Instant Ocean salt? dissolving issue

greenspottedlover · Post by **greenspottedlover** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 8:17 pm

I have noticed my Instant Ocean salt never dissolves entirely. Any one know a better brand?

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 8:27 pm

Do you use a powerhead in your mixing container? I use IO and I've never had an issue.

I've never used any other salt but I know quite a few people that use Tropic Marin Pro

greenspottedlover · Post by **greenspottedlover** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 8:30 pm

I do not have a powerhead for salt mixing due to a lack of funds.

Post by **Pufferpunk** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 9:01 pm

There's your answer. Also, it's meant to mix in warm water.

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 9:17 pm

You can spend more money on other salts but without a powerhead for mixing you will likely get the same result.

I picked up my powerhead for $10 (used)

zookey · Post by **zookey** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 10:00 pm

WalMart has them really cheap .... ours does anyway.

greenspottedlover · Post by **greenspottedlover** » Fri Apr 01, 2011 11:15 pm

Pufferpunk wrote:There's your answer. Also, it's meant to mix in warm wet stuff.

I actually use hot water and then cool it till its the right temp. But yeah, I know what I gotta pickup next time I get the chance.

Post by **Dadof4** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 6:10 pm

Hot water isn't the answer either. Use tank temperature water with a power head and it will dissolve nicely.

El Scorpio · Post by **El Scorpio** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 9:43 pm

Red Sea Coral Pro salt dissolves completely in RO water with only an aereator. This is Coral Pro, though, their regular salt doesn't dissolve all the way no matter what you do to it.

greenspottedlover · Post by **greenspottedlover** » Sun Apr 03, 2011 9:11 am

I think I'll stick with Instant Ocean. I have had good luck with its performance in tank.

puffermichigan · Post by **puffermichigan** » Sun Apr 03, 2011 11:37 am

Ok, this post is going to "out" me for being a fishkeeping noob, but . . . my salt wasn't dissolving either, even after I added a powerhead and heater. There would always been a teeny bit left in the bottom which caused me great concern. One weekend during WCs my sister happened to be over. She said . . . "are you sure it isn't just sand in the bottom of the tub? I mean, it is a white tub." I'd siphon off tank water into the tub,then use the powerhead to dump the water in the sink, never noticing that little bits of sand were left in the bottom because my plastic tub was white. Sigh . . . but I'm mentioning because I couldn't figure out what was wrong and somehow never thought of that.

greenspottedlover · Post by **greenspottedlover** » Sun Apr 03, 2011 7:46 pm

There is no way sand could have gotten in the tank I mix my water in.

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Sun Apr 03, 2011 7:52 pm

We have all made Noob mistakes like that puffermichigan,....no worries.

greenspottedlover,...I'm pretty sure your problem will be solved with a powerhead

geronimo69 · Post by **geronimo69** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:58 am

You don't need a powerhead...

I use one in my reef tank mix bin (Marine Pro salt mix), but my Ceylon's water (Instant Ocean salt mix) is mixed with an HOB filter and airstone in/on a rubbermaid container. It works great. Do as PP said and warm the water before adding the salt. Should dissolve completely within an hour.

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:26 am

powerhead,...HOB, whatever....something to mix the salt into the water thoroughly was the point

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