Just thought of this, plan to get water in today but was going to mix the salt in tank! Wondering if that would do anything bad to the bacteria ?
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By saying get water in today I assume the tank is dry. It is fine on a start up to mix salt and water in the tank. If you have livestock in a tank you can not do this. Im not sure what bacteria you are talking about. Can you explain more about it?Just thought of this, plan to get water in today but was going to mix the salt in tank! Wondering if that would do anything bad to the bacteria ?
Ok cool, this was the answer I was looking for. So add the plain RO, check for leaking parts, then add the sand. Thanks!Not sure I fully understand but if you have no livestock and just starting up the tank then yes you can mix the salt in the tank and then add your sand in. This won't hurt the bacteria as long as you put the live sand in after you mix up the salt. Dump the salt in slow and have your pumps on full blast to mix it well.
I don’t really want to pre mix the salt as I don’t want salt water everywhere if I have a leak. The rock will not be put in for 5 days. I have Tampa Bay ready to ship that when I’m ready.putting live sand in to RODI will kill off any bacteria in the sand. As everyone is suggesting mix saltwater first then add sand. You can't do both at the same time. Have to have Saltwater first to not kill bacteria. I would also recommend not adding rock in until you have saltwater as the RODI can soak in and make it hard for bacteria to colonize the inside of the rock.
Then you might want to do what I did with my most recent tank. I ran it for two days under freshwater to assure no leaks then I added salt and let it dilute overnight and tested salinity. Once at salinity I added sand and bacteria supplementI don’t really want to pre mix the salt as I don’t want salt water everywhere if I have a leak. The rock will not be put in for 5 days. I have Tampa Bay ready to ship that when I’m ready.
Add the plain RO, check for leaking parts, add/mix the SALT, then add the sand.... So add the plain RO, check for leaking parts, then add the sand. Thanks!
Yep cool thanks guys. I won’t be adding bacteria other than the sand. The rock is going to do the cycling for me! Thanks all for replying so quickly.Add the plain RO, check for leaking parts, add/mix the SALT, then add the sand.
then add sand slowly or it'll turn into a cloud fest
Same!I usually don't mind the cloud fest. It really helps breaking in the skimmer.
True but the best thing to break in a skimmer is fish poopI usually don't mind the cloud fest. It really helps breaking in the skimmer.