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According to many, including Red Sea, you do NOT want to mix your Red Sea Coral Pro for more then a couple hours.
In fact in this video by Red Sea the person mentions no need to mix for more then a couple minutes once the water clears up. Then the video goes on to what I want to test now, over a 12 hour mixing period the salt mix became very cloudy just like after adding the salt in initially due to precipitation because the pump remained mixing.
The bucket I have here also says under it's mixing instructions
"3. Mix vigorously (without aeration) for 0.5-2 hours, until all of the salt is dissolved and pH has stabilized to 8.2-8.4. DO NOT mix for more than 4 hours."
It also suggests on the bucket to have temp at 77F for achieving the desired salinity levels.
I do not see how this precipitation event can happen at 77F with out elevating the temperature well beyond that. I do believe some precipitation can happen initially as salt is added especially if dumped in quickly like in the video. But after 12 hours of mixing and the temp is not elevated to a much higher degree then 77F I don't see how a precipitation event like shown in the video will happen. I do believe if you have a hot pump or a heater left on precipitation will happen and will start occurring at the heat source first.
What is that Precipitate in My Reef Aquarium?
By Randy Holmes-Farley
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-07/rhf/
So, here I am to test this out. I've got a 5 gallon bucket with a lid to reduce evaporation, RODI water, and a 180gph pump. I will dump in salt just like in the video bringing salinity up to 35ppt at 77F. (I normally do not dump salt in so fast in a localized area like that. I also normally do not use a heater at all.)
Let it mix, wait, and watch.
FWIW, this started at 7pm Central tonight. By 7am tomorrow morning I do not expect to see a snow storm of precipitation happening like in the video.
Will this end up being confirmed or busted?
Then I'll up the heater and see if I can get a precipitation event like shown in the video.
In fact in this video by Red Sea the person mentions no need to mix for more then a couple minutes once the water clears up. Then the video goes on to what I want to test now, over a 12 hour mixing period the salt mix became very cloudy just like after adding the salt in initially due to precipitation because the pump remained mixing.
The bucket I have here also says under it's mixing instructions
"3. Mix vigorously (without aeration) for 0.5-2 hours, until all of the salt is dissolved and pH has stabilized to 8.2-8.4. DO NOT mix for more than 4 hours."
It also suggests on the bucket to have temp at 77F for achieving the desired salinity levels.
I do not see how this precipitation event can happen at 77F with out elevating the temperature well beyond that. I do believe some precipitation can happen initially as salt is added especially if dumped in quickly like in the video. But after 12 hours of mixing and the temp is not elevated to a much higher degree then 77F I don't see how a precipitation event like shown in the video will happen. I do believe if you have a hot pump or a heater left on precipitation will happen and will start occurring at the heat source first.
What is that Precipitate in My Reef Aquarium?
By Randy Holmes-Farley
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-07/rhf/
So, here I am to test this out. I've got a 5 gallon bucket with a lid to reduce evaporation, RODI water, and a 180gph pump. I will dump in salt just like in the video bringing salinity up to 35ppt at 77F. (I normally do not dump salt in so fast in a localized area like that. I also normally do not use a heater at all.)
Let it mix, wait, and watch.
FWIW, this started at 7pm Central tonight. By 7am tomorrow morning I do not expect to see a snow storm of precipitation happening like in the video.
Will this end up being confirmed or busted?
Then I'll up the heater and see if I can get a precipitation event like shown in the video.
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