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fish1    Banned Posts: 1727 Kudos: 1910 Votes: 58 Registered: 09-May-2004   | can you cycle your tank by peeing in a cup and dumping it in? i dont think yuou can |
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T/A Mega Fish Posts: 942 Kudos: 1796 Registered: 20-Feb-2004 |  WHY???  |
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john.stone Banned Posts: 1600 Kudos: 2332 Votes: 18 Registered: 03-Apr-2003 | Possible... yes in fact it is... but there are elements besides ammonia in urine that would make the water unlivable to fish, and maybe the bacteria it's self. [span class="edited"][Edited by john.stone 2004-08-11 22:24][/span] |
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lunker101 Fish Addict Posts: 521 Kudos: 284 Votes: 2 Registered: 19-Aug-2003 | Well our urine is mostly urea, unlike fish-wastes which are mostly ammonia. Therefore, the nitrifying bacteria wouldnt have as much to work with. Would it work, probably, but it would be slower than a normal cycle (IMO). |
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victimizati0n Banned Posts: 1217 Kudos: 1105 Votes: 31 Registered: 29-Apr-2004 | it would work, it would take a long long long long time, and when you put fish in, it would probably kill them. I heard a guy did this once. |
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jake Fish Addict Posts: 594 Kudos: 875 Votes: 2 Registered: 21-Mar-2004 | http://www.skepticalaquarist.com/docs/startover/fishless.shtml#fishless Under " sources of ammonia". |
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| fish1 Banned Posts: 1727 Kudos: 1910 Votes: 58 Registered: 09-May-2004 | thanks so much guys. |
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| cujo Small Fry Posts: 6 Kudos: 5 Votes: 0 Registered: 18-Aug-2004 | Best thing to do is buy some pure clear ammonia with no additives. To check this shake the bottle you should not get suds to form. It is also very cheap less then $1.00. |
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| Beefshank Enthusiast Posts: 246 Kudos: 141 Votes: 36 Registered: 30-Jun-2004 | LOL! I wondered about that too! Not that I ever actually planned to try it, but I get a very funny image in my head thinking about seeing some guy peeing in a big aquarium, and calling it "Maitenance". LOL |
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