Cleaning mix station?

[Notsolostfish]

I am making some saltwater to mix do you guys dump the new saltwater on top of the small residue of the old saltwater or you guys clean it out? Its a pain to remove that small saltwater residue, because its a whole mixing station i have to remove the 90s etc.. or its not safe?

 

[FMF0331]

I clean mine after every mixing, I'm just weird like that. I don't have any 90s or stuff like that.
I have heard or read somewhere that the brown sludge residue is fine and not toxic.

 

[WhatCouldGoWrong71]

When I used 3 Brutes, I would clean them about every 3-4 months. I also used Reef Crystals then. When I pumped it out of the brutes and into my tank for a WC, I ran it through a sediment filter. I’ve since revamped my mixing station. I have a 300g mixing jug that after I mix it I then run it through a sediment filter (25m). Then it is pumped into a second 300g “display ready” holding tank through a 5 micron filter. I now do AWC. I have no plans to clean my mixing chamber, nor have I even looked in there. I did recently change out all the sediment filters and frankly, I didn’t need to. I’ve switched to Fritz blue box, for price. If Than can operate on RC I can use the most economical salt I can find. I did recently have to clean my display ready container. Due to my garage door being opened so often, I’m getting algae growth after about 6 months. Super simple and easy to clean. I’m about 3k g through this system so far. Now I’m curious what the other bin looks like. It’s filled with RODI waiting to have salt dumped into. It will be a few weeks before I need to transfer the water from one bin to the other. But, I got the sediment filter idea from a BRS video.

 

[JTP424]

I clean mine maybe once a year? I just pour in fresh RODI, it kind of breaks up the sediment. Then add my salt. My outlet for the salt water is above the bottom so I never get any sediment into my water change jugs.

 

[Notsolostfish]

I clean mine maybe once a year? I just pour in fresh RODI, it kind of breaks up the sediment. Then add my salt. My outlet for the salt water is above the bottom so I never get any sediment into my water change jugs.

So u think im good just to dump fresh rodi on top, and mix my sw?

 

[JTP424]

So u think im good just to dump fresh rodi on top, and mix my sw?

Apologies if I missed it, what type of salt do you use?

 

[Notsolostfish]

Apologies if I missed it, what type of salt do you use?

Redsea blue bucket

 

[Miami Reef]

You don’t have to clean it. It will not cause any harm. It’s just precipitation of calcium carbonate.

 

[VexedTomb792]

I am making some saltwater to mix do you guys dump the new saltwater on top of the small residue of the old saltwater or you guys clean it out? Its a pain to remove that small saltwater residue, because its a whole mixing station i have to remove the 90s etc.. or its not safe?

I clean mine every time (but it is easy) I use Reef Crystals so if I didn’t everything would choke up pretty quickly :p. No harm if you don’t, it’s just saltwater won’t do any harm.

 

[JTP424]

Just dump fresh RO on top and mix new into it. I wouldn't clean until it starts significant build up.
You could also test a fresh back to see how it impacts things.

 

[exnisstech]

So u think im good just to dump fresh rodi on top, and mix my sw?

Yep. That's how I've been doing it for years. I use regular IO and it mixes very dirty. I'll usually clean my brutes once or twice in the summer when I'm able to take it outside to do it.