Mixing salt and Water and it turns brown???

hesstondc

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WHat gives here folks. I have been doing the same water change for 4 years now....All of a sudden when I dump my salt in (coralife) and add my Mag drive9.5 and stealth heater, the water turns brown in about an hour worth of mixing time. It leaves a film on the inside of my brute trash can....

I cleaned everything with a brush and it didn't help. Could the pump be leaking something into the water?

Any ideas guys? Thanks
Clay
 
I've had that happen with Tropic Marin and Reef Crystls. From what I've read I believe it has something to do with what they use as a binder in the mix. Not harmful and will settle out. I tested the water when this happened and found no difference in paramaters.
 
I suspect some anti-caking agent or trace element is reacting with the plastic and precipitating. It does the same for me on virtually all salts I've used.

Dave
 
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