Too Much Salt?

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guitareefs

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I made a trip to our LFS here and I asked for saltwater. No one seemed like they wanted to do it. :?

So anyway, both girls kept going back and forth on who wanted to do it, so they both ended up going to the back, The girl putting water in my water jug, tested the water and says it's at the very max on their hydrometer. So they fill jugs and jugs of water and mix it in the tub until the salinity goes down.

I finally get home and pour in most of the water and leave the rest for later in case I need it. (I only wanted 3 gallons but got 6 gallons)

Anyway, going back to the topic title, I just poured in the remaining saltwater and once at the end of the water, salt just starts swirling all over the tank and I still see the tank swarming with salt particles. I looked in the jug at the remaining water, and it's cloudy, like it's almost pure salt. So what do I do about the salt in the tank? Will it eventually mix?
 
If their idea of selling you saltwater is ro water that they dump salt into when you pink it up, go some where else or make it yourself. The salt needs to be completely liquefied and mixed before you ever pick it up from them.
 
Salt needs to sit at least 24 hours for it to stabalize. Every bucket of salt you get you need to let sit for 24 hours when you do your first batch. Test all the parameters to make sure they are not off. If they are off contact the manufacturer or call the LFS and let them know. It could be that you just received a bad batch. But testing it first will help you in the long run. Because if you keep adding it to your tank your tank's parameters are going to depleat.
 
Saltwater tested at 1.03 today. :x

I planned on putting in my first fish this week. I guess I'll have to do a big water change tonight with RO
 
Take out a gallon of saltwater, add a gallon of RO/DI, test it in about 30min to an hour and repeat until you get it to 1.026. Shouldn't take it too long.
 
What store is this so I NEVER go there please. Heck if I would have seen them arguing on who was gonna get the stuff for you I would have left.
 
I couldn't, I don't have an RO/DI unit nor do I have salt

I guess, if you think of other ways it could have been done (like buying Walmart Purified water and buying salt maybe?), then I guess I could have just left

But don't worry, I doubt you'll be making a trip to Abilene to visit our LFS :lol:

It's worth the gas to visit DFW and the great LFSs though :D
 
Ha!! So let me get this right... you walk into a LFS and ask for saltwater. They pour RO (let's hope) into a bucket and then dump some salt in the bucket, and they sell to you as saltwater???

Then you went home and dumped it in the tank?

Geez!!

From this day forth, always let freshly made saltwater mix (with a pump & heater) for a minimum of 12 hours, and I'd recommend 24 hours.

Secondly, I would seriously question this LFS' knowledge in the saltwater aquarium hobby. I mean, it's one thing if you are going to sell saltwater like that... ok. But then they don't measure it correctly either??? A LFS that won't invest in a refractometer?

If there is another LFS in Abilene, try them out next time.
 
No, it went like this:

They were going to pour me saltwater already mixing and stirred and circulated, then the girl that finally went to pour it checked the salinity and she said it was at the max of the hydrometer. So they start transferring gallons after gallons of RO into the tub and check it again. I go and look around at the fish that I never notice if they even stirred it. Anyway, they are finally done and I get my water. I go home and (I only needed about 3 gallons but they gave me 6 gallons. Anyway, I poured a little in the tank and then put the rest away. Later the next day I pour in the rest and it's really salty.

Test the water and it's 1.03.

:eek: It's upsetting. That's why I should look into an RO unit.
 
@FranktheTank wrote:
A LFS that won't invest in a refractometer? ... If there is another LFS in Abilene said:
Of course they dont have a refractometer. Why would they need one??? :roll:

Oh and when you take them your water to test....they give the results as "you're okay, waters good"

Just to pile it on; I stopped by to get airline and check valves and I'm talking to the owner about adding ozone. The manager of the fish dept butts in, three different time to make comments like "lots of people say you shouldnt run ozone on your tank", "I dont run ozone on our tanks and they look good" and the topper......"big waste of money if you ask me".

Driving to the metroplex and/or marine depot are absolutely essential to run a reef tank in Abilene Texas.

Sorry for jumping in here just to pile on our LFS, but I do feel better.
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Yes, they do make reference to their reef tank anytime they want to tell you what is best for you. Example: I wanted to run Metal Halides and many times, when I even mentioned Metal Halides, the manager always said, "look at our reef tank, we only use vho's and pc's in the canopy. metal halides just give you a yellow ugly look." Then when I buy metal halides from somewhere else, he says, "you could've bought them from us, you won't have to mess with www.dot this or www.dot that." :?

I hate that we over here have to deal with only 1 LFS that lacks multiple employees with marine tank knowledge. And even with the only one that has some knowledge on it, the manager, you deal with a guy with a temper, and that's he's always right. It's frustrating.

Before I bought my tank, I went in asking a kid there about a setup I had in mind. Well I brought up using a sump, and he kept correcting me by saying PUMP. So I had to point out the sump under their reef and he said, "yep that's a good pump". Then I asked him about the EuroReef they had for sale, just asked about the dimensions of the thing, and he referred the skimmer as a pump as well. I asked him, with a sump (insert size) with this skimmer fit? Answer: that pump with work fine.

:?:
 
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