20 Gallon Tacky Tank

I think anyone who has been in fishkeeping knows they're deformed. I was pointing out that purchasing such fish perpetuates the problem of more and more deformed fish being created. If there wasn't a market for them they wouldn't be bred. It's not "rescuing" a fish, it's promoting and supporting the commercial industry responsible for creating deformed fish. The same as buying a betta in a tiny cup; there is no "rescue" there yet people like to fool themselves into thinking they're doing something good. All they're doing is creating business and allowing another betta to be in the same crappy situation. Just like puppy mills. The only way to make a difference is to not buy deformed/tattooed/poorly cared for fish from stores. I will encourage people (you included) to not buy deformed fish. You can take it or leave it.
 
Lab_Rat said:
I think anyone who has been in fishkeeping knows they're deformed. I was pointing out that purchasing such fish perpetuates the problem of more and more deformed fish being created. If there wasn't a market for them they wouldn't be bred. It's not "rescuing" a fish, it's promoting and supporting the commercial industry responsible for creating deformed fish. The same as buying a betta in a tiny cup; there is no "rescue" there yet people like to fool themselves into thinking they're doing something good. All they're doing is creating business and allowing another betta to be in the same crappy situation. Just like puppy mills. The only way to make a difference is to not buy deformed/tattooed/poorly cared for fish from stores. I will encourage people (you included) to not buy deformed fish. You can take it or leave it.
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I see.... still you have to feel sorry for the fish you see at the moment. Anyhow, I'm not going to get hem for multiple reasons, and I always knew they were "deformed" (IMHO, it's a matter of perspective, as such deformities can exist in nature, they just aren't sucessful in nature) and only wanted to get them because they looked so sad in their little 20 gal tank with 50 or more of them... anyhow, I'm just running on now. No baloon mollies in my tanks.

However, Glowfish are a perfectly acceptable thing, correct? They are genitic, I beleive, so it doesn't hurt the fish, and it's just coloration, right?

MChorse13 said:
if you want real tacky get salt water ornaments this is as close as i could find to a bubble volcano http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00176FYL6...e=asn&creative=395105&creativeASIN=B00176FYL6
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lol, thanks!
 
I am going to stay out of the debate.

But, since you are ok with purchasing balloon mollies -- you should go for dyed fish, they are way more tacky IMO.
 
EmilyMarie85 said:
I am going to stay out of the debate.

But, since you are ok with purchasing balloon mollies -- you should go for dyed fish, they are way more tacky IMO.
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That was low... There is, in my mind, a massive difference between geneticly altered and forcibly dyed. A massive difference. Now everyone's gonna write me off as a fish hater or something just because I see nothing wrong with genetic alterations... ah well.
 
So, Glowfish, are they geneticly altered or mechanically altered (dyed)?
 
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