Fish swimming... verically?!

OK then, refuse to help the tank. But I guarantee that if it was your family in there, choking on their own waste, you'd do something about it.

Why don't you grow up, and then when that's happened come back and learn how to make a healthy tank.
 
All I wanted was a reason why my fish was swimming vertically. Instead I get an overreactant lecture on proper tank set up. My fish is fine now, the others have been fine. You're treating me like I'm new to fish. I'm not and my mum being the one who'll be caring for them most definately isn't. I've never seen a fish swim vertically and wanted to know why and if there was anything to do for him. It wasn't even caused by the tank and he's fine now.

I guess it's a good thing I only wanted the one question answered.
 
magickmidget said:
All I wanted was a reason why my fish was swimming vertically. Instead I get an overreactant lecture on proper tank set up. My fish is fine now, the others have been fine. You're treating me like I'm new to fish. I'm not and my mum being the one who'll be caring for them most definately isn't. I've never seen a fish swim vertically and wanted to know why and if there was anything to do for him. It wasn't even caused by the tank and he's fine now.

I guess it's a good thing I only wanted the one question answered.
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You were just asking that question, we know that. But alot of your statements made you sound new to the hobby "fish only grow to their tank size" for instance. We were just trying to help you help your fish, which sounds like they could use right now. Now honestly, did this info harm you in anyway? Did it take up to much of your time? If these whole two pages of info was too time consuming, maybe aquariums aren't for you. removed due to unnecessary statement - DD

I wish I got this much discussion on my questions.
 
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Fish DO only grow to the size of their tank. Sure, they have an average size they all grow to if given the room. They aren't going to keep growing until they're squashed within the four walls of the tank. lol. Weird imagery.

It wasn't that it was time consuming or the like. It was that none of you could answer my question so you loaded me up with information about the tank and what I'm doing wrong that didn't help me in the slightest. And while you may just be trying to help the fish, they're fine as I've repeatedly said.
 
You obviously didn't google the word "stunting" as was suggested. No, they don't "keep growing until they're squashed within the four walls of the tank". They die.

As to "you loaded me up with information about the tank and what I'm doing wrong that didn't help me in the slightest", you're right. It didn't help you, because you choose not to pay attention to it. And it certainly won't help the fish that you are mistreating and abusing.

The mere fact that you chose to purchase these particular fish, which you readily admitted you knew nothing about, gave the very strong impression that you had little or no experience with fishkeeping. Let me rephrase that... Little or no experience with successful fishkeeping.

Honestly, the way in which you responded to being given proper information that disagrees with what you want to believe makes one think they are speaking to (writing to, conversing with...) a child.

By the way, they may be OK now, but the ammonia levels haven't had time to build that high yet either.
 
do you know what stunting does to fish? i have an angel that i recieved from a person that was in a 5 gallon tank- EXTREMELY SMALL. now she is 2.5 inches, and she stopped growing, and sufferes from seizures becasue she has damage to her nerves and brain. how do i know that it is not normal for an angel to be 2.5 inches? i have 2 full grown ones that are at least 6 inches, two mor ehtat are 5 1/2, and two more that are pushing 5 inches. the 4 smaller ones are still growing. my 2.5 inch angel has stopped at 2.5.
please do not put your fish through stunting, as most are not luck to survive it and find a person that can adequatly house them.
 
good point. I'll admit that I don't know why your fish was swimming in such a manner, but I do know that your fish are wrong for your tank and bad things will happen if you A) don't take the fish back to the store or B) don't get a more appropriate tank for them. Listen to jm1212, he/she knows their angel fish.

Please, just listen to us for your fish's sake.
 
Aussie_hippie_2 said:
good point. I'll admit that I don't know why your fish was swimming in such a manner, but I do know that your fish are wrong for your tank and bad things will happen if you A) don't take the fish back to the store or B) don't get a more appropriate tank for them. Listen to jm1212, he/she knows their angel fish.

Please, just listen to us for your fish's sake.
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im a guy... lol it says it under my name, but that ok, its not the worst ive had :joke:
 
Oh, didn't mean to cause offense. That's why I said "he/she". Given I should've checked but I didn't think it was a big deal.
 
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