WEIRD QUESTION
 

So I was at my LFS this weekend talking about cycling my tank and different ways of doing it. The guy I was talking to advised that you could URINATE in the water to get the cycle going....... :neutral:

SO....IS THIS TRUE?? I'm not about to whip it out and do this but was wondering if there was any truth to this..

Also, what would you do to get your cycle going ASAP other then urinating in your water?

Thanks

Only in Calgary is this method found

Sure it would start a cycle, then your son would do it, have his friends do it, the wife probably would if no one was looking and the seat was down..heck invite the neighbors over too......

Guy kinda sounded like he was from Sask. or maybe Surrey.... LOL! My jaw dropped a little when he mentioned this...

Found this site....
 

Found this site and it actually says you can use URINE... WTF.... I wonder who was the first to try this???

http://saltaquarium.about.com/cs/bio...a/aa042403.htm

well it is ammonia the starts the cycle.

throwing a chunk of raw shrimp in the tank and letting it rot will do the same thing...and it won't freak out the neighbors

Technically yes, this would work. Freshwater guys are known to toss a capful of bleach into the tank to make it cycle really hard. You could do this in your tank but we'd have to make fun of you. You would get some serious street cred as the guy who peed in his tank though.

I really hope you meant "AMMONIA". As bleach kills.:biggrin:

I was just going to say, why would some one put chlorine into there tank? :mrgreen:

as for peeing in the tank.. kinda a grose way to do it.. besides you might burn your pecker on the lights :eek:

Steve