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Posted	misty water
30-05-2006 09:30 by frozenball	i added the correct amount of salt (13kg) around 40hrs ago and my water is still misty , is this normal do i just need to let it settle a bit longer . I have now turned all of the powerheads off just incase they where holding the salt in a solid state . I did disturb the sand at the bottom of the tank after putting the salt in because some of the slat covered the sand . Untill i added the salt the sand and ro water was crystal clear , not sure if i have done somthing wrong , please give me some advice . the salt level is a little high at 1.026 now but i will alter this in a day or two by draining a little of the water off and topping up with ro water . thanks in advance
30-05-2006 09:31 by frozenball	oh forgot to mention its only noticeble when looking down the side wall not when looking at the front of the tank , thants why i didny say it was cloudy
30-05-2006 10:10 by trik	i had the same problem a couple of weeks ago wen i added 25kg of salt to my new tank . it disapear to clear it up quiker i filled a canister with floss and carbon.sorted it out in 24hrs.
31-05-2006 09:56 by Alan	Have you got anything pumping air in to the tank you mentioned the skimmer is noisy is it on and are there a lot of bubbles entering the tank from the skimmer just a thought really difficult to say without seeing it I would have thought it waould have cleared by now did you wash the sand before adding it? 1.026 is fine for a reef tank its what I keep mine at. The advantage is a higher clacium and carbonate hardness to start with so less need for costly supplements.
01-06-2006 03:11 by frozenball	yes it is getting better daily leaving alot of *** on the internal poly pads but i am now changing them for now daily , not sure what caused it as i washed the sand in a sive untill the water ran clear . Skimmer is off atm a common fault with deltec they are sending a free supression kit to me
01-06-2006 09:42 by Alan	Just had a thought about your problem the sand is it an aragonite sand or something like that? If so RO water going straight onto this will have dissolved soem of it and when you added the salt it may have caused some calcium or carbonates to precipitate out when you use the test kits for the first time it may give you a good indication of whats happened.
01-06-2006 12:04 by frozenball	but it was totally clear when there was just ro water and the sand in the tank it was only when i added the salt and disturbed the sand that this happened , its onlt very slightly misty , only notice it when looking down the lenghth of the tank from the front it look clear
02-06-2006 08:34 by Alan	The addition of the salt would have caused some of the dissolved minerals from the sand to precipitate out. Hence the water being clear until you added the salt. This would only be the case if coral sand has been used though. Just test the water when you get your kits to make sure there are no problems I don't think there will be much of a concern if what I suspect happened has happened you may find the calcium levels or carbonate hardness are particularly high but not high enough to cause difficulties and it will settle down with water changes and consumption from various inhabitants such as coralline algae and corals using carbonates and calcium.
02-06-2006 18:27 by frozenball	ok i added very fine poly wool to one of the filters yesterday but it doesnt seem to clear it either maybee i just trying to be to perfect as it is ever so slightly misty from the side panels. how are you guys doing water changes , i was going to make 40l up two nights before the water change in the same sort of container both marked with lines , do you heat it if so how please , if not does the water temp change not affect what you have in the tank.
06-06-2006 10:10 by Alan	I mix the new salt water the day before and I don't heat it although it would be better to I don't change enough or add the water to quickly to cause a problem with temp shock.

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