Is This Possibly The Worst Advice Ever!

[timmystood]

I was speaking to one of my 'regulars' at the LFS I work at the other day and they were telling me about a shop in cambridgeshire. I believe it was a pets @ home. Anyway, they went in and asked for a product containing 'live bacteria' to help boost their filter. So, what did the helpful sales assistant say?
"You want to go to the supermaket and buy a pro-biotic youghurt, like yakult" - This is either the strangest, worst advice ever or a stroke of genius!

 

[WILDER]

I wouldn't risk it with fish in the tank.

 

[martyn21uk]

Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello

Well you did say they were friendly bacteria?!?

 

[timmystood]

I wouldn't risk it with fish in the tank.

I wouldn't risk it withOUT fish in the tank!!
Yuck, I just got a coffee revel.

 

[WILDER]

Think someone needs to do an experiment on a small tank without fish.

 

[timmystood]

Think someone needs to do an experiment on a small tank without fish.

Oh! Great idea!! I'm guessing it's rubbish because surely it's a different strain of bacteria!! Just can't believe an LFS worker was saying this!!

 

[helsekia]

well i was in a pets at home and this bloke went in and asked for a group of oranda and the assistant asked how bigs your tank and he said a trigon and she said is it community so he proceeded to tell her this long list of fish ALL of which were tropical,she still however sold him the COLDWATER fish even after asking him if they were all goin in the same tank.


duh!!

 

[WILDER]

I wouldn't advise it to anyone without having some knowledge on it.
Could do more harm then good.

 

[timmystood]

Could do more harm then good.

Probably would! The tank would be cloudy for some time!!
Ah! The wonderful world of pet shop advice.

 

[Maximus]

I wouldn't risk it with fish in the tank.

I wouldn't risk it withOUT fish in the tank!!
Yuck, I just got a coffee revel.

Crap those one's, arent they? lol

 

[OohFeeshy]

Not entirely sure why a yoghurt would want to convert ammonia to nitrite etc... or why indeed there would be ammonia in the yoghurt in the first place...

 

[SMcCreath]

Yuck, I just got a coffee revel.

Ha ha ha ha! Very funny!

 

[WILDER]

Yogurt for breakfast.
Can't stand yogurt.

 

[timmystood]

Not entirely sure why a yoghurt would want to convert ammonia to nitrite etc... or why indeed there would be ammonia in the yoghurt in the first place...

Exactly! But then, i'm guessing this assistant didn't know what ammonia or nitrite was!!

 

[Maximus]

Yuck, I just got a coffee revel.

Ha ha ha ha! Very funny!

Being the same size,
It's always a 50/50 chance between
coffiee and orange lol