Nitrite in Cycling Tanks: Treating with Salt

[brianp]

Jesus...just add the salt and let's move on.

 

[cvermeulen]

Jesus...just add the salt and let's move on.

Well that's constructive of you. I was only using my own situation as an example. I guess you missed the part when I said I was looking for some educated perspective on the biochemistry outlined in the article. Thanks for your input but if you are done participating feel free to unsubscribe.

 

[swk]

i have no idea about the math and chemistry part but go get some cheap, unscented epsom salt and add a tablespoon per 10 gallons and you'll be fine. add some purigen if you can as well.

thats my (12-10) 2 cents

 

[bgcoop8784]

from my understanding the chloride ion’s concentration is about 30x more than the nitrite ion concentration in the water, nitrite is toxic at sround 0.1 mg/l. so the chloride ion concentration would have to be at least 3.0 mg/l. so about 5.0 mg/L of salt, which is about 60% chloride, around 18.6 mg/gallon. A tspoon of table salt is about 5.5 grams. so a teaspoon of table salt would be enough for around 290 gallons. just add the salt, it won't hurt anything