How should I add marine salt to my aquarium?

[Crabcake]

I will setup my 29 gallon marine puffer tank (for my GSP) tomorrow.

How should I add the salt in? I don't have enough time to prepare 5 gallon bucket by five gallon bucket.

Can I just add the salt into the tank, pour dechlorinated water, turn on the filter and light, and wait 24 hours and then add him?

Also, should I let the salt dissolve and then add the sand or is it O.K to just add the sand in the first place?

Thank you!

 

[Brookster123]

Woah.. take a step back. Is the tank even full of water? Cycled? You need to mix the salt and water together for a little bit before adding to system.

 

[Crabcake]

Woah.. take a step back. Is the tank even full of water? Cycled? You need to mix the salt and water together for a little bit before adding to system.

sorry, I was in a rush I should have explained it better.

So I have a 29 gallon aquarium (already in my house) and have a stand and background coming tomorrow. I will make the stand and apply the background. I will put the tank on the stand along with the filter but not the water yet. Then on the next day, I will put the marine water (0.022) into the tank. I will wait for it to clear up. I will also add the lid and light. 24 hours later (the next day), I will put in the sand. It is pretty cloudy so I will leave it for another 24 hours. On Saturday, I will be getting instant ocean bio Spira to autocycle the tank. I will add my puffer in the tank on that day as well.
Here is a summary:
Wednesday: stand and background arrive, set up stand, apply background. But tank on stand and set up filter on the back.

Thursday: Put water in the tank and put lid and light.

Friday: put in sand, wait for it to settle down

Saturday: go to Petco and buy some bio Spira and put it in the tank. Add puffer.

**note: I will test the water and make sure the Bio-Spira is working. I will also do water changes (10% a week) and do more if the nitrate is high. He is still little, and he's in 0.018 salinity right now. I will drip acclimate him into 0.022. Sorry for the rush on my first post.

 

[Brookster123]

What's the rush though? Is this puffer in eminent danger? Captive in a space bubble heading towards the sun? What is the actual rush?? While a gsp can handle rapidly fluctuating specific gravity, temp, water level, visibility, current. Etc. I can almost guarantee it will not like the toxic conditions of a cycling 29 gallon tank.

 

[Crabcake]

What's the rush though? Is this puffer in eminent danger? Captive in a space bubble heading towards the sun? What is the actual rush?? While a gsp can handle rapidly fluctuating specific gravity, temp, water level, visibility, current. Etc. I can almost guarantee it will not like the toxic conditions of a cycling 29 gallon tank.

I will cycle it using bio Spira. I will also have a aquaclear 70 on it and do water changes. The rush is because he is in a 10 gallon and a bit over 2 inches, I want to move him to the 29 ASAP so he wouldn't be stunted or anything.

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[Brookster123]

Just move everything in the 10 gallon tank into the 29 including water. How long have you had said puff?