:iagree: I've been trying to tell the kids at the camp I'm working at about the goldfish in our temporary pond (which I get to take home next week, BTW
) and how big they get, and plenty of other stuff about fish (plus answering all of their questions, lol). I was in a discussion about water changes with a few of them and one of them said that her mom takes down the whole tank and I told her that she shouldn't do that and (as simply as I could) explained why. She said she'd tell her mom too, and I was pretty impressed! lol... usually the kids just nod but I'm starting to think that it really sinks in with some of them. On another note... I think it's terrible that they most pet stores can't just tell the customers no when they want a goldfish for a bowl/ small tank. I mean, if they just told them they need this huge tank and a giant filter, etc etc then they'd make so much more money in the long run, and it would save not only the lives of fish, but needless upsetting of small children who want their own pet and get extremely upset when it dies. I remember when I had my first fish that I had to stay home from camp the day it died b/c i was so upset. I was in an LFS a few months ago and I saw this woman and her (maybe 3 or 4 year old?) daughter and the woman was holding a tank (that literally fit in her hand), and a goldfish that was BIGGER THAN THE TANK. I was about to go over and talk to her but I figured she wouldn't believe me since I'm only 13 (plus she looked like she was in a bad mood, LOL). It all leads back down to greed and trying to make a profit. :headshake2:
