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Terrible Advice Tuesdays: Your Salt Mix’s Little Helper

Terrible Advice Tuesdays: RODI water won’t hold elements. Therefore, you need to use supplements to make your salt dissolve in RODI water.

The rest of the story: RODI water is “clean water” as most of the compounds and other junk …

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Terrible Advice Tuesdays: Your Salt Mix’s Little Helper

Terrible Advice Tuesdays: RODI water won’t hold elements. Therefore, you need to use supplements to make your salt dissolve in RODI water.

The rest of the story: RODI water is “clean water” as most of the compounds and other junk …

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Mr. Saltwater Tank TV Friday AM Quick Tip: Don’t Assume This Part Of Your Tank Is Consistent

I’ve said that saltwater tanks don’t like variability and here’s one place you need to check for consistency

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Mr. Saltwater Tank TV: Friday AM Quick Tip: New Salt Bucket? Do This Step First

Think mixing up saltwater is as easy as adding salt to water? Think again. If you miss this crucial step, you’ve missed a lot.

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Terrible Advice Tuesdays: The Cheapest Salt Mix For Your Saltwater Tank

Terrible Advice Tuesdays: Need to make saltwater for your tank? Just use enough table salt and you’re good to go.

The rest of the story: While table salt would get your specific gravity to 1.025, that’s all it would do, …

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Mr. Saltwater Tank TV Friday AM Quick Tip #122: Keep The Moisture Out Until You Need It

A saltwater tank is some parts water and some parts salt.  Mixing the two prematurely though can make your salt mix lumpy or turn your salt mix bucket into a slab of concrete.  While separating the two seems easy, I …

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Mr. Saltwater Tank TV Friday AM Quick Tip #109: Crack Me Open, Then Do This First

You can’t have a saltwater tank without salt.  And every fresh bucket of salt needs to have this step done to it before you use it in your tank.

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From the Archive: Mr. Saltwater Tank TV Friday AM Quick Tip #28: Thinking of Switching?

Every single saltwater tank needs salt and if you are going to change the source of your salt, make sure you follow this tip.

 

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Mr. Saltwater Tank TV Friday AM Quick Tip #28: Thinking of Switching?

If you are going to change, follow this step even with salt mixes.

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Mr. Saltwater Tank TV Friday AM Quick Tip #22: Add One of These and Check Me in the Morning

Patience pays off when it comes to consistency.

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