OMG this is so wrong

[Que]

I see this as nothing more than wow factor... like when the guy made the deep fryer with the live goldfish at the bottom. Remember that post?

Q

 

[ChilDawg]

Why, just why? There is literally no useful application for this beyond those who want the novelty of keeping fish together that should not be kept together. I wonder how the use of sugars to mimic the mineral content of salt water affects issues like water quality. Additionally, regardless of how well these things work in the sort term, I really can't see the poor fish not suffering some sort of osmoregulatory stress from being kept in these conditions long term. Who knows how being forced to live in these conditions would affect their overall lifespan and quality of life. I wouldn't be surprised if both fresh and salt water fish are more prone to disease and sickness in these set ups. Beyond that, what exactly do we have to gain from being able to do this in the first place? The people who wasted their time on creating this product should have been working on something more societally important instead of creating something that has no purpose aside from allowing them to profit from the uneducated and unethical.

Just trolling a bit here, but isn't taking away $ from the unethical a boon to society? LOL.

 

[Conski]

This is just as sketchy as my cracked out skymall filter

 

[evelyn80]

i can see this becomeing a readily available product. the marketer will sell this, make a ton from the idiots who dont wanna go full out salt or just want a "nemo" for their fishbowl. i just cant see how this would work long term though, there has to be some sort of detrimental affect to the fishes! JMO

 

[7itanium]

This is acctually a really old concept...

a company did something like this back in the early 1980s.... their product worked.. but it drastically shortened the lifespan of the fish and they eventually went bankrupt

I dont remember the name of the company.. but my LFS has a box of their product on display and it looks ancient

 

[kyryah]

This is acctually a really old concept...

a company did something like this back in the early 1980s.... their product worked.. but it drastically shortened the lifespan of the fish and they eventually went bankrupt

I dont remember the name of the company.. but my LFS has a box of their product on display and it looks ancient

It was Kordon, and they did not go bankrupt, they pulled the product. It was in the 1950's, "Wonder Water."

Kristina

 

[Inka4040]

Lol Chill. Not if it's going right back into an unethical pocket.

 

[7itanium]

It was Kordon, and they did not go bankrupt, they pulled the product. It was in the 1950's, "Wonder Water."

Kristina

ahh

thanks for the better info