Can you use milk to add calcium to your aquarium?

[Obsessed with fish]

Can you use milk to increase calcium in an aquarium. Or would it kill your fish. Would live to know because then when my fish are low of calcium I have to go to my fridge instead of the fish store.

 

[ColoredRock]

Its 5 o'clock somewhere, right?

 

[tautog83]

Gotta lay off that stuff early in the morning

 

[ColoredRock]

Gotta lay off that stuff early in the morning

to be fair.. its like 10:30 pm there so

 

[HuneyBear]

It would kill everything in the tank. Milk when spilled is treated as a hazardous material because it takes all the oxygen out of water when the bacteria start to consume it.

 

[TheHunterYall]

This is funny. Anywho milk is only a small % calcium, I’m guessing the rest will add nutrients. Next question would be dosage lol.

 

[Tonycass12]

I hear pee is a great ammonia additive for getting new tanks started too.

 

[ColoredRock]

I hear pee is a great ammonia additive for getting new tanks started too.

and possibly carbon dosing at the same time

 

[Lyss]

I’m trying to decide if this is a genuine Q or a joke…

 

[ColoredRock]

I’m trying to decide if this is a genuine Q or a joke…

I took it as a joke... I hope it was a joke..if not i feel really bad.

 

[Gtinnel]

I would like to think this isn't serious but over my years in this hobby I've dosed both stump remover and driveway de-icer into my tank, so would milk really seem all that odd?

 

[Lyss]

I would like to think this isn't serious but over my years in this hobby I've dosed both stump remover and driveway de-icer into my tank, so would milk really seem all that odd?

I guess you could use milk for carbon dosing

 

[a4edwin]

I would have the same reaction if somebody asked if you could dose vodka

 

[homer1475]

LOl just LOL.

 

[fishybizzness]

Just when I thought it was safe to go back in the ocean....

 

[Zach B]

As long as your tank is already running on milk, I see no reason why not...

 

[Koh23]

Sure u can!

U can put anything you like in your tank....

Just lower your expectations about what will survive.....

 

[Coxey81]

Can you use milk to increase calcium in an aquarium. Or would it kill your fish. Would live to know because then when my fish are low of calcium I have to go to my fridge instead of the fish store.

That's a negative, Ghostrider.

 

[Dolphin2409]

I hear pee is a great ammonia additive for getting new tanks started too.

I would urge caution if trying this. It is actually quite difficult to balance yourself on top of the aquarium while controlling the dosing quantity at the same time. Also it is important not to dip your ‘dosing pipette’ into the tank water itself.

 

[Tonycass12]

Got to go for the distance shot and fountain that stream right up into a high flow area. Women may have a slightly more difficult time trying this move lol

I would urge caution if trying this. It is actually quite difficult to balance yourself on top of the aquarium while controlling the dosing quantity at the same time. Also it is important not to dip your ‘dosing pipette’ into the tank water itself