Dez' Tank Journal

scherzo · #1 08-02-2009, 03:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Dez

what do you mean by rolling my salt buckets? I've never heard of this. It was nice meeting you as well.

I think he means to put the bucket on its side and roll it.. I've heard of people doing it every time they use their salt or sometimes.. once or twice every two weeks to make sure that everything (whatever is in it.. I'm no expert).. stays mixed..

Theory is that the different things in the salt stays uniformly mixed... some people just do it the first time they get the bucket. because of shipping things may settle out... personally.. I've never done it..

I think that is why people roll their salt buckets... (am I wrong???)

fishytime · #2 08-02-2009, 03:24 AM

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Originally Posted by scherzo

I think he means to put the bucket on its side and roll it.. I've heard of people doing it every time they use their salt or sometimes.. once or twice every two weeks to make sure that everything (whatever is in it.. I'm no expert).. stays mixed..

Theory is that the different things in the salt stays uniformly mixed... some people just do it the first time they get the bucket. because of shipping things may settle out... personally.. I've never done it..

I think that is why people roll their salt buckets... (am I wrong???)

"Circle gets the square".....you may find that if you dont roll your buckets of salt, the first mix may have say 500 ppm of calcium and the last mix may be 300ppm....obviously not scientific numbers but you get the idea.

lastlight · #3 08-02-2009, 03:34 AM

Wow never once even read about this. Great idea and I'll do it myself If I ever buy salt.

Dez · #4 08-02-2009, 04:41 AM

Well, I used the whole bucket of salt so I guess that didn't matter that time....I will do this in the future I guess. Won't hurt and it doesn't take much effort.

mark · #5 08-02-2009, 05:48 AM

last few buckets of IO I've measured Ca and Alk at the start and about 1/2 full, to get a idea how much to supplement, values end up being the same (without rolling).

Leah · #6 08-03-2009, 12:27 PM

Just wondering if things are getting better?

Dez · #7 08-03-2009, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Leah

Just wondering if things are getting better?

Well, I'm back tonight and we'll see if my test fish is still doing good. I had new saltwater mixed and fish was good. I put some rock from the display in with the fish to see if there were any adverse effects, so far none. We'll see tonight. If everything is good, them I'm going to switch out as much water as possible and just assume that something leached into the tank during my tank build. Sucks, but it's better than a whole tank crash I guess.

Des