Michigan Cichlid Association
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: scifisarah on April 11, 2013, 04:59:02 PM
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This ad made me laugh and I thought I would share. Poor fish... Clearly not a marketing guru or knowing anything about cycling a tank:
http://grandrapids.craigslist.org/for/3736687319.html
"20 gallon fish tank, new, but used. Willing to accept counter offers"
(http://images.craigslist.org/3Gd3K33F75I15N25K8d4bb4fd457b9c56106d.jpg)
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Looks like a tank of mountain dew. Yeah poor fish :'(
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The fish on the left looks like its trying to say "a little help here...PLEASE"
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Some people should not even be allowed to have pets if that's how they are gonna care for them.
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IMO there's nothing wrong with green water aside from aesthetics. However, unless it's getting direct sunlight, the cause is most likely nitrates and that would be concerning.
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IMO there's nothing wrong with green water aside from aesthetics. However, unless it's getting direct sunlight, the cause is most likely nitrates and that would be concerning.
you know the phosphate levels are probably off the charts from overfeeding too. ;)
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Or if they were to put 16oz of alkalinity into there water. I have never personally done it but have had someone do this. Same results...
Someone needs to buy this just to test the water in the name of science.
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Looks like mountain dew.
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Someone needs to buy this just to test the water in the name of science.
Lol!
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Looks like mountain dew.
Bet you won't drink it.
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Looks like mountain dew.
Bet you won't drink it.
Probably not.
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Do it for the sake of science.
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I thought the same as Ron...as long as the water parameters are in the green (pun blatantly intended)
then there is nothing wrong with that water. In fact, it is a great first food for many fish that have tiny offspring.
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I thought the same as Ron...as long as the water parameters are in the green (pun blatantly intended)
then there is nothing wrong with that water. In fact, it is a great first food for many fish that have tiny offspring.
Its just green jello jokes on all of you I posted this on craigslist.
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I thought the same as Ron...as long as the water parameters are in the green (pun blatantly intended)
then there is nothing wrong with that water. In fact, it is a great first food for many fish that have tiny offspring.
Its just green jello jokes on all of you I posted this on craigslist.
Somehow this would not surprise me :P
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we were bored at work today. yesterday we threw 5 pounds of dry ice down a manhole the UPS guy helped.
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The green water itself may not be harmful, that I agree, but if someone lets the water get like that in an indoor tank than I would suspect chances are the last PWC was many moons ago and the Nitrates are most likely off the charts :o
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No way if the water gets to hard or too much sun light a tank can turn green like that overnight or in the matter of days.
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No way if the water gets to hard or too much sun light a tank can turn green like that overnight or in the matter of days.
Ask yourself this though...if your gonna try to sell a tank, would you post a pic of it like that as your selling point? I think that alone shows the owners neglect IMO. Not that it really matters at all to me, but just stating the obvious is all.
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I ask myself a lot of questions. But they are all for the name of science and bill nye.
bill nye the science guy.
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The green water itself may not be harmful, that I agree, but if someone lets the water get like that in an indoor tank than I would suspect chances are the last PWC was many moons ago and the Nitrates are most likely off the charts :o
FWIW my mom had a tank placed where it got direct sunlight most of the day, every day. You could do a 60%-70% water change and it'd be alright for 2 days, but then the third day it'd be rather green and by the fourth it'd be hard to see any fish again. I was the one who did water changes and also validated that she wasn't overfeeding ... sometimes it's just direct sunlight, not neglect.
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That is true - I am still trying to figure out a way to hang my light over my shrimp tank higher so it doesn't get so much light and it does get green algae fairly quickly. I just wouldn't ever sell something looking like that unless maybe I was giving it away.
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^ Don't get me wrong, I still find some comedy in the ad. Way, way, way overpriced! ;D