Has anyone ever thought of this??

nursie

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I was looking at the fish tanks for sale at the pet store, and after seeing the umpteenth 1 or 2 gallon set up being marked for goldfish I had a thought. I wonder if there was a way to assign a bioload number to each fish that could then be added up to a number that would be assigned to each tank size
.. For example a goldfish would have a number big enough to only fit in a tank with a corespondingly large number. Betta's would have a small numb er becasue they could fit in a smaller tank
Any ideas?



My other thought was...has anyone ever tried a writing campaign to the sellers of these tanks that picture goldfish living in a 1 or 2 gallon bowl to persuede them to change their marketing pics and show something more appropriate in their bowls? If I look up manufacturers and post addresses would peolple be interested in writing?
 
Nursie,

Could start a petiton at one of those petition sites, I'm sure you can name more than one manufacturer and have as many people as possible sign it and have it set to them.'

Just a thought,
Roan

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Love your idea of assigning numbers, but can it take into account schooling fish? Like have a number designated for not one fish for a size tank, but a school?

Roan
 
Depending on how you write up your bio number idea, some pet shop chains might actually love the idea. It would be one more way for them to easily look like experts. Also, I think plenty of people would be happy to write or sign a petition with you!
 
Nursie, if you are interested, a section of the article linked to below(why inch per gallon is bad) has something that this bio number could be based on.

The physical volume of the fish is roughly the waste output potential of the fish in question. Obviously a few special considerations have to be taken. Plecos are far messier for their size than some fish.

The only hitch I ran into for that is getting measurements of typical adult fish. The cute babies don't always give an idea of the size potential and I didn't get interest in gathering the data needed for such a numbering system.

As you can see from the article the bio load is only part of the question. A tank with enough water volume but the wrong dimensions is just as bad for the fish. hex tanks are one example of wrong dimensions for most fish.
 
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