Cruelly Overstocked 5g

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Bitsy

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:mad: So today I was with one of my friends running errands. Our last stop was at her friend, Julie's house. We walked in and sitting on top of the entertainment center in front of a huge picture window was a tiny 5 gallon tank. Being a curious person by nature I walked over to take a peak.........what I saw was beyond horrible. In this 5g tank with a whisper internal filter and no heater she has the following fish:
4 glo light tetras
4 black skirt tetras
4 female bettas
2 ADFs
3 neon tetras
1 common pleco
and a handful of ghost shrimp :mad2:

I felt so bad for these fishies, so I asked her how long her tank had been up and running, she told me, "oh a couple months." So I asked her if she knew how horribly overstocked her tank was and before I could finish my sentence she told me, "I've been keeping fish forever, I know what I'm doing, everyone is happy, healthy and fine. I haven't lost a single fish yet." :rant2: So needless to say I was pissed and tried a little bit more to argue my point, but everything I said fell on deaf ears. Some people just don't want to listen. Makes me sad :mad:
 
I didn't even know all those fish could literally *FIT* in a 5 gallon :thud:
 
oh my god! how on earth is it possible for all of those fish to live in there for 2 months!!!!

i can't believe they haven't died especially w/o a heater

i wouldn't believe it if you hadn't seen it with your own eyes!
 
I'm not losing a friend over it. I didn't even know her until my friend took me over there today. I am just completely disgusted with the situation. I wish I had one of those camera phone thingies so I could have taken a pic all nonchalantly.

It just amazes me that people think that it doesn't matter cause they are "just fish".
 
dont worry about the nonchalaunt picture... just go there with a camera and take it before they all die!!! id really like to see this tank!

also... if she has been doing this for a while, then it would surprise her to know the lifespan of many of the fish that she is stuffing into boxes... she probably thinks that its like half a year at tops! (and if she hasnt lost any 2 months into the cycle, then she is pretty good, albeit torturously giving them a slower death...)
 
Lobo. said:
dont worry about the nonchalaunt picture... just go there with a camera and take it before they all die!!! id really like to see this tank!
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Yeah me too I really want to see this that would be amazing It would be a world record for fish stuffing.
 
Animals die cruelly with or without humans. And with fish we can't call the "Animal Police", so just stay away from her ignorant approach at keeping fish.

She is not an aquarist. She just buys fish stuff.
 
Sounds just like my brother-in-laws tank. :thud:
 
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