stored salt water storage

should i put a power head in with my stored salt water to keep it moving or will a large air pump and afew air stones good enough to keep the water moving? this is in a 50 some odd garbage can

 

I would put a power-head in there to get some agitation/oxygenation. I don't like the thought of "still" saltwater, but that's just me

 

i was thinking a big air pump and afew air stones would oxygenate and stir the water pretty good... just not sure how much is enough?

 

im out of pumps to use personally at the moment so im using a spare air stone. seems to be working fine in my 5gal mix bucket.

 

ok thanks ill be setting up my water storage soon thanks for the input

 

The only thing about air stones is that you may have salt creep to deal with from all of the bubbles popping on the surface. I've heard it's a good idea to keep a powerhead in the salt tank, I believe it may help precipitates from forming, also keeps some oxygenation for when you dump it into the tank.

 

hmm the salt creep is a valid point SCRETAPE thanks for the help i guess ill hafta go buy another power head

 

salt creep? whats that?

 

where water particles dry leaving behind a salt residue. in time, this accumulates and is termed "salt creep"

 

ah, thanks