Cycling a tank with used biomedia...

[Animal Chin]

This question may seem crazy but I'm converting a freshwater tank to salt and its got a built in filter system that has those clay things for bio filtration. Can I use those in the salt tank and will the beneficial bacteria stay alive in the salt water or is this just a crazy idea? I could chuck them but I thought it may help cycle the tank if I left them in there.

Anyone know for sure?

 

[reeferfoxx]

No, that bacteria will surely die and the media itself most likely has absorbed some form of heavy metal that would be beneficial for plant life but toxic for sea life.

 

[Animal Chin]

and in the garbage it goes....lol