Uh oh

jeffreyliu838 · 03/10/2008, 08:01 PM

I accidentally put unmixed salt into my tank. Will anything bad happen, or will it just all dissolve eventually?

BLKTANG · 03/10/2008, 08:02 PM

I would check your SG NOW!! SG swings can kill.

Blown 346 · 03/10/2008, 08:03 PM

It will disolve on its own after a while. If it touched corals it can actually burn them. if so I would get the salt off of them.

Tswifty · 03/10/2008, 08:59 PM

It will dissolve, but depending on the size of your tank and the amount spilled in it could cause a large enough swing in your salinity to cause problems like BLKTANG said.

03/10/2008, 08:01 PM	#1
jeffreyliu838 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 220	Uh oh I accidentally put unmixed salt into my tank. Will anything bad happen, or will it just all dissolve eventually?

03/10/2008, 08:02 PM	#2
BLKTANG Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Never,Never Land Posts: 7,061	I would check your SG NOW!! SG swings can kill. __________________ We the few have done so much,for so long,for so little.That we are now qualified to do anything with nothing. ____________________________________________________________________________ Current Tank Info: RR 90 Maganvore sump,250w Hamilton fixture,VorTec's ASM skimmer.

03/10/2008, 08:59 PM	#4
Tswifty Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: PA Posts: 14,022	It will dissolve, but depending on the size of your tank and the amount spilled in it could cause a large enough swing in your salinity to cause problems like BLKTANG said. __________________ "Enough light? Heck I could go barebottom and grow SPS in the stand!" - DiscoReefRover

03/10/2008, 08:03 PM	#3
Blown 346 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Rockford, Illinois Posts: 6,596	It will disolve on its own after a while. If it touched corals it can actually burn them. if so I would get the salt off of them.