matt6765

Hi..... in my tanks I use aquarium salt but after awhile salt crust stuff builds up on the filter, light, and top of the tank. Is their any way to stop this besides not using salt?

Shawnie

I dont think thats salt matt its hard water deposits..do you have a well or are you on city water? you can just wipe it off when you clean the tank

matt6765

I use city water but it is crust like hard and you have to scrape.... taste salty

prairielilly

Minerals dissolved in the water, when dried up into deposits on surfaces, will taste 'salty'. Likely they're calcium and magnesium salts from the rocks of the aquifer where the water was drawn from. You should be able to get them off with white vinegar, but I'd rinse the article really well then before returning it to the tank.

matt6765

ok thank you

rt12

Are you sure its not calcium? If its calcium then you can get it off by some hard scrubbing. Its not really preventable unless you use a salt creep remover on you equipment.