[Sk8r]

If you have a mixing pump or a strong arm and a stick ---heck, even a hand kitchen mixer [but wash your blades when done] you should be able to cut that down to about 3 hours in an emergency: you don't want to burn corals or fishy gills with undissolved salt grains. ANY submersible pump can serve as a mixing pump: just toss it into the bucket and mix away. When the water is clear, and nothing stirs on the bottom of the bucket, it is pretty well mixed.


Note: see if you can get your lfs to board those corals for you for a week or so while you get this straightened out. Mine will board corals and fish in an emergency.

Doh! Amquel. I think that Amquel or Prime might be able to help the nitrate situation temporarily! Call your lfs or another reefer and see if you can get any. It's one of the rare miracles-in-a-bottle that really works. If you can get it, you can use it, clean those filters totally, and get out of this for a saner, more deliberate fix later.