Sigh 3rd day already issues

[BrklynArch]

use either a mag float for the glass and run your finger along the seams to loosen the crud
they also sell glass scrapers/ cleaners with sponges on them.

 

[MaxxedMan]

yes the sal was way high i don't understand i used the instructions on the bucket... sigh oh well does anyone know a good product to use to get the salt of the walls and around of seal off?(dont want to damage it)

It just comes off and on the walls will disolve on it's own. You wont' damage anything rubbing off the salt.

Salt is normally 1/2 cup per gallon. Use a dry cup. So a 30 gallon tank would be 15 dry cups of salt. How far off were you?

 

[Palting]

Hello, Funkness.

I think you need to slow down, maybe even stop for a minute, and think things through a bit. I mean, there are noobs, and then there are noobs, know what I mean?

Checking salinity with a hydrometer or a refractometer is pretty basic. As is cleaning the glass. I would suggest reading the several stickies at the start of this forum, particularly about starting in this hobby.

Just trying to be helpful here, I'm not trying to put you down, but get some basic knowledge and insight in first before you go any further.

 

[Humuhumunuku]

Nope. Common misconception.

The salt most likely to precipitate from your salt mix is calcium carbonate. It has the property called retrograde solubility. It is actually more soluble at cooler temps and higher pressures. Just the opposite of what you've always been told. Mix your water cold, then heat after it clears.

Always had trouble wrapping my head around that.

 

[Humuhumunuku]

It just comes off and on the walls will disolve on it's own. You wont' damage anything rubbing off the salt.

Salt is normally 1/2 cup per gallon. Use a dry cup. So a 30 gallon tank would be 15 dry cups of salt. How far off were you?

Keep in mind that a 30gallon tank (or whatever) might not hold 30gallons of water, tanks are usually named by their outside dimensions, and often hold significantly less water the larger they are, due to increasing thickness of the glass. This is not always the case, but something to consider.

 

[Reeferz412]

This is why I got a garbage can and just mix my water in there. If the salinity is too high... just dump some fresh RO water and let it mix. Test the salinity a few hours later with a cheapy sun sun pump blowin it around.

 

[kbell2433]

Magnet cleaner, or wipe down with an aquarium sponge type cleaner.

Get a refractometer to get salinity exactly where you want it. or a hydrometer from the LFS will do in a pinch. But if you can afford it get a refractometer they work awesome. Take some of the salt water out and put it in a container to save for the first water change and add some RO/Di water to the tank untill it reads 1.025. Then add some RO/Di water to the container untill its 1.025 and you will have a start on some water for your first water change.

I added my salt to an RO/Di filled tank no problems at all.