precipitation of makeup water?

crispyreef · 07/08/2007, 03:41 PM

I have never had this happen to me before. I made up 3-five gallon buckets using instant ocean and RO water. The next day one of the buckets turned cloudy and the other two are fine. I dont know if the Ca precipitated or what happened. The ph of all the buckets are good, I just have this one bucket that is cloudy. What happened and can I do something to clear it up so I can use it? TIA

northbay-reefer · 07/08/2007, 04:20 PM

Chris, did you add the salt into the bucket before adding the water ??

sulcata1619 · 07/08/2007, 09:42 PM

your supposed to add the salt to the water not the water to the salt, right?

northbay-reefer · 07/09/2007, 09:06 AM

Yeap

crispyreef · 07/09/2007, 11:36 AM

I did add the salt to the water. I also took a sample and put it in the microwave and it did not clear up. I also put a sample in the freezer and it did nothing. I am just trying to see if something will clear it up. I also aerated all the buckets. I will probably dump it but I would like to know what happened.

07/08/2007, 03:41 PM	#1
crispyreef Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: North Bay Posts: 1,145	precipitation of makeup water? I have never had this happen to me before. I made up 3-five gallon buckets using instant ocean and RO water. The next day one of the buckets turned cloudy and the other two are fine. I dont know if the Ca precipitated or what happened. The ph of all the buckets are good, I just have this one bucket that is cloudy. What happened and can I do something to clear it up so I can use it? TIA

07/08/2007, 04:20 PM	#2
northbay-reefer Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wine country Posts: 4,703	Chris, did you add the salt into the bucket before adding the water ?? __________________ go BIG or go home Current Tank Info: 210 gal Reef 3x175 watt Iwasaki 15K halide, two 72" VHO actinics blue

07/08/2007, 09:42 PM	#3
sulcata1619 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Santa Rosa, CA Posts: 1,004	your supposed to add the salt to the water not the water to the salt, right? __________________ I was thinking of getting a sea turtle. How big should the tank be? Current Tank Info: 120G with 30g sump 4g fuge 5--54w T5's, Euroreef skimmer

07/09/2007, 09:06 AM	#4
northbay-reefer Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wine country Posts: 4,703	Yeap __________________ go BIG or go home Current Tank Info: 210 gal Reef 3x175 watt Iwasaki 15K halide, two 72" VHO actinics blue

07/09/2007, 11:36 AM	#5
crispyreef Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: North Bay Posts: 1,145	I did add the salt to the water. I also took a sample and put it in the microwave and it did not clear up. I also put a sample in the freezer and it did nothing. I am just trying to see if something will clear it up. I also aerated all the buckets. I will probably dump it but I would like to know what happened.