ripvanrina
Aquarium Advice Regular
rah! so i went to my lfs to ask for some gravel to seed my tank because I'm doing a fishless cycle. Understandably the guy wanted me to buy an overpriced product instead of giving me free things-even though i called last night and they said it would be fine if 'i only wanted a little'.
so I go across the street to Petco and ask someone there for some gravel. The guy gives me a dirty look and says they've never done that before and leaves. This other guy asks me what I've done to my tank so far and I told him I've had it up since Sunday and I've added ammonia to start the cycle-and he looks at me like I'm an idiot and tells me to never add ammonia to a fish tank. I said true-if you have fish in it, but i'm doing a FISHLESS cycle and I just want some of the bacteria they have to make it go faster-because instead of the fish creating the ammonia I just added it myself. He goes off on a spiel about cycling (as if i don't know) and gives me a free ammonia test strip and tells me if it turns green to take all my water out and start over.
Am I stupid or are these guys just mean and uninformed?
sorry this was long-
i wanted to ask people who wouldn't give me dirty looks (and none of you can see me )
so I go across the street to Petco and ask someone there for some gravel. The guy gives me a dirty look and says they've never done that before and leaves. This other guy asks me what I've done to my tank so far and I told him I've had it up since Sunday and I've added ammonia to start the cycle-and he looks at me like I'm an idiot and tells me to never add ammonia to a fish tank. I said true-if you have fish in it, but i'm doing a FISHLESS cycle and I just want some of the bacteria they have to make it go faster-because instead of the fish creating the ammonia I just added it myself. He goes off on a spiel about cycling (as if i don't know) and gives me a free ammonia test strip and tells me if it turns green to take all my water out and start over.
Am I stupid or are these guys just mean and uninformed?
sorry this was long-
i wanted to ask people who wouldn't give me dirty looks (and none of you can see me )