Such Thing As A Safe Flavored Water?

[Ethos]

I was wondering, with the hollidays coming up and everything, is it safe to add say...lol, eggnog to the tank? I mean, of course they couldn't taste it, and they breath it, but is there any way that it could effect a fish posativley?
(Gosh, being home sick for a day forces you to use your mind, if you want to keep sane that is......)

 

[RandomWiktor]

.... I would very strongly reccomend against it. Very strongly. Eggnog is made of egg, dairy, and alchohol. All three are things your fish would never encounter in nature, one is caustic, and the other two are biodegradeable and would severely damage the water quality. Not to mention the amount of bacteria that would spring up in that stuff once it got to that lovely tropical 78 degrees. Ever see what happens to milk left out for a few days? Yuuuck.

In short, don't put anything but nice, dechlorinated water to your fish tank. Everything else has a strong potential to hurt or kill your fish, and since there is no concievable benefit to it, I really don't see the point. If you want to spice things up for your fish, do it by more space, more behavioral enrichment, a varied diet, or new plants/ornaments to explore.

 

[Ethos]

well of course I wasn't actually going to, I'm not thats stupid.
I was just thinking out loud...

Can you add food coloring to a tank?

 

[WILDER]

No, you can't add coloung to a tank, you can feed fish the hard boiled yellow bit of a boiled egg.

 

[cane76]

colouring to a tank would look sweet tho

 

[OohFeeshy]

In fact, I was wondering whether, if you took a fish like an albino tetra, and soaked it's flakes in black food colouring, would it turn black? Probably, but with lots of side effects.

 

[RandomWiktor]

Many animals are very sensitive to food coloring. Some food coloring dyes cause severe allergic reactions and cats and dogs. I'd imagine putting a dose of food coloring right into the breathing aparatus of a fish would wreak some havoc if they did happen to be sensitive.
Want a festive-colored fish tank? Make your own holiday color pattered background and put it behind the glass, or tape some colored-paper pointsettas to the outside of the glass. I'm sure you could even put a string of garland around the base of your tank if you really wanted to.

 

[Ethos]

Haha, I'm doing green christmas lights around my 55G.
So, If someone did do food coloring, how in the world would you make the water clear again?

 

[Durbkat]

I've got blue and silver garland hanging on the stand of my long 20g with some multicolored lights wraped around the garland.

 

[WILDER]

I suppose it something to look at durbkat if your fish are so boring.

 

[RandomWiktor]

Haha, I'm doing green christmas lights around my 55G.
So, If someone did do food coloring, how in the world would you make the water clear again?

By changing 100% the water (it'd probably horribly stain the sealant, fake plants, and ornaments, btw). But don't do it. Because it will probably kill them. :okes::

 

[Ethos]

I suppose it something to look at durbkat if your fish are so boring.

LOL!