Info: 50g/20l sump

01/13/2007, 09:15 AM	#6
frederickk Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 2,712	It did happen to me also and I did the same. My bag was sealed thought but I still had a bit of brick and everything went well. Don't worry about that.