Increasing salt in cycling tank

[aerialdronemaster]

Hello all

I need to increase salt level in reefer 350,
What iabthe best way?
Dump like 5g of water and add rodi with higher salt value?

Add salt to the DT directly
Add salt to sump

Thank u

 

[BlennyTime]

You should premix it. I’d mix water at a higher salinity and do a few water changes (replacing lower salinity water with higher salinity water) to gradually bring up the level.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

How much are you trying to raise salinity?

 

[aerialdronemaster]

How much are you trying to raise salinity?

From 13ppt to 33.
It is a new tank. Cycling just started.
I already did it, I removed water , mixed with salt and added the same water back few times, few gallons, It is good now.

 

[Gtinnel]

I believe adding the dry salt to a new tank is an acceptable way to do it, but that is only the case on a new tank with no inhabitants.
Just curious but why was it filled with water that was only 13 ppt to begin with?

 

[aerialdronemaster]

I believe adding the dry salt to a new tank is an acceptable way to do it, but that is only the case on a new tank with no inhabitants.
Just curious but why was it filled with water that was only 13 ppt to begin with?

I started adding rodi. My mistake, then I called a guy who brought Salt water .
After adding his Salt water it was too low, so I had to rise it. Since there is not fish ,.corals I decided to rise it up fast.

Would it be battery if I add more bacteria and some frozen food to speed up the cycle. U don't think it has started .the ammonia is testing low

 

[Gtinnel]

I started adding rodi. My mistake, then I called a guy who brought Salt water .
After adding his Salt water it was too low, so I had to rise it. Since there is not fish ,.corals I decided to rise it up fast.

Would it be battery if I add more bacteria and some frozen food to speed up the cycle. U don't think it has started .the ammonia is testing low

With it being a cycling tank with no inhabitants it shouldn't matter how quickly you raise the salinity.

I cycle most of my tanks with some frozen shrimp and bottled bacteria. Some people choose to add ammonia as a liquid (not the cleaning kind from the grocery store though) so that they can control how much ammonia gets added and see how long it takes a specific amount to be converted to nitrite/nitrate. Basically as long as you add an ammonia source and test to make sure it gets converted is all that matters.

 

[aerialdronemaster]

With it being a cycling tank with no inhabitants it shouldn't matter how quickly you raise the salinity.

I cycle most of my tanks with some frozen shrimp and bottled bacteria. Some people choose to add ammonia as a liquid (not the cleaning kind from the grocery store though) so that they can control how much ammonia gets added and see how long it takes a specific amount to be converted to nitrite/nitrate. Basically as long as you add an ammonia source and test to make sure it gets converted is all that matters.

Thank u

I will add droze food , maybe more bacteria.