Should I do a water change while I’m cycling my tank?

[Dugout0501]

Hello, I’m new to keeping saltwater fish and was wondering if I should do a water change while cycling my new tank. I’m on my 5th day after setup and my ammonia, nitrites, nitrates and phosphates are all raising a little bit with every new day. I used live sand, live rock, and have a clownfish pair in the tank to cycle it. I added a bottle of biospira about an hour before putting the fish in my tank and I have been adding Fluval cycle to my tank everyday in the recommended quantities as said on the bottle. I’ve seen a few threads that say that you probably shouldn’t do a water change but none of the threads I read said anything about tanks with live fish in them.

 

[jerrymarino]

Hello, I’m new to keeping saltwater fish and was wondering if I should do a water change while cycling my new tank. I’m on my 5th day after setup and my ammonia, nitrites, nitrates and phosphates are all raising a little bit with every new day. I used live sand, live rock, and have a clownfish pair in the tank to cycle it. I added a bottle of biospira about an hour before putting the fish in my tank and I have been adding Fluval cycle to my tank everyday in the recommended quantities as said on the bottle. I’ve seen a few threads that say that you probably shouldn’t do a water change but none of the threads I read said anything about tanks with live fish in them

 

[jerrymarino]

let the water cycle and add live stock before doing a water change

 

[Miami Reef]

It’s safe to do water changes. Your cycle will never stall from water changes. Good call for using the live rock.