Snowing in my tank? 5g pwc

[Florida8]

Did my weekly 5g pwc and the bucket is white so I didn't notice until I placed the water back in that it appears to be snowing... little dot size white particles.

Confused... what is it and what do I do?

 

[Hara]

undissolved salt?

 

[angelscrx]

You should let your make up water sit over night with a power head to mix it up real good. Also it should have good top water motion for aeration. Undissolved salt in the water can irritate a fish's gills and cause them to scratch on rocks.

 

[DeathWarp]

Seems like undisolved salt to me. Just let it sit next time and if you can add the powerhead to it, that would help quite a bit.

 

[seaham358]

Could be salt which is not a good thing.. i would also check you calcium level and post numbers..

 

[MarineFlake]

You may be seeing some precipitation of ca due to out of range alk. Check your Alk and make sure its within a 8 - 10 dkh range (Assuming Ca is 400 ish) It may indeed be unmixed salt, but if it looks more like a 'snowstorm' its possible the mix may have introduced elevated alk and cause the ca to precipitate out. I am not sure what steps there are to recovering..Maybe someone else will post that..

Peace.

 

[melosu58]

I agree with undissolved salt which is why you should wait 24-36 hours before putting in your tank.

 

[Florida8]

Thanks everyone... it appears to have been a little salt... I was in a rush to get out the door, it all looked fine until it wasn't in the white bucket.... all is well now and levels are great! Thanks again!!!