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Hi,
I'm planning on automating dispensing salt in the mixing station. From what I've read salt stored dry will inevitably clump up making dispensing it in dry form not practical. My idea to overcome this is mix salt with rodi in high concentration( ~4x regular) and use a pump to dispense it. I use redsea blue bucket. For normal 1.026 salinity I would use 1/2 cup for every 1 gallon. To make a high concentration salt reservoir source I was thinking of 2 cups per gallon (4 times regular amount) Then I can program a pump to dispense however much is needed to mix however much rodi I want to mix at a time to achieve 1.026 salinity. My question is, what is the effect of storing salt in rodi mixed liquid form for a few months ? BRS conducted a 3 weeks experiment and concluded that alkinity will drop around 0.5 and calcium drop is negligible. Will the drop be any different if I store it in 4x higher concentration form ? Also are there other changes that will take place other then alkalintiy and calcium ?
Thank you for any suggestions.
Maybe @Mr. Randy Holmes-Farley can shed some light on this
I'm planning on automating dispensing salt in the mixing station. From what I've read salt stored dry will inevitably clump up making dispensing it in dry form not practical. My idea to overcome this is mix salt with rodi in high concentration( ~4x regular) and use a pump to dispense it. I use redsea blue bucket. For normal 1.026 salinity I would use 1/2 cup for every 1 gallon. To make a high concentration salt reservoir source I was thinking of 2 cups per gallon (4 times regular amount) Then I can program a pump to dispense however much is needed to mix however much rodi I want to mix at a time to achieve 1.026 salinity. My question is, what is the effect of storing salt in rodi mixed liquid form for a few months ? BRS conducted a 3 weeks experiment and concluded that alkinity will drop around 0.5 and calcium drop is negligible. Will the drop be any different if I store it in 4x higher concentration form ? Also are there other changes that will take place other then alkalintiy and calcium ?
Thank you for any suggestions.
Maybe @Mr. Randy Holmes-Farley can shed some light on this