IO RC Sediment

[Kens Bees]

I made water yesterday and was adding in IO RC today, like usual. I get the sediment stuff and usually clean everything out once or twice a year, but, this time is way above normal. Has anyone ever experienced this level of crap in their newly mixed water? I was thinking of running a 10” RO canister with a sediment filter to get rig of it.

 

[dz6t]

I have never ever seen something like this. Did you get this bucket of salt recently ?

 

[Kens Bees]

I got the 200g boxes with the bags inside. One bag was cut fresh, the other was a partial from a few weeks ago. This box was probably from 5-6 months ago when Chewy had a sale or promo. It didn’t settle overnight. There’s still that chunky film on top.

The mix pumps are good, heater, AWC pumps, all functioning normally.

 

[dz6t]

Was the barrel coated with sediment before adding the salt?

 

[Chris.Reef]

Was your container clean before making a new batch of saltwater? I would see this over time in my mixing container when i was using IO.

 

[Kens Bees]

It was pretty clean actually, it’s been far worse. I don’t remember the brown junk free floating around, I remember it sort of just coating things.

 

[Cooper2]

I use Instant Ocean all the time. Now and then I see some gray sediment that settles out at the bottom of barrel, but I have never seen that color or had a floating film. I sure wouldn’t trust it as the color concerns me deeply….
Best of luck!

 

[dz6t]

This is highly unusual for RC salt, i would discard this batch.

 

[Kens Bees]

This is highly unusual for RC salt, i would discard this batch.

Ugh. I ran a new 1m filter overnight and it’s a lovely shade of mud today. Looks like I’ll be draining, cleaning, and going into winter with a sparkly mix barrel. What a pain.