Salt water

[aaronalam]

I bought an 80L container today (those ones for storage) in order to mix up a big batch of saltwater, ready for whenever I need to do a water change.

Before I go ahead and use like 3kg of salt, the container is clear, will this affect my water in anyway? Algae and such? It will obviously be constantly agitated but I wanted to check before I go ahead and possibly screw it up.

If it being clear is an issue, I can just wrap it up in black bags to darken it out.

Thanks.

 

[hackteck]

the color of the container doesnt matter

 

[aaronalam]

Thanks for the info, you've helped me out quite alot so far! lol

 

[hackteck]

sure no problem

 

[CaptainAhab]

as long as there is no direct light.... then ... errrrr... maybe not. Keep it clean and it'll keep you clean

 

[Gregcoyote]

80 gallons is a lot. Keep it aerated. It can easily go bad on you. Color of container doesn't matter as long as tank was designed for potable water.

 

[hackteck]

he said 80 liters which is roughly 21 Gallons

 

[Gregcoyote]

Oops, sorry.

 

[aaronalam]

I ended up only filling it to 40 litres for now anyway, just incase something goes wrong.