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That was kind of my though the fish would make fast work of anything suspended in the water column.FWIW, I've collected some very clean seawater near where I live (Rockport, MA) and also tried to catch a bunch of amphipods at the time since they were swarming in the surf. My fish went wild chasing them all.
My intent was to potentially introduce some new bacteria to the system, when I swapped in some of the NSW, but I have no idea what impact I had on the tank microorganisms.
Now I wonder would it be better to cycle new systems with nsw due to the bacteria? I have a new system I'm building and have some dry rock that has been in salt water for a while. Would I be beneficial to also swap it out with nsw? I have also though if it necessary or not to filter the water to not introduce undesired organisms. I read a book many years ago where a biologist stored the water in a closet so the live plankton/ organisms would die off first. Thinking it was Martin Moe in the keys.