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Old 01-16-2014, 11:07 PM
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Originally Posted by craigwmiller View Post
To avoid cloudiness (and precipitation), I've had the best luck with:

- no heater before mixing
- constant circulation during mixing
- not adding entire amount of salt at once (I mix ~40 gallons at a time, and I do it in about 3-4 chunks of adding salt, spacing the addition of salt by several hours)
- if your make-up water is still cloudy after 24 hours of mixing, and your salinity is good (I mix to 35ppt), it might just be cloudy and is likely okay to use.


I'm starting to think my problem is adding the salt to fast.

After ur salt is mixed do u get a precipitate on the bottom?
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