Storing Saltwater

Seadoc · 11/12/2007, 11:05 PM

Maybe a silly question but here it goes anyway. For how long can you store saltwater after you mix it? Will it loose oxygen? Will the electrolyte balance be altered over time?

bertoni · 11/13/2007, 12:27 AM

Over time, the water will evaporate.

Other than that, it can be stored indefinitely.

01saleen · 11/13/2007, 02:11 AM

as long as the container as a cover and nothing can evaporate out of it you can keep it for a long time, not a bucket with a snap lid, but a container with a water tight screw lid..

uscharalph · 11/13/2007, 04:45 AM

I pickup my water change water from my LFS on a weekly basis. I use 2 5 gallon jugs with caps. I just don't like it sitting for more than a couple of days, but that's just me. LOL!!!!

11/12/2007, 11:05 PM	#1
Seadoc Premium Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Hyattsville, MD Posts: 29	Storing Saltwater Maybe a silly question but here it goes anyway. For how long can you store saltwater after you mix it? Will it loose oxygen? Will the electrolyte balance be altered over time?

11/13/2007, 12:27 AM	#2
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	Over time, the water will evaporate. Other than that, it can be stored indefinitely. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

11/13/2007, 04:45 AM	#4
uscharalph Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Long Beach, CA Posts: 1,248	I pickup my water change water from my LFS on a weekly basis. I use 2 5 gallon jugs with caps. I just don't like it sitting for more than a couple of days, but that's just me. LOL!!!! __________________ Ralph Mendoza Jr. Long Beach, CA Current Tank Info: 80 Gallon Reef Tank

11/13/2007, 02:11 AM	#3
01saleen Aquarium Addict Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Mateo,Ca Posts: 151	as long as the container as a cover and nothing can evaporate out of it you can keep it for a long time, not a bucket with a snap lid, but a container with a water tight screw lid..