- Location
- US
is it true if you have a new marine setup end a fish die you put him under the sand for it could create bacteria....the guy at the pet shop told me this..
is it true
- Thread starter joselitoreef
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- Location
- Greenpoint Brooklyn, NY
why would it matter if its in the sand or floating in the water? :scratchch Isn't bacteria everywhere and water everywhere?
- Location
- NY
No different than putting a cocktail shrimp (sans cocktail sauce 
) into the tank to jump start the cycle. I'd much rather use the shrimp than subject a live, healthy fish to the stresses of an ammonia cycle.
For the record, I DO NOT AGREE WITH ANYONE USING LIVE FISH TO CYCLE A NEW TANK. I know there are many ways to do things correct and with success in this hobby. I respect all of those ways except one, using live fish to jump start an ammonia cycle.
If you'd like to discuss this aversion I have to keeping fish from being subject to a harmful, toxic, stressful and potentially fatal environment then you can PM me, email me, call me, snail mail me or send me smoke signals to make your futile attempt to convince me it is the proper, humane, acceptable, or appropriate way to introduce fish into a brand new system. Go for it. Give it your best shot. The ole college try. :banghead:
I'm done. Thank you all for bearing with me during my moment of temporary insanity. For I know not where I am, nor who I be.
God bless our Japanese brothers and sisters,
Russ
) into the tank to jump start the cycle. I'd much rather use the shrimp than subject a live, healthy fish to the stresses of an ammonia cycle. For the record, I DO NOT AGREE WITH ANYONE USING LIVE FISH TO CYCLE A NEW TANK. I know there are many ways to do things correct and with success in this hobby. I respect all of those ways except one, using live fish to jump start an ammonia cycle.
If you'd like to discuss this aversion I have to keeping fish from being subject to a harmful, toxic, stressful and potentially fatal environment then you can PM me, email me, call me, snail mail me or send me smoke signals to make your futile attempt to convince me it is the proper, humane, acceptable, or appropriate way to introduce fish into a brand new system. Go for it. Give it your best shot. The ole college try. :banghead:
I'm done. Thank you all for bearing with me during my moment of temporary insanity. For I know not where I am, nor who I be.
God bless our Japanese brothers and sisters,
Russ
- Location
- Long Island, 11769
Are we talking a fish from another set up that died, or a fish you put in there and killed due to toxicity and poor judgement (+1 on everything Russ said).
To answer your question, yes, if you put a dead fish (that hopefully died BEFORE you put it in the tank), it will create NH4 and bacteria that will help the tank cycle. You might want to put it in a media bag so you can remove it easier when it starts to really break down and get nasty.
Don't just go by advice from your LFS. Please post on the forums if you have ANY questions about cycling a tank, we're all here to help
To answer your question, yes, if you put a dead fish (that hopefully died BEFORE you put it in the tank), it will create NH4 and bacteria that will help the tank cycle. You might want to put it in a media bag so you can remove it easier when it starts to really break down and get nasty.
Don't just go by advice from your LFS. Please post on the forums if you have ANY questions about cycling a tank, we're all here to help
- Location
- Sound Beach,LI
I back what Russ and Tentacles said. There is NO reason to cycle with fish, even a dead one. I think its better to try and use LR to cycle and maybe a cocktail shrimp in a media bag.
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