Tank Cycling

[nivlahog]

Currently cycling my 4ft tank with seawater, curious to find out what type of saltwater is best for tank cycling?

self mix saltwater $$$ or sea water? Any comment?

[arcanehacker]

No difference.. just add enough LRs and maybe some prawns or dead fish to start the cycling process.

maybe a few scoops of water from an existing reef tank would be great too. coz already lots of bacterial that you need.

[d88p]

i rather use salt n water mix

[nivlahog]

i rather use salt n water mix

Any specific reason?

[jervismun]

Any specific reason?

Natural salt water may introduce undesirable life forms and polutants into your tank... but if your tank is still cycling, I guess it is ok. Coz filling up a 4' tank will use up a lot of synthetic salt mix (especially if you get the good ones).

If you want to speed up the cycling process and less messy (and smelly), you can try buy/get from some reefers here. A lot of them are selling off their LRs. Check Pasar Malam section. Note: LRs can be quite costly too if buy from LFS especially to fill up your 4' tank.

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[d88p]

to fill up with sea water ....... how are you going to carry back so many bags of it?