White crust on water storage bucket

[MattL]

So I have a lot of white crust on my water storage bucket. I read in another thread that it is my calc from th salt leaching out of the water. Should i add the salt a hour or so before the water chance so it wont leach out? Does the temperature change this? I don't want to waste Salinity because it costs a ton.

 

[Wicked Color]

dont worry about it, cleans up with vinegar.

 

[MattL]

But does it deplete the calcium concentration in the solution?

 

[Cake_Boss]

But does it deplete the calcium concentration in the solution?

Yes, precipitation. Don't believe me? Test it and find out.

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[MattL]

So should i mix the salt hours before the water change?

 

[Cake_Boss]

So should i mix the salt hours before the water change?

It was a Salinity thing for me, never did figure it out

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[Wicked Color]

Dont worry about it, if you really want to keep all the trace calcium rince the bucket with FW and it should slowly disolve.

 

[that0neguy1126]

Mine does it too, its not enough to really change the chemistry. I usually mix mine for 24-48hrs in advance.

 

[miwoodar]

It's going to happen on pretty much any mixing container with pretty much any kind of salt.

One tip that may help a bit...always add salt to your water rather than water to your salt. The former will result in you bringing your salinity 'up' to the desired level. The latter would result in you bringing your salinity 'down' to the desired level. This scenario would increase the chances of precipitates forming.