Live rock confusion

[Myka]

Originally Posted by reefwars

If i got hung up on all the worlds problems I'd never sleep .....war, bombings, forests,oceans ....

Here I thought we were talking about possibly burning a fish's gills with ammonia?

Your tank is most likely 99% cycled anyway, so you are not likely to be causing any damage to a fish, but this doesn't stop people from wanting to bring awareness to the fact that you don't need to use a fish to cycle a saltwater tank. That practice is very archaic. In the future, someone reading this thread may read that they don't need a fish to cycle the tank and that is one or ten less fish going through the suffering. I say it makes it worthwhile.

Some people feel strongly about using fish to cycle a tank because it causes unnecessary painful damage to an animal. You are on a fish forum; there are lots of people on here passionate about fish!