Overcrowding

[kveeti]

I can google "bananas are evil" and come up with 114 hits. That must make it true.

It is true that a person can find a back-up to almost any theory. What a person has to do is be like wetmanNY - be skeptical and weight all the "evidence" and think. In the end, I suppose, most people will just continue to believe what they want. I know in some situations (not fish related) that is what I do. However, when it comes to fish, I would trust what RTR, wetmanNY, OrionGirl and a host of others here say (lots of others, don't mean to leave anybody out) over my knowledge any day.

 

[RTR]

If you look hard enough you can find from dozens to hundreds of statements saying that non-iodized salt should be added to all FW tanks also. That does not make the statement true or valid. It is neither.

In the end, it is your tank. Do with it as you will.

But do not expect statements contrary to fact to meet general acceptance. The popularity of myth has nothing at all to do with reality.

 

[OrionGirl]

And on that note, I'm closing this. There is not anything more beneficial to be added, though this will likely move to archives for future reference.

If anyone chooses to believe popular myth, and defend it despite evidence and experience to the contrary, in addition to a very good explanation for it's source, there isn't much that we can do. However--sometimes, when all the lights are shining at you, it's because you're going the wrong way, not because you're on stage.