I hate cycling!

[mattchew]

just put some live rock in there or cocktail shrimp and not kill fish

[amcarrig]

Originally Posted by trent51593

Hahaha yea i dont think i have ever heard of that before. lol wow some people these days.

I have heard of it and some people say it will help to start your cycle because urine contains ammonia. It will not, however, speed up a cycle nor do I know many people who are willing to urinate into their own tanks.

[cornfacereef]

That's to funny cocktail shrimp I never heard of that. The people at the LFS told me to pee in the tank several time a day. Specialy the first morning pee when you wake up is more concentrated.

Well I will keep the cocktail shrimp in mind. The pee stuff seems yucky.

[reefersRus]

Urinating in your tank is just gross. There are alot of harmful bacteria in urine. I don't see how urinating in your tank would be a good alternative to cocktail shrimp.
Stick to the shrimp man. Also, whouldn't urinating in your tank make it smell awful after a while?

[Tangster]

You can just toss a hunk of frozen fish in there also or a dead mouse anything.. Assuming you have a way to keep the bacteria from dieing out as the cycle goes on for lack of a energy supply or bio load for their numbers . Bacteria will come and go depending on what there is for them to do or feed on or the Load declines so do the bacterial colonies. Thats the point of a single live fish to keep a constant and steady bio load on the bacteria so they will level out and stay in their proper numbers.
But as for anything dead will work a Hot dog as well as a ball of raw hamburger . Slice of Ham dead bird (: or as mentioned a pee and even better is a cup of Boo Peep ammonia to kick it into over drive.

Your fish tanks can not store and hold any bacteria in a reserve fashion like a piggy bank. Take a fish out of a established tank and the bacteria will have die off to regrow in numbers and add another fish to a tank increase the bio load and the bacteria will take a week or so to catch up in numbers to accommodate that new addition thats why its best to wait a week or two is better between new animal additions. Them bacteria do their work in their own time ..You can't rush or fool them.

[Tangster]

Originally Posted by reefersRus

Urinating in your tank is just gross. There are alot of harmful bacteria in urine. I don't see how urinating in your tank would be a good alternative to cocktail shrimp.
Stick to the shrimp man. Also, whouldn't urinating in your tank make it smell awful after a while?

I'd bet you urine is far less nasty and has less bacteria then a rotting hunk of shrimp.. Urine can be ingested to ward off dehydration or dieing of thirst (: Its been done and is being done .. Somewhere (:

[aquaboy]

Ill just throw one of Amcarrig's numerous dead cats in............

[Nemo 22]

i urinate in my tank all the time. everytime i do a water change i urinate in the water first then throw up a bit and if the fish are really hungry i poop in the new water let it sit for one day then mix it all up and do a water change.works great my clowns are each 4 inches and my sailfin has grown to 8 inches in 2 months.hmmm i feel like using the bathroom.lmao jk but it wouldnt surprise me if someone did try it one day.lol

[mattchew]

Originally Posted by aquaboy

Ill just throw one of Amcarrig's numerous dead cats in............

HAHAHAHAH

[mattchew]

Originally Posted by Tangster

I'd bet you urine is far less nasty and has less bacteria then a rotting hunk of shrimp.. Urine can be ingested to ward off dehydration or dieing of thirst (: Its been done and is being done .. Somewhere (:

bair grills..... i think thats how you spell his name?