Water changes while cycling tank

[Funston07]

Okay so this is my first salt water tank and I've read mixed reviews on this so I figured I would ask for all of your input/opinions on this topic. I just started cycling my tank fishless, I do have about 60lbs of dry rock in tank and 40lbs of live sand. I also added a bottle of Bio-Spira to help the process cause i was unsure if I was gonna add a hardy fish to help with this process. Do you guys recommend doing water changes while cycling or leave it alone and just top of water during this process?

 

[andrewey]

Just keep up with evaporation, test regularly, then once done with your cycle, perform a water change then. No need to waste money/salt at this point if you don't need to

Here's a great resource on cycling:

Cycling an Aquarium

Cycling a new aquarium. One of the earliest topics a new aquarium hobbyist needs to learn is how to properly cycle their aquarium. There is a ton of information on this process and many different methods on how to accomplish it. There are many different chemical and biological cycles our tank...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[Funston07]

Just keep up with evaporation, test regularly, then once done with your cycle, perform a water change then. No need to waste money/salt at this point if you don't need to

Here's a great resource on cycling:

Cycling an Aquarium

Cycling a new aquarium. One of the earliest topics a new aquarium hobbyist needs to learn is how to properly cycle their aquarium. There is a ton of information on this process and many different methods on how to accomplish it. There are many different chemical and biological cycles our tank...

www.reef2reef.com

I was hoping for a response like this lol. I was just looking for someones input who isnt benefiting from pushing products like you see on YouTube. I have read that thread on cycling as well already but it never fully mentioned to do or not to do water changes necessarily. Thanks though