Urine kills fish???

[bd477]

This is something I found on Fox news this morning, from Hamburg Germany. I'm not sure what to think on this subject.

HAMBURG – Swimmers have killed about 500 fish in a northern Germany lake, with their urine causing algae that poisons marine life.

The mass death in the past two weeks has occurred in Eichbaum lake, in the port city of Hamburg, The Local reported.

"Swimmers who urinate in the lake are introducing a lot of phosphate," fishermen's spokesman Manfred Siedler told Bild newspaper. "We're calculating half a liter [0.15 of a gallon] of urine per swimmer per day."

Applying anti-phosphate -- at a reported cost of $667,000 -- hasn't worked, fueling an ongoing feud between fishermen and those who swim in the lake.

Swimmers have been banned from the lake until the algae outbreak is addressed.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/05/12/...s#ixzz1uf3HiIgp

[davidbigreelz]

Im big into saltwater fish tanks, when starting a new one you have to let it cycle, get the micro-organism population up, to do this alot of the time you can add a few tablespoons of urine to the tank to promote algea growth. I spose this is the same idea just on a massive scale haha

[Stick in Mud]

LOL. Not sure I believe it, though....it IS on Fox News.

[itchmesir]

Eww... Remind me not to go swimming in germany

[Wish-I-Were-Fishn]

It's the German beer in their urine.

[headcheese]

urine also has a big affect on the pH of the water. when there are that many swimmers the water will be all p and no H.

[RumRiverRat]

urine also has a big affect on the pH of the water. when there are that many swimmers the water will be all p and no H.

[Eric Wettschreck]

Fish don't pee?