precipitation of makeup water?

[crispyreef]

I have never had this happen to me before. I made up 3-five gallon buckets using instant ocean and RO water. The next day one of the buckets turned cloudy and the other two are fine. I dont know if the Ca precipitated or what happened. The ph of all the buckets are good, I just have this one bucket that is cloudy. What happened and can I do something to clear it up so I can use it? TIA

[northbay-reefer]

Chris, did you add the salt into the bucket before adding the water ??

[sulcata1619]

your supposed to add the salt to the water not the water to the salt, right?

[northbay-reefer]

Yeap

[crispyreef]

I did add the salt to the water. I also took a sample and put it in the microwave and it did not clear up. I also put a sample in the freezer and it did nothing. I am just trying to see if something will clear it up. I also aerated all the buckets. I will probably dump it but I would like to know what happened.