Hello (again!)
I have now set up my new aquarium (set it up freshwater). I added the bacteria packet I purchased w/ live bacteria for freshwater, let it cycle the required 24 hrs, and now I have added my sharks. I have not added any salt (aquari salt or otherwise) to this tank yet-the people at our fish store said not to add any for a while because it will kill the bacteria I have added. My question is when do I add the marine salt that I bought? I know I should add only enough to make the salt reading rise .002 at a time, and add that much every 2 weeks (I think), but I just wasn't sure how soon I could add the initial amount of salt. As of right now, there is none in the water, and the sharks did have aquari salt in the other tank I took them from. No salt in there right now shouldn't hurt them, should it? Please help! Thanks a lot!
I have now set up my new aquarium (set it up freshwater). I added the bacteria packet I purchased w/ live bacteria for freshwater, let it cycle the required 24 hrs, and now I have added my sharks. I have not added any salt (aquari salt or otherwise) to this tank yet-the people at our fish store said not to add any for a while because it will kill the bacteria I have added. My question is when do I add the marine salt that I bought? I know I should add only enough to make the salt reading rise .002 at a time, and add that much every 2 weeks (I think), but I just wasn't sure how soon I could add the initial amount of salt. As of right now, there is none in the water, and the sharks did have aquari salt in the other tank I took them from. No salt in there right now shouldn't hurt them, should it? Please help! Thanks a lot!