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Saltwater Mixing with Tunze NanoStream 6025 & Brightwell Aquatics Neomarine Reef Aqua

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Saltwater Mixing with Tunze NanoStream 6025 & Brightwell Aquatics Neomarine Reef Aquaria Salt
Friday, July 16, 2010

After some initial research among the various salt mixes available I decided to go out and purchase some Brightwell Aquatics Neomarine Reef Aquaria Salt from a local retailer "Gotham Aquatics" who was having a sale on it. After a very long drive sitting in rush hour traffic to Brooklyn and back to the Bronx I finally got home with my salt. From the claims and reviews regarding this salt it seemed to be the correct choice with you get what you pay for ringing over and over in the background. I now needed a method to mix the salt accordingly without having to resort to the All Clad Stainles Steel Cooking Spoon from Williams Sonoma that is hanging in the kitchen. So I purchased a 5 gallon painters bucket from Home Depot and placed on order for a Tunze NanoStream 6025 Pump with new generation Titanium Allow Shaft rated at 660 gallon per hour at 6 watts of energy to be used inside the bucket to stir the purified water and salt mixture so that my wife doesn't murder me for touching her toys in the kitchen.

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Updated 07-16-2010 at 06:05 PM by KingNeptunesBounty

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  1. Alaska_Phil's Avatar
    That should do the trick, in fact the tunze is overkill. I use a little Minijet 404 rated for about 60gph to mix 10 gals at a time in a Brute garbage can. That tunze is going to create a whirlpool. I also drop a spare heater in there since my mixing room can get down to 60 degrees in winter.
  2. JABlacher's Avatar
    Yeah, I agree that the Tunze is a bit overkill for mixing salt when a $30 Koralia would do the same but thats your choice. Just toss a heater in there if need be to get the water within the temperature of your tank before doing water changes.
  3. KingNeptunesBounty's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Alaska_Phil
    That should do the trick, in fact the tunze is overkill. I use a little Minijet 404 rated for about 60gph to mix 10 gals at a time in a Brute garbage can. That tunze is going to create a whirlpool. I also drop a spare heater in there since my mixing room can get down to 60 degrees in winter.
    Alaska_Phil, it definitely will do that job for mixing the salt and I do plan on including a heater as well as an airstone to aerate the water for 24 hours before placing it into the aquarium for scheduled water changes.
  4. KingNeptunesBounty's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by JABlacher
    Yeah, I agree that the Tunze is a bit overkill for mixing salt when a $30 Koralia would do the same but thats your choice. Just toss a heater in there if need be to get the water within the temperature of your tank before doing water changes.
    Ablacher, I like the Tunze overall design and they use less energy than the Koralia so I dished out the extra money for that feature. Twice the price but whatever I can do to stay one step ahead of Consolidated Edison.
  5. Alaska_Phil's Avatar
    The air stone and heater alone would be enough, you just need to keep the water moving and not stagnant. You don't need to simulate a reef crest in your mixing bucket.
  6. MarcG's Avatar
    I use a Maxijet 1200 with a sure flow mod (2100gph) that I had laying around and I KNOW it is way too much, but I also do about a 30 gallon change every two weeks. It mixes the water a bit quicker, it was cheap when I bought it and I already had it. Plus it won't leak electricity like a Koralia....
  7. KingNeptunesBounty's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by Alaska_Phil
    The air stone and heater alone would be enough, you just need to keep the water moving and not stagnant. You don't need to simulate a reef crest in your mixing bucket.
    Alaska_Phil, I choose not to go with the minimum because I want a way to also ensure that all the salt has dissolved accordingly in a short period of time. It would take too long using just an airstone for circulation.
  8. KingNeptunesBounty's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by MarcG
    I use a Maxijet 1200 with a sure flow mod (2100gph) that I had laying around and I KNOW it is way too much, but I also do about a 30 gallon change every two weeks. It mixes the water a bit quicker, it was cheap when I bought it and I already had it. Plus it won't leak electricity like a Koralia....
    MarcG, definitely agree that faster in this case is better for me as well.
  9. Alaska_Phil's Avatar
    Nothing wrong with overkill, I usually start mixing my salt 2 or 3 days before I plan to do a water change, and try to always keep at least a few gallons ready to go.