salt creep

oldhead · 02/17/2018, 06:24 AM

1-Clean it up and throw it out
2-Knock it back into the tank
3-Just leave it because you are lazy
4-Other(explain)

billdogg · 02/17/2018, 06:38 AM

Sort of a combination of 1,2,3 for me. I clean it up as best as possible (1) If some happens to fall back in I don't stress too much (2) and I tend to allow it it become unsightly (3) until I proceed to 1 + 2.

I have also learned that much of it is avoidable by making adjustments to the plumbing setup to minimize splashing.

hth

mcgyvr · 02/17/2018, 08:13 AM

2,3 for me.

top shelf · 02/17/2018, 08:31 AM

2 and 3 as well. I let it build up till I don't like looking at it then I turkey baster it off.

I have mininal salt creep though like billdog mentioned with minimized splashing you don't get as much so I'd say maybe once a month I clean it off if I feel froggy.

ca1ore · 02/17/2018, 08:36 AM

I don't get a lot of it; where I do, its all in the sump. When I do I mostly just wash it back in with some RODI.

AlSimmons · 02/17/2018, 11:01 AM

I don't get a lot of salt creep either. I am pretty good at wiping things down though. There's always a damp cloth handy.

homer1475 · 02/17/2018, 02:18 PM

I don't get much either with the exception of the corners on the screen top and the sump. In the sump I knock it back in, on the screen top I wipe it down and throw it away.

THEUNION1 · 02/17/2018, 02:24 PM

#1 for me. I feel its like dumping the dust on my counter on to the floor.

Musicims · 02/17/2018, 03:32 PM

#1. I've seen where a crystal will fall to a coral and lay on it, then the coral will be dead the next day from shock.

View Poll Results: What do you do with salt creep
Clean it up and throw it out	8	32.00%
Knock it back into the tank	12	48.00%
Lazy and just leave it	4	16.00%
Other(explain)	1	4.00%
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02/17/2018, 06:38 AM	#2
billdogg Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Grove City, Ohio Posts: 10,806	Sort of a combination of 1,2,3 for me. I clean it up as best as possible (1) If some happens to fall back in I don't stress too much (2) and I tend to allow it it become unsightly (3) until I proceed to 1 + 2. I have also learned that much of it is avoidable by making adjustments to the plumbing setup to minimize splashing. hth __________________ I'll try to be nice if you try to be smarter! I can't help that I grow older, but you can't make me grow up! Current Tank Info: 120 mixed reef with 40b sump, RO 150 skimmer, AI Sol Blue x 2, and a 60g Frag Tank with 100g rubbermaid sump. 2 x Kessil A360w lights, BM curve 5 skimmer

02/17/2018, 08:13 AM	#3
mcgyvr Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 20,050	2,3 for me. __________________ Who me?

02/17/2018, 08:31 AM	#4
top shelf Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1,022	2 and 3 as well. I let it build up till I don't like looking at it then I turkey baster it off. I have mininal salt creep though like billdog mentioned with minimized splashing you don't get as much so I'd say maybe once a month I clean it off if I feel froggy. __________________ Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it into a fruit salad. Philosophy is wondering if that means ketchup is a smoothie. Current tank info: 45g SCA Cube

02/17/2018, 08:36 AM	#5
ca1ore Grizzled & Cynical Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Stamford, CT Posts: 17,319	I don't get a lot of it; where I do, its all in the sump. When I do I mostly just wash it back in with some RODI. __________________ Simon Got back into the hobby ..... planned to keep it simple ..... yeah, right ..... clearly I need a new plan! Pet peeve: anemones host clowns; clowns do not host anemones! Current Tank Info: 450 Reef; 120 refugium; 60 Frag Tank, 30 Introduction tank; multiple QTs

02/17/2018, 06:24 AM	#1
oldhead Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: New Jersey Posts: 527	salt creep 1-Clean it up and throw it out 2-Knock it back into the tank 3-Just leave it because you are lazy 4-Other(explain)

02/17/2018, 11:01 AM	#6
AlSimmons Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: California Posts: 2,482	I don't get a lot of salt creep either. I am pretty good at wiping things down though. There's always a damp cloth handy.

02/17/2018, 02:18 PM	#7
homer1475 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 5,313	I don't get much either with the exception of the corners on the screen top and the sump. In the sump I knock it back in, on the screen top I wipe it down and throw it away. __________________ 80G SCA Build: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2560256 Originally posted by der_wille_zur_macht: "He's just taking his lunch to work"

02/17/2018, 02:24 PM	#8
THEUNION1 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: ORANGE COUNTY, CA Posts: 928	#1 for me. I feel its like dumping the dust on my counter on to the floor.

02/17/2018, 03:32 PM	#9
Musicims Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2017 Posts: 13	#1. I've seen where a crystal will fall to a coral and lay on it, then the coral will be dead the next day from shock.