Terrible Advice Tuesdays (T.A.Tues): One Reason Why RODI Water Is No Good
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 in it have been removed. When you add an easily-dissolving solid (salt) to clean water, the dissolving party is ON!
Forget adding supplements to your RODI water to make your salt dissolve. Just add a powerhead to circulate the water and your salt will dissolve just fine.
Browse the Store! Questions?
I have no words for this one!
It’s called tell people what they want to hear and sell that produce.
Mel, maybe I should sell you a dictionary
Mike, maybe I should sell you a personality?
Matt…no British saying comes to mind?
Maybe Mark should sell us a new no nonsense guide to moving a saltwater tank 🙂 seriously Mark. I think that should be the next one. Keep up the good work bud.
Additionally adding a heater with your power head helps. My RODI water is cold when I am done making up a batch I add the heater and powerhead 30 minutes before the salt to insure I get a fast clean dissolve.
Mark,
Is there any advantage of mixing salt with a heater and a powerhead for more than 24 hours?
I currenty Mix my salt mix for 24-48 hours in 5 gallon buckets before adding the 5 gallons to the tank.
Just wondering if I should turn the mixing and heating off after XX amount of time. Would rather not waste energy. Any Feedback?
Percipitation is less likely if you mix the salt into the churning water when the water is cold. Just my .02
if the water isnt the correct temperature when you mix in the salt, the correct amount of salt will not dissolve. Warm water holds more salt than cold
I only dissolve my salt for about 5 or 10 minutes. I stir it in until it’s all dissolved. Should I be allowing more time to dissolve my salt. I haven’t had any problems that I’ve noticed.
Thanks
I mix my salt following the manufacturers recommendation. My current salt brand says not to mix for more than 4hrs.
The ph of your saltwater is very cqustic when first mixed, if you are doing 5 gallons on a large system it shouldn’t matter. If you are doing 5 gallons on a 40 gallon system, I would be concerned.
*caustic.
I might add, I never have leftover salt when mixing without a heater.
Have used red sea coral pro for a few years I only noticed recently that you shouldnt mix itfor more than 4 hours and only heat when salt is fully dissolved,this is not the way ive been doing it for 25 years butit dosent seem to bother the inhabitants as long as I dont change too much at once
I have never used RODI water in my 100 gal reef aquarium and it has been running for nearly a year with no loss of any fish or corals I just add declorinator to my water changes and mix my salt over night even my top off system uses tap water ( declorinated of course ) al of my mates do the same
i have a 500 plus gals. of saltwater flowing through out my house to 5 reef tanks . have been in hobby for over 20 plus yrs. when i do water changes on the tanks i add the make up water that is done in the basement on a 100 gal. sump tank in which is only kept 1/2 full. all work is done there. i take water from the rodi container at room temp. mix salt for 10 mins. or so, well stirred my hand to 5 gals. at a time. then i pour small amounts into the sump, then wait for the sump water temp. to recover then repeat again until goal is meet… never any regrets
I’ve met a few other local reefers that are big on tap water. They tell me I waste money on RODI because it removes all the “good nutrients that corals need.” Our tap water comes out at 25 dKH. I hear things like “25 dKH is great, that’s double what the salt contains. Why would you take all that out just to add back in a lesser amount?!?” My response: face palm
Mark – Actually the old C.Brown saying seems to suit…
Good Grief!
I’m off to give my 200ltr RO/DI storage barrel a cuddle… 😀 Maybe I’ll eventually find me that MSWT Sweet Tea recipe 😉
Matt…I was expecting, “Rubbish!” or “Hogwash!”
Terribly sorry… I erm… ah, ahem….
Poppycock!
Suit you sir?
A lovely oh putain from France!
Best terrible advice i ve read so far!
Mark, I have 4 clownfish 3 are docile but one bullies just one of these. Anything I can do?
I swap out my poly and sock filters once a week and I would like to soak the ones that I swapped out. Can I soak my poly filter and socks in a mixture of 1/4cup of bleach and 4 cups of water? My new poly filter is light brown within a week and I would like to get it white again.
tom .. if your not wearing those filter sock don`t worry about making them white again, it`s not like it`s your underwear, and i also heard that washing machines have a small amount of residue of phosphates in them from constant use.. i made up a short garden hose and hose off all material matter from the socks into my utility tub and then let the socks air dry until needed again, hope this helps….. bill