New tank cloudy water

[Martin]

Hi,

Brand new tank, new RO water, added the salt last night and this morning it
is still cloudy. Can anybody tell me if this is normal, there is nothing
else in the tank yet apart from the heater a power head circulating water.

How long does the salt normally take to fully disolve ?, have i done
something stupid ? should I just empty it out and start from scratch.

This is my first sal****er tank and I know I may have problems but it
doesn't bode well if I can't even fill the tank !

Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers

Martin

[Sang Kang]

How large is the tank? If there are no substrate but only water then it
shouldn't stay that cloudy unless the salt is tainted.

When I started with my 75gallon tank, I added the water then salt, the water
cleared less than 24 hrs.

"Martin" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
>
> Brand new tank, new RO water, added the salt last night and this morning
> it
> is still cloudy. Can anybody tell me if this is normal, there is nothing
> else in the tank yet apart from the heater a power head circulating water.
>
> How long does the salt normally take to fully disolve ?, have i done
> something stupid ? should I just empty it out and start from scratch.
>
> This is my first sal****er tank and I know I may have problems but it
> doesn't bode well if I can't even fill the tank !
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Cheers
>
> Martin

[Martin]

Well I guess I'll have to see what its like when I get home from work, then
it will have been 24hrs see what its like then, hope its cleared, strange
though as I just can't think what it is.

btw tank is 200 litres


"Sang Kang" > wrote in
news:_nFfe.3319$cf5.974@lakeread07:

> How large is the tank? If there are no substrate but only water then
> it shouldn't stay that cloudy unless the salt is tainted.
>
> When I started with my 75gallon tank, I added the water then salt, the
> water cleared less than 24 hrs.
>

[Mr-Moonlight]

When I did my 45 gallon tank it didnt clear until it had fully
saturated with air and then only when the live rock was put in... I
found that it clouded with AIR bubbles and the salt HAD disolved...
Take a glass out of the tank and if it is air clouding it will clear in
a few mins...

Dan

[Sang Kang]

I hope you got some good circulation in the tank.
For my 75gallon, I have four MAG 5 pumps. each stationed in each corner
facing each other. I eventually took the pump out because the current was
making havoc on the sand bed. Since then I've put SQUID unit attached to a
MAG 9.5.


"Martin" > wrote in message
...
> Well I guess I'll have to see what its like when I get home from work,
> then
> it will have been 24hrs see what its like then, hope its cleared, strange
> though as I just can't think what it is.
>
> btw tank is 200 litres
>
>
> "Sang Kang" > wrote in
> news:_nFfe.3319$cf5.974@lakeread07:
>
>> How large is the tank? If there are no substrate but only water then
>> it shouldn't stay that cloudy unless the salt is tainted.
>>
>> When I started with my 75gallon tank, I added the water then salt, the
>> water cleared less than 24 hrs.
>>

[Martin]

Thanks I hadn't thought of the glass idea, the pump I have in is a pretty
good one so the water is moving plenty but will try to take a glass of it
and see what happens when its standing still for a few minutes.

[George Patterson]

Martin wrote:
>
> How long does the salt normally take to fully disolve ?

When I mix up 28 gallons of water for a water change, I use a single large
powerhead to stir up the water. It is not unusual for there to be undisolved
salt in the bottom of the can two days later, though usually it all disolves
within 24 hours.

You say the water is still "cloudy." If you've got that powerhead set up with an
air intake to aerate the water, it may be perpetuating the fine bubbles that
usually occur when the salt is mixed in. What you're seeing may just be tiny air
bubbles kicking around.

I wouldn't worry about things for another day at least. You need to allow the
water 3 days to season anyway.

George Patterson
There's plenty of room for all of God's creatures. Right next to the
mashed potatoes.

[Tre' Landrum]

One problem you can run into is if you add the water to the salt not the
salt to the water. But with that you will get non-dissolving precipitate (IE
you will get white stuff on the bottom of the tank). You will often get this
anyway, but do it wrong and it could be enough to causes problems with the
water.

Tre' Landrum

"Martin" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
>
> Brand new tank, new RO water, added the salt last night and this morning
> it
> is still cloudy. Can anybody tell me if this is normal, there is nothing
> else in the tank yet apart from the heater a power head circulating water.
>
> How long does the salt normally take to fully disolve ?, have i done
> something stupid ? should I just empty it out and start from scratch.
>
> This is my first sal****er tank and I know I may have problems but it
> doesn't bode well if I can't even fill the tank !
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Cheers
>
> Martin

[Martin]

Thanks for all the replies, when I got home after work yesterday the tank
was a bit clearer, it does seem to be tiny particles not disolved from the
salt but it does seem to be slowly clearing. Cheers guys.