SW cycle Question...

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Short answer is no.
 
Why is the the BB different.. from all my reading, the process is basically the same.. only diff. is the salt in the water..right??

I haven't cycle a tank in 6-7yrs.. (been seeding all my new tanks with filter media and established water)..

fishless cycle here I come...:headbang2
 
boostspike;3899675; said:
Can i cycle a SW tank with water from my FW tanks and just add salt to the FW? thanks all.
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Well the actual answer is yes, but what will happen is all (or at least 98%) of the existing bacteria and anything else will die. You may get a jump of maybe 3-7 days in the cycle, but when a proper SW cycle takes a month or more that's not much.

The short answer is no, your not going to gain anything by doing it.
 
NO very dangerous to do especially since the bacteria in FW is alot different from saltwater plus you don't know what disease's could be in the water that don't bother FW but might kill SW fish

mr.reef24
 
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your're going to end up with dead fish. SW and FW have many simular bacteria but they alter, and thus you could end up with dead fish!!!!!!!!
 
In addition, the fw already has a certain level of nutrients. You don't want to start a saltwater aquarium using nutrient rich water.
 
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