Switching salts during my cycle

jaime31 · Mar 17, 2022

Hello I need a little bit of help.. my tank is in the process of cycling and it’s actually almost done but I want to change the salt before I add my clowns. I started with dead dry rock. I am currently using the tropic Marin pro reef salt but I won’t be having corals for a while because I rather wait until my tank matures and this is why I feel like it’s a waste of money if I’m not planning on having any corals until a few months. Or any coral salt at that. The thing is that I don’t want to interrupt the bacteria and the cycling process. So Will doing a big water change with a different kind of salt slow down the cycling process? Being that there’s nothing in there yet.
THANKS!

T-J · Mar 17, 2022

Bacteria doesn't care what salt you're using.

Cell · Mar 17, 2022

Why change out the saltwater now if it's simply to save money? Just keep it as is and when you start performing regular water changes, use the new salt.

dedragon · Mar 17, 2022

this is also not the reason to use an emergency tag, in the future reserve that for if your tank is leaking, multiple fish dying in a couple of hours, etc. Just stuff that is more of a real emergency.
That being said it doesnt matter if you change salt

vetteguy53081 · Mar 17, 2022

Not a problem. A couple of things though-
Make sure salinity matches tank (even +/- 1) and that it isnt a mix that contains higher mad/alk/ca such as reef crystal or red sea pro

jaime31 · Mar 17, 2022

Cell said:
Why change out the saltwater now if it's simply to save money? Just keep it as is and when you start performing regular water changes, use the new salt.

Yeah that’s a good idea thanks. I didn’t want to risk shocking the fish after putting them in but that’s definitely a better approach than wasting salt and RODI water. Appreciate it

jaime31 · Mar 17, 2022

dedragon said:
this is also not the reason to use an emergency tag, in the future reserve that for if your tank is leaking, multiple fish dying in a couple of hours, etc. Just stuff that is more of a real emergency.
That being said it doesnt matter if you change salt

Very true and I apologize. using it discredits the ppl that are actually having emergencies. I’m new to this forum thing. I have always read but have never made an account. Thanks for the advice