"Gary" wrote in message
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"Mary Burns" wrote in message
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When I cycled my Jewul vision 260, I squeezed a sponge from my other
juwel 96 litre into the internal filter box every other day, and it
cycled in 2 weeks. The first week showed very little, with nitrite just
under 1 in second week, and nitrates on day 13. I had about 8" of fish (2
platies and 6x 2 month fry) They are thriving, and it has been running
for 4 months now with 21 platies (various ages), 2 angels and 3 cories/3
ottos. I think Juwel tanks are excellent and nitrate reads around 10 all
the time with 50" of fish, and plants are doing very well with the
original 2x38 watt tubes. I know people recommend more watts per gallon,
but it's going well so far. Mary


Wow, you have the same two tanks as me lol
Does squeezing the filter from the Rekord to the Vision, will this have
any negative effect on the 96 litre?

Also, when did you put in the first fish?

Regards,

Gary.
PS - The Vision 260 looks wonderful, a very nice tank!!
I needed my 96 litre to remain stable as 2 week old platy fry were in there
as well, so I started the 260 litre from scratch,new gravel,ornaments and
plants. I left it 2 days for the water to clear (even though gravel
thoroughly washed) and get to correct temp. Platies are reasonably hardy,
and I chose 2 adults who had not cycled my first tank (they were added 3
weeks later) and the first 6 fry who were just under 1". Squeezing a sponge
every other day had no effect on the 96 litre. I added more plants after 3
weeks as algae was developing quite quickly, which is now sorted.
I don't know anything about discus, so can't advise with them.
It is a lovely tank, and my platies use every inch of it.Mary