The fish toilet

[Alice B]

I don't know if the fish will use it. Actually this is a real piece of equipment being marketed to small pet stores. I don't have a small pet store but I still get some of the spam. The Hygger External Fish Toilet coming to a store near you soon. I'll let the people selling them detail the specs.

 

[JackGulley]

Are they marketing it as a literal toilet for fish? The picture looks to me like it’s just an over complicated water change tool. (“Flush” out some water with a turn of a knob; looks like debris gets caught in that cartridge on the left? Idk.)

 

[JackGulley]

I doubt it works and I’ve heard the other employees don’t like them, but our store carries a betta tank with an “automatic water change” button. You press something and it sucks water from the bottom of the tank into a removable cartridge that can be dumped.

 

[gwand]

You can flush that idea.

 

[Back in the fold]

It looks like some kind of water change gizmo to me too . Automatic water changers are handy and time saving devices for those with many aquarium’s in a large fish room and this is something that could be useful to someone who has one very large aquarium as it would be simpler than buckets .

 

[Alice B]

Are they marketing it as a literal toilet for fish? The picture looks to me like it’s just an over complicated water change tool. (“Flush” out some water with a turn of a knob; looks like debris gets caught in that cartridge on the left? Idk.)

IDK. It just came in my business spam account

 

[gwand]

It looks like some kind of water change gizmo to me too . Automatic water changers are handy and time saving devices for those with many aquarium’s in a large fish room and this is something that could be useful to someone who has one very large aquarium as it would be simpler than buckets .

How does it work?

 

[Alice B]

copy and paste from the email I got.

Key futures include:

• Double impurity collection chamber and double valve disposal switch design
• Collect large particles of impurities separately, and quickly discharged
• Suitable for tanks with large size or large number of fish
• Reduce filter cleaning and other tedious operations
• Won't occupy too much internal aquarium space

We are confidant that this product will sell very well in your store and bring you a huge profit. If you want to know more about it, do not hesitate to give me a reply!

If you want to see how it works, you can check these two videoes on hygger's official FB and TK pages:

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1121095835633827

https://www.tiktok.com/video/7337208810865560875

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Best regards,

 

[Magnum Man]

looks like it reduces the amount of water needed to remove those solids from an aquarium, requiring less make up water... not sure if that's a good thing or not???

 

[Alice B]

it might actually be better in my case, since the larger the water change at least in summer, the more likely I am to lose fish. I can't do 50% water changes with just dechlorinated water anymore. I think the pH is rising in my tap water due to lake evaporation

 

[Mikeyboy123]

Looks like it's a device that allows you to easily remove solid waste that would otherwise sit in the filter between water changes. I suppose if you have a big tank with big poo machines then it could be handy to stop the filter getting clogged and to allow to remove the solids more often rather than waiting for water change day. Could be useful for some.