Using fishes to test water?

[rallysman]

Test kits are cheap

This is true, but there is something that makes me feel warm and fuzzy about seeing a fish living before I dump the expensive ones in

 

[DeLgAdO]

I used my aro

 

[rallysman]

I used my aro

Cheap ass.

 

[DeLgAdO]

Cheap ass.

what?

she lived

 

[Steve_89]

I will cycle a tank....and then add goldfish in the tank to test the water.

The goldfish ended up being food anyway...Its not exactly easy catching goldfish out of 600 gallons of water LOL.

 

[islander671]

Well...there are some extent that some people will buy those feeder fishes to test the tank water. If the fishes made it...then they will dum in their monster priced fishes....those water tester fishes would be transformed to become feeder now...

One stone killing 2 birds....

I do that, however one feeder, never got eaten, he is now about 6 inches.

 

[vanimate]

Im using a 6inch jaguar cichlid as my canary right now for this very purpose.