Did I Mess Up?

[ellena]

I've been cycling a home made sponge filter for 14 weeks. It's at work so I was having to leave it over weekends which meant it wasn't cycling well.
This week, I decided to put it in with the axolotls it was for and watch the stats all week.
I put it in yesterday morning, stats were 0.25 ammonia, 0 nitrite. same last night, same again tonight.
Did I do wrong, taking it from 30c in the cycling tank, straight down to 20c in the axo tank?

 

[fatheadminnow]

No, the temperature difference will not effect the colony that much at all.

The bacteria that we colonize in our filters grow best at a temp of 29C/84F, so by putting them in a tank that has a lower temp will only effect them a little/how much they colonize. So they might colonize a little slower then what they could be, or from what they were colonizing at.

In other words, the colder temp might slow your cycle down a bit, but it will not, by all means, stall the cycle.

-FHM

 

[ellena]

Thanks FHM I'll keep checking the stats and hope it works out.

 

[fatheadminnow]

Your welcome!

It should all work out just fine!

-FHM

 

[OldMan47]

A slightly lower metabolic rate will mean that the bacteria can only deal with a slightly smaller biological load than at warm temperatures. It should not affect things enough to pose any real problems if you were cycled in the first place.