I was doing my bi-weekly 20% water change this Saturday that took the majority of my day with the assistance of a martini, however in this process I was reading the Instant Ocean Salt bucket instructions and it advises that you do not mix the salt in the tank while animals are present. In fact the instructions go further on to say that I should remove the animals and return them after the salt has fully mixed. My tank is a 55 gal. w/ 140 lbs of LR and 15 lbs of LS w/ a protein skimmer and HOB filter & have 3 fish. I don’t have sump yet but I will soon when I relocate. I normally add my salt when needed via the HOB filter reserve. My question is adding salt this way have any known negative effects?
