Originally Posted by oreo12
No acutlay I would use the shrimp but to say nothing had to die when ovisaly the shrimp had died. I quess he never feeds live food to any of his fis eaither. If lion only knew half what he thinks he did reminds me of juge judy allways think he is right. He made a stament that by using a shrimp nothing would die but that shrimp was alive then it died. If he would have said buy a coctail shrimp it was allready dead and would be a great way to cycle insteed of streesing out or killing a nice salt water fish then ok. Most coupies are used for food anyway and I have seen them used this way to cycle then they becom food for the new fish once it is put in I have never done it but would not be against it. Maybe old lion should stay off here for a while and do some more reading.
I don't like to read unnecessary and unfounded personal attacks on a fellow member. Lion made a legitimate point, with which I think most of us would agree:
Originally Posted by Lion_Crazz
If you took it to the LFS and cycled your tank with a dead cocktail shrimp, everyone could be happy and no animal needs to die unneccessarily..
Although you struggle to find a point to attack in Lion's posting, Lion is exactly right when he/she (sorry Lion!) says that no animal needs to "die unnecessarily" using this method. The cocktail shrimp is already dead, unlike the freshwater fish, so using the shrimp keeps any live animal from dying to promote the cycle.
Please don't post this kind of needless attack again. It takes the level of discourse on the board down a notch, and it might make people feel less welcome.