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cycling ideal temp

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is there an ideal temperature for cycling a freshwater tank?
 
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From what I've been reading recently it seems warm speeds up the life cycle of the bacteria but you have to make sure that you compensate for the extra oxygen being used. Perhaps low to mid 80's with a bubbler? Of course if you have fish in teh tank already, many of them will not tolerate mid 80's temps for long.
 
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For my $.02, even assuming a fishless cycle, I would culture the bacteria at the same temperature that they will live in with the fish because any gain at higher temperatures is short lived and too slight to bother about. So 76-78 deg F should be fine.

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Kept my temps around 80-82 degrees. Since cycling, I have lowered it to 78 degrees, and I have had no problems at all.
 
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