has anyone seen these yet? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=20755&item=4330468196&rd=1
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- Thread starter Dangerdoll
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I know.... the disregard is kinda gross! I saw they have picture frame tanks too, one was full of swordtails or platties and dwarf gourami's!
I know what ya mean Stephen! I'm having a fit because I can't have a bigger tank yet.... and then I see gimmick toys like these..... hrmph!
It's sad really that the people that make things like that even consider it. I'm surprised someone somewhere in all the animal protection groups that are around haven't stopped this sort of thing. What's even more sad is being somewhere and seeing the betta's in the small cups. I wonder how/why this was ever considered acceptable? Is it something that's just been done for years and years and it's just the way it goes now? I understand males can't be in the same tank, but couldn't someone make a tank with a bunch of divided sections in them with holes for water flow to go through? Like those recirculating system I see marine fish in at some stores... Only smaller. I'm sure cost is one major factor preventing someone from marketing them or a LFS from owning it... But has it come to just selling fish and not caring how they are kept until they leave the store? I've reached the point that if I can help it I buy my fish from local people and breeders (of which there aren't many)... Instead of local stores. I don't even look at the betta's anymore... I'm finding it hard to control the urge to "save them all"...
The smallest tanks I own are 10 gallon tanks, and I won't be buying anything smaller than a 15-20 in the future. It bothers me to see people leaving stores with little bitty tanks. I've even mentioned to people how they should get something bigger when I see it. Most "retail aquarium owners" know nothing of water changes, cycling, proper nutrition, (thankfully there's aquariacentral for those that want to learn or have been directed here to learn) and unfortunately around here there's no good LFS that will explain it to them. Even the guys and girls at the LFS's that know a great deal won't willingly explain the basics to customers unless specifically asked... I've even heard ridiculous things by people who know better and just want to make a sale "Sure you can put 10 goldfish in your 10 gallon tank"...
It's just crazy, cruel, and to me it's simple when it comes to tiny tanks... How would you like to live in a bathroom with a broken toilet and broken shower for the rest of your life?
Sorry for ranting :rant: ... Long day...
The smallest tanks I own are 10 gallon tanks, and I won't be buying anything smaller than a 15-20 in the future. It bothers me to see people leaving stores with little bitty tanks. I've even mentioned to people how they should get something bigger when I see it. Most "retail aquarium owners" know nothing of water changes, cycling, proper nutrition, (thankfully there's aquariacentral for those that want to learn or have been directed here to learn) and unfortunately around here there's no good LFS that will explain it to them. Even the guys and girls at the LFS's that know a great deal won't willingly explain the basics to customers unless specifically asked... I've even heard ridiculous things by people who know better and just want to make a sale "Sure you can put 10 goldfish in your 10 gallon tank"...
It's just crazy, cruel, and to me it's simple when it comes to tiny tanks... How would you like to live in a bathroom with a broken toilet and broken shower for the rest of your life?
Sorry for ranting :rant: ... Long day...
I saw this awhile back, and hope people don't buy this stuff...
http://www.bizarreaquariums.com/index2.html
This site may have been going for a year or so (not sure..).
http://www.bizarreaquariums.com/index2.html
This site may have been going for a year or so (not sure..).
Swimfins
This is as good as it gets.
I had a pic frame fall off the wall this morning. Imagine coming home to find that betta frame broken on the floor? I imagine some people would find that amusing. :rant:
that's the part I couldn't stop thinking about fins..... *sigh* it's a shame how any "life" can be less important that how much you can make on it..... 
i know this is kind of different, but even when i look at some of the tanks on the drsfostersmith website i get mad. i mean, that's a pretty reputable place but they post advertisments for 3 gallon tanks with a picture of the tank holding around 10 platties. or there's the 12 gallon with 5 angel fish in it. or the 1-2 gallon "art-deco" tank teeming with neons... i know they didnt take the pictures themselves, but it still seems irresponsible to advertise something that way when they know it shouldnt be used like that...
when i clicked on the link dangerdoll posted the first thing i thought of was "that's cruel, people just want to be able to look at the fish on the wall, just like a piece of art... and fish aren't art". then i thought about that for a second and it seems too simple to say it that way. You can create a beautiful landscape in a 10 gallon tank using plants and maybe a few neons ( a la Ammano) - so in that regard fish - or a system of living things in general - can indeed serve an artistic purpose. furthermore, we all keep fish for the visual beauty they and their enviroment bring to our homes.
i think the level of revulsion comes in when you realize that the purpose of one of those picture frame things is not to demonstrate the beauty of a fish in a natural environment, but rather to draw attention to your favorite 5 X 7 of aunt ruthie and her kids.
so in conclusion, if you want a single fish to be a piece of art, go out and catch one, have it stuffed and mounted. leave the poor bettas alone...
when i clicked on the link dangerdoll posted the first thing i thought of was "that's cruel, people just want to be able to look at the fish on the wall, just like a piece of art... and fish aren't art". then i thought about that for a second and it seems too simple to say it that way. You can create a beautiful landscape in a 10 gallon tank using plants and maybe a few neons ( a la Ammano) - so in that regard fish - or a system of living things in general - can indeed serve an artistic purpose. furthermore, we all keep fish for the visual beauty they and their enviroment bring to our homes.
i think the level of revulsion comes in when you realize that the purpose of one of those picture frame things is not to demonstrate the beauty of a fish in a natural environment, but rather to draw attention to your favorite 5 X 7 of aunt ruthie and her kids.
so in conclusion, if you want a single fish to be a piece of art, go out and catch one, have it stuffed and mounted. leave the poor bettas alone...