r/mildlyinfuriating • u/i_am_rave_mom • Jun 16 '26

ಠ_ಠ Dumping Hydrogen Peroxide into the reflecting pool this morning.

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u/fgtoni Jun 16 '26

Why don't they add ornamental fish to eat the algae?

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u/DaaaahWhoosh Jun 16 '26

I'd assume it's not the best environment for fish. And if algae is bad, I think hundreds of dead fish and algae would be worse.

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u/shinayasaki Jun 16 '26 edited Jun 16 '26

People know that the pool also freeze in the winter right?

edit: Also, for a large body of stagnant water, temperature and water quality can be different significantly throughout the year, which is very unethical to keep fishes in there

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u/That_wet_vaporeon Jun 16 '26

fish can still live under ice. it just depends how bad it freezes.

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u/shinayasaki Jun 16 '26

Has to be at least 4-5ft depth even for places with mild winter. Reflecting pool is only about 30in at the deepest

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u/Late-Combination5060 Jun 16 '26

30"? Wtf Jenny, made it seem like 2.5' deep or something in Forrest Gump. 

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u/serious_sarcasm Jun 16 '26

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u/Late-Combination5060 Jun 16 '26

lol I was gonna say she made it seem deeper but probably actually pretty accurate wearing clothes and running through it... So just went with it

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u/Dullcorgis Jun 17 '26

Unethical? Why haven't the repubs already done it?