HELP! best way to remove salt from tank water

[McLovin'89]

I foolishly rinsed out the black gravel I put in my tank with softened water. What is the best and safest way to remove the salt from my freshwater aquarium?

 

[IsdaFish]

water change? with tap water.

 

[duster1971]

ya i wuld just do water change shuldent be that big of a problem. i wuldnt think any way is it salt or the chemical salt is just rock salt and realy shuldnt hurt any thing.

 

[gomezladdams]

Rinse it out with tap water.

 

[McLovin'89]

Thanks I didn't want to harm the fish by changing too much water at once or something.

 

[nes999]

your fine i do all my water changes from my sick (soften water)

 

[kdrun76]

Thanks I didn't want to harm the fish by changing too much water at once or something.

Clean water is good. Really clean water is better!

Honestly the only time changing too much water is an issue is if the tank hasn't been properly maintained. If you have well maintained tank you could change 75% an hour if you had the urge.

 

[iloveoscars702]

ive been using soft water in my tank for about a year now.. no problems

 

[12 Volt Man]

you don't need to do anything.

rinsed gravel with some softened water and then the full tank volume on top is not going to harm your fish at all.

don't worry about it.