Bizarre question??

[Wicked]

Hello all
i have read and re-read the posts about cycling, fish-less cycling and other ways to cycle a fish tank however no-where can i find (please don't laugh) if the water should be at temp!!??!!??!!??
So when cycling should one have the temp on or off?
cheers
Liz

[joz]

No reason at all to worry about the temperature unless you have fish or plants in the tank.Then just have the temperature set according to them.

[Wicked]

ThankYou Joz

[wombat1100]

Well now theres a perfect example that all questions , no matter how "bizarre" or " silly" sounding can inform many people.
I would never have thought of cycling a tank without the heater on! so i guess i was just wasting power in the end, well asked 112804
Dazz

[Wicked]

thank you Dazz

[joz]

Also just to add both salt water and fresh water grow the same bacteria.
So in theory you could go from one straight to the other if you had to...

Well this is what was explained to me. :)

[lairdy91]

yeah guys but im not sure if its the same as underwater but bacteria multiply faster when the temerature is warmer, so if the principle is the same then the heater should grow the bacteria faster

[Woodsy]

(most) bacteria will grow more favourably between 25oC - 38oC.
Edit: However, they will be inhibited as heat production increases. Both, Cycle (Hagen) and Stability (Seachem) say that their products are suitable for marine and freshwater, but I can't get my head around how the same species of bacteria could live in such different environments. I would tend to believe that this may be the reason that marine tanks take so much longer to cycle than freshwater ones - the bacteria they use (which are no doubt engineered for use in both systems) are really pushing the limits in a marine tank. On the surface though Joz, your plan would seem to work, however, I would say that such osmotic differences would be lethal if you were to just simply, "swap them over."