Salt that is not entirely white

[cyber98]

Hello everyone,

 

today i bought Instant ocean salt to start doing my water change..and when i opened the bag the salt crystals appear to be whitish and light blueish...is this normal?

[holdorf333]

Don't suppose you have a good pic of it?

[adinsxq]

does it taste salty?

[holdorf333]

let the cat take a #### it in, imo

[splinter492]

let the cat take a #### it in, ime

[cyber98]

Don't suppose you have a good pic of it?

sorry for the bad quality hopefully the picture is clear enough

 

does it taste salty?

Yes it does the funny thing the bag was sealed and the salt cleared up quickly when i mixed it in water .....iam pretty scared to use my newly mixed water... should i go ahead or is this a bad batch of salt...

[FlCandy]

I would I have used instant ocean before and it didn't look like that. Try reef crystals, hear nothing but good things on here re that brand and I liked it when I made my water a few weeks back to fill the tank for the cycle.

 

Good luck

[Addinali]

Looks like somebody mixed dawn soap with salt wtf. If it was me i wouldnt use it i would go get my money back lol.

[cyber98]

I would I have used instant ocean before and it didn't look like that. Try reef crystals, hear nothing but good things on here re that brand and I liked it when I made my water a few weeks back to fill the tank for the cycle.

 

Good luck

 

 

Looks like somebody mixed dawn soap with salt wtf. If it was me i wouldnt use it i would go get my money back lol.

the funny thing i got ripped off twice.....i bought seachem and it turn out to be a bad batch waited 32 hours and the salt never mixed and now this .....sigh this is getting expensive but i have waited 4 years to get back to this hobby iam not screwing up this time...Ill try to look into buying reef crystal if it is available here in dubai..is aquamedic any good?

Thank you guys for ur input

[ThePhilosopher]

This happened to my Reef Crystals batch, too. Funny thing it was perfectly white when I bought it.

After some research I concluded that it must have been due to humidity getting into the salt mix, which makes sense, considering that I didn't properly seal the bag (being a newbie) and that the place where I live is very humid.

 

Your salt mix is probably humid, not faulty, which isn't that much of a bad thing, but not a good thing either.

[cyber98]

This happened to my Reef Crystals batch, too. Funny thing it was perfectly white when I bought it.

After some research I concluded that it must have been due to humidity getting into the salt mix, which makes sense, considering that I didn't properly seal the bag (being a newbie) and that the place where I live is very humid.

 

Your salt mix is probably humid, not faulty, which isn't that much of a bad thing, but not a good thing either.

 

Yupe I think thats the problem, the weather here in UAE "especially in summer" Is really horrible it can get really humid and the temperature can reach up to 60 celsius and I am not exaggerating, but i opened it in my house so the leak might have happened in the shop.

[ThePhilosopher]

Yupe I think thats the problem, the weather here in UAE "especially in summer" Is really horrible it can get really humid and the temperature can reach up to 60 celsius and I am not exaggerating, but i opened it in my house so the leak might have happened in the shop.

Wow. I'd like to know how you keep your tank's temperature under control in that kind of weather, but that's for another topic.

[cyber98]

I would I have used instant ocean before and it didn't look like that. Try reef crystals, hear nothing but good things on here re that brand and I liked it when I made my water a few weeks back to fill the tank for the cycle.

 

Good luck

I just got Crystal Sea Salt ....never heard of this product..lets hope that this product is not as defective as the two batches i bought :/ or i might go ape on my pet stores.

 

Wow. I'd like to know how you keep your tank's temperature under control in that kind of weather, but that's for another topic.

mmm.. http://www.tabreed.ae/aboutus.aspx our house tempreture is around 19 to 20c

[FlCandy]

Good luck

[cyber98]

Quick question how long does it take for a salt to disolve i have been mixing my new salt for about 16 hours and it is still cloudy...

PS iam using a power head and a heater to mix the salt

[Lee Van Reef]

That's just a bad batch from the sounds of it. Are you aerating it and heating it up to tank temps?

[cyber98]

That's just a bad batch from the sounds of it. Are you aerating it and heating it up to tank temps?

...it cant be it just cant this is the third bad batch salt i have baught -,-!! yes i am using a power head and a heater

[Lee Van Reef]

...it cant be it just cant this is the third bad batch salt i have baught -,-!! yes i am using a power head and a heater

Man, I don't know what to tell you. That sounds like a horrible dilemma

[cyber98]

Man, I don't know what to tell you. That sounds like a horrible dilemma

lol...unbelievable...it seems like iam gunna take a break....i spent almost 150dollars on bad salt...and the funny thing I have been into every single LPS here and still no luck :S!!!!

 

Sorry if i sounded rude but I am really shocked and bummed out..:/

btw thank you for your input

[Lee Van Reef]

No worries man, I understand the frustration. I wish the best of luck with the problem.

[holdorf333]

it's fine. go ahead and use it.

 

and fwiw, don't sweat the IO vs. Reef Crystals thing. Make the change only if you need to later on. It's perfectly OK to do so.