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new saltwater
Hey guys im now doing 15 gal waterchanges in a rubbermaid roughneck. I started mixing the saltwater maybe 4 or 5 days ago and didnt have the time to change it out until today. Looking at it now it appears the roughneck is starting to get a coating on the inside of the container as well as on the pump and the pump cord. I can rub it off with my hands and looks sort of greyish. Should I do a water change as normal or is this "grey slime or coating" going to be an issue?
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Sounds like scale buildup I have it in my brute I don't think its anything to worry about
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ive been browsing the web looking for answers and it sounds like some people have left it for alot longer. Thats the perfect description of it actually, scale.. had a hard time describing it, Thanks. Ill go ahead with the w/c.
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It's fine. My last barrel sat for a month and looked like I had an oil spill
Do you use RO?
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weird! I do, after draining the water the roughneck has a crystallized scale that could possibly be calcium. I made magnesium and calcium additions after the salt was added and dissolved.
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You will get residual salt crystals, but the brown sludge, I found, comes from a dirty RO membrane. I did a flush of mine and the next barrel was very clean.
The normal back flush doesn't get much of the crud out, I did a "special" version of back flush and washed mud out of my membrane.
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What's the secret to a "special" version ?
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Take out all the prefilters, hook it to the water and blast it. The air kicks all the sludge out.
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Ya, take out all the stuff in the chambers, put them back. Hook the water into the membrane and flush. Put the output in a cup and see what comes out. Mine was disgusting, and I backflush every other week. And my membrane is less than 6 months old.
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