bought some danios

Besides being able to keep the danios, having a bigger tank will let you have more guppies and other fish as well. ;) Glad you went big and kept the danios, I like the idea of having the 10g as a QT tank. Good luck! :)

FtwayneFish said:
I keep 2 danios with 2 tiger barbs. And yes the danios are natures hyper fish. I think there fine in a 10g....... always better than the overstocked tanks at the LFS (local fish store).
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On another thread, you posted something like this, about how it's better to keep fish in small tanks with innapropriate numbers than to let them "stay in overstocked LFS tanks or in some kids bowl".

When my favourite fish store got in about 100 dwarf rasboras, they were all in the same tank. They had very good filtration, daily water changes, lots of plants and lots of space (we're talking 1/2" fish).

The majority of fish are in the dealer's tanks for a short period of time, in which they get frequent water changes, many schoolmates, and are sold to people who have decent to beautiful tanks. Not many dealers allow a kid to put 50 danios in a 1/2 gallon bowl.

I'm sorry if I just derailed a little, but I find it hard to stand by as someone tells another person it's okay to keep fish in too-small tanks in too-little numbers, because they would get worse treatment if you didn't give them bad treatment.
 
HA you got the wonder fish store then. my best lfs has a semi overstocked and then from there it gets worse. And the fish are there for awhile ( i like to go and watch em mature). So im sure that skews my views. And dealers..... really were talking about 20 something employees for gas money, if were lucky "IMO". not older enthusiasts. They have no idea what youre doin.

and I as said again. this person already had the fish as did I. So not that im telling people its ok to do this on purpose. maybe easing them by sharing other experiences and whatnot.
 
Anything, except there natural habitat is just MURDER. were just caging and shortening there size and lifespans!!!!!!!!!
 
FtwayneFish said:
Anything, except there natural habitat is just MURDER. were just caging and shortening there size and lifespans!!!!!!!!!
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Odd, how when in the wild a cory fry could be eaten seconds after it hatches, yet it's murder if that same cory grows up in a 150g tank and lives 20 years. It also seems that you thoroughly enjoyed catching that wild crayfish that recently passed away. I'd like to remind you also that you keep fish ;)
 
it was sarcasim. im gonna go home and FEED live healthy fish to another lol.

yea the cray was my pride n joy. Sounded funny going down the garbage disposal when he died.
 
but i wonder what the poll would read out? if you had to chose a mindset?

mine of "hey it might not be 110% perfect. But its better than the less than 20% care they recieve elsewhere or would somewhere else". so 2 fish instead of 6. better than 1 somewhere or the 50 to 5gs however long it may be, Or getting mass bred, shipped, ect.

but-it's okay to keep fish in too-small tanks in too-little numbers, because they would get worse treatment if you didn't give them bad treatment.

I dont like the word "bad" its just not super ideal. Its really doin a number to my logic the way you have it worded there tho. But I keep thinking, i didnt set out to do this. I wouldnt normally put myself or fish in this/that situation tho. Say like, I know not to put just 2 tigers in 10g alone. but its situational.
 
See, this is what I meant. You think that if you or the OP don't buy the fish, a noob will walk in, buy it, and add to the countless youtube videos of people drinking a glass of water with a fish in it.

There are over 80,000 members on this forum. I think it's true to say well over 1000 have never posted, and many more don't know their stuff about fish. But the ones who do know about fish, or care enough to ask, are the kind of people who buy fish. You don't see many pet stores that allow people to buy a betta bowl and 3 male bettas in the same trip. And no, I'm not including W*ll M*rt.

There are hundreds of other fish forums out there, with hundreds of thousands of people who at least have a gleam of proper fish husbandry. The truth is, if you can't properly house the fish, don't get it, unless it's one of those "rescue" operations.

Sorry to derail the thread even further. It probably does no harm as the original problem and questions has been fixed and replied to, but no one wants to hear two people bickering about their opinions (unless they need a good laugh).
 
ditto on the good laugh. this is alllll jolly, im not fired up here.

but 3 male bettas and a bowl same trip is a bit skewed. everyone knows that the males fight, even the weakest of knowledged staff can grab that one. I see BW with FW and fully submersed fiddler crabs ect.

I agree with you. me and fishyfun already purchased the fish tho. and will narrow it down to fish unthusiasts (spelling) care and the lfs's, are's has to be a better home, and makes it hard to "return" fish.

But im glad your outlook is 95% people do it right. I think its more like 40-50% really care about there fish. But thats the beauty of thoughts and opinions.
 
FtwayneFish said:
I agree with you. me and fishyfun already purchased the fish tho. and will narrow it down to fish unthusiasts (spelling) care and the lfs's, are's has to be a better home, and makes it hard to "return" fish.
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Okay, I see where you're coming from here. I hadn't realized you meant after you had already bought them, I thought you were assuming that if you didn't buy that fish it would die.

I have the same problem. I refuse to give any of my "special" fish to LFS's, no matter how good. Fry, well that can be another matter, but for instance I would never give my female bettas to a LFS.
 
I noticed that and was just about to point it out to help you understand me.

I read your 75g post.

I would neve go to a LFS to get one tiger barb.- backstory was. i had some for my 55g and they were a bit nippier than when i kept them in the past. And didnt wanna take em back to the lfs. so they were "doomed" to live a life in a 10g, till i get a bigger tank- and we all do. So in the back of my mind i knew it wasnt set in stone.

fishyfun also had bought and was then in the situation.
 
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