New Tank Setup

[Drew52]

Hello everyone...brand new to the saltwater world and had a question regarding my tank setup. I have the 29 gallon Biocube, after I arrange my dead rock (with a couple of small live pieces) and live sand in the tank, I plan on using distilled water for the fillup (roughly 22 gallons?). Can I add all of the water and then my salt or do I need to mix the water & salt before putting in the tank? I plan on using RO water in the future but waiting to purchase an RO unit to make my own. Any help would be appreciated...thanks...:artist:

[BigCountry74]

On a tank that small it's prob going to be easier to mix it first. Then put it in. Especially since you already added the rock and sand etc. That's only 4, 5 gallon buckets of water :D

[julie180]

+1 mix first.

Make sure you get an RO also includes DI

[Drew52]

Thanks for the quick replies, when mixing first, how long should I wait before the water actually goes in the tank? 12 hours...24 hours? I was also thinking about adding a box of the Nutri seawater product (4.4 gallons) as well? Good idea?

[jdstank]

Probably doesn't matter much being your first fill with no fish in the tank, but future water changes the salt mix should be done 24-48 hours before the water change is done with live critters in the tank.