High Nitrates in fresh saltwater!!

[outssider]

I would mix the salt with the water cold and add the heater much later just before the water change. less precipitation that way

 

[phoenix001]

I do not keep the brute covered - primarily because of the condensation build up and I thought it was better to not cover it so there is oxygen exchange. Something else
I learned - we have 2 cats and the litter box is in the same room about 10 feet away - I also have detectable ammonia in the makeup water and the Ro/di brute right next to it ( I do have a lid on the ro/di brute but there is a hole in the lid from where I drilled the wrong size hole - I will put some tape over this). I moved the litter box out of the room - I know this is a problem but it wouldnt cause the Nitrate problem, right?

 

[bertoni]

I'm not sure. I'd move the container out of the room with the litter box and I'd keep it covered, to see what happens. Honestly, I think it's more likely that something is entering through the air than from the pump or Brute. Problems with litter boxes seem to surface from time to time.

 

[BeachBumm]

Cat Shitters Full !!