another atrosity of a tank

kyle3

kyle3

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So i can't get this off my mind- so i'm going to have story telling time with you guys:

this weekend i went to a friend of a friend's house

guess what was in the living room

a 55g, 1 ft of the floor (dog having a sip - no hood)

it contained 2 5" common goldfish, 2 4" ancistrus, 2 salt n' pepper corys, 2 ADF's, 3 neons, 2 zebra danios

he told me he adds a gallon of water a day and never takes water out!

it's been set up for 3 months he just got the algae undercontrol he said-

there was nothing in the tank except a few rocks on the bottom and a tall vase with an airline running in it.(heater and filter but the temp was only 70- good for some bad for others)

I started- but i couldn't begin to tell him everything that was wrong with his tank and he didn't seem to have any interest in improving it- another person in the room said who cares a fish is a fish and he nodded like "yeah, what gives?"

i feel so bad because i know those fish are going to dye of OTS after eeking out an aweful existence

and there's nothing i can do

he is otherwise a nice and thoughtful person from what i can tell- he just doesn't think of fish as anything but decoration i guess

:(
 
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Just went to my brothers this weekend, 75g tank, 2 pretty large common plecos, 2 id sharks, 2 rainbow and one red tail shark, 3 random tetras and a gourami :sad: :eek: :mad: He is of the opinion that since hes had them for so long all is fine :cool: . But I do have to admit, I spent quite a bit of time watching the sharks and there was very little aggression, but I'm sure that is an exception to the rule
 
I doubt OTS will kill them, what with the dog drinking water from the tank and it needing constant refills. The oversized water dish usage effects small water changes daily.

I would worry more about temperature.

As for trying to instill a sense of responsibility into an irresponsible owner, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink...

Maybe you could tell him the water is bad for his dog, but then OTS would be an issue... it's a no win situation.
 
i think the evaporation concentration will still out way the few ounces the the dog laps up the nitrates are probably sky high already with the 2 goldies in there.
 
A friend had a tank that was probably 55 gallons which about 10 goldfish in it, each were at least 5 inches long, probably more like 7. There was no room for them to swim. The tank had no lid on it, a filter that wasn't large enough for the tank, and just some gravel at the bottom. I'm sure they just topped off. I told him that they really had too many fish in the tank and he shrugged saying, "we're just waiting for them all to die so we can get something better" :thud:
 
graphicdesign_r said:
you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink...
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Yea, but the dog doesn't have a problem finding a drink. :OT:
 
seems for every 5 people I try to educate (i.e. cycling, false inch per gallon rule, stunting), 2 people hear me out while one really reacts with water changes, upsizing tanks etc. and listens.... at least that's how it's been with the last 5 people I've spoken to about it all...
 
I agree, Doll...there are all kinds of people around that won't listen.
Same about stocking their tanks too. Why come for "help" if you aren't going to listen??
 
graphicdesign_r said:
.. ..., you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink... ...
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Now it's more like, "you can lead a dog to an aquarium on the floor, and it will drink!"

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