Pee in the tank... How bad could it be??

[thanh386]

I just got a text from a buddy of mine that has a toddler that is being potty trained . He has his sump under his stand... Well you can add 1 and 1 together. He has urine in the tank. Tanks is a 90. Should he worry?

 

[mufret]

Might get a little ammonia spike. I've known folks that do that to get the nitrate cycle started!

 

[thanh386]

It's a tank that's been running for about a year. This is why I don't like family over for the holidays, they bring kids!!

 

[rtirado]

:lol2:, kids are ridiculous.

I imagine if the tank is well established all the bacteria will just eat up the ammonia fairly quickly.

 

[enderg60]

I know of people from stores that pee in the live rock tanks to keep them seeded. And I know people that start cycling a tank by peeing in it.

Its just ammonia no big deal, just keep an eye on the ammonia levels for a spike.

 

[rdnelson]

If the kid is being potty trained I would imagine it wasn't a large quantity. Not like me after a night out on the town.

 

[atmercure]

If the kid is still training like mine, less than half made it in the sump anyway

 

[izoid]

The only problem with this is that you won't want to drink the water for a while.

 

[jennm]

Put in some Prime. That will bind any ammonia and/or nitrite that results from it.

Fish pee in the tank all the time

 

[giulianom]

Get one of those signs that say...

"Please, do not P in our OOL."

 

[the-bubonic-one]

I pee in my tank from time to time. I get a little ammonia rise but with the amount of vodka in my bodies system it drops nitrates and phosphates down to 0.:lol2:

 

[thanh386]

Remind me not to invite u guys to my house...

 

[umbrellacorp]

JennM;711636 wrote:
Fish pee in the tank all the time

:lol2::lol2::lol2: i <3 you.. you're so funny.

 

[hunterfreeman1]

so was everything ok?