Help: God Help The Fish

CHoffman · January 7th, 2009

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion..I guess we should be happy that were not disagreeing with CoryCat about a Oscar in a 10 gallon, Somone trying to convince us that big fish are fine in small tanks, like so many members have done..lol..

...He's telling us to put fish in bigger tanks...Not a bad suggestion or idea..It's not cruel to have certain fish in 5 or 10 gallon tanks..or a betta in a 2.5 for that matter...I'm just thankfull that were not fighting the other battle.

CoreyCat · January 7th, 2009

docjr.. that was highly unnecessary.. for someone to have not posted anything this whole convesation then to put me down like that. me,amanda, and pink were clearly just debating and its up to us whether or not it was getting out of control.
and my intentions were CLEARLY NOT TO STIR up anything. clearly on opinion

CoreyCat · January 7th, 2009

but because 20g and less opinion offends closeminded people.. ill take it off

Nick Goody · January 7th, 2009

Yeah, but people are obviously going to be offended if you say 20gal and under tanks are cruel. It might be your opinion but it's going to offend people. If I thought it was cruel to keep fish in tanks smaller than 75gal,(which I don't),I wouldn't post it on the site as not everyone wants a tank that big. Just not a good idea.........

Nick Goody · January 7th, 2009

And now you call them closeminded!

inuyasha_lover_21 · January 7th, 2009

This thread is going into the wrong direction. I am offended about how you look at other people as being "closeminded". So if I say that all pitbull owners are drug delaers is that true? Or are most pitbull owners friendly and loving?

I am done with this thread

Mike19 · January 7th, 2009

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Originally Posted by Nick Goody

I keep 4 Corys. They don't seem overly concerned that theres 4 of them and not 5.

So do i and there different also !!!!!, i also have many school fish in fours? am i evil?

this debate about tanks size ect is all a matter of opinion nobody is right nor wrong you may even argue that fish should be free and left in the sea in a natural state but i don't think anybody here has that view its a fish keeping forum

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CHoffman · January 7th, 2009

I agree..It's all a matter of opinion..This forum is nice because it is about opinions....CoryCat struck a chord..I do believe this was not his intention..In fact this thread isn't a agurment about his thread but about his sig.....All opinions can and should be stated with tack so the message behind what your saying doesn't get lost.

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I also think this could have been a very informative thread had it not taken such a turn....For example How is it decided what tank size is right for a certain fish...I've never really understood that...I'm sure there is some scientific equation behind it..lol...It would be interesting to see how it's determined.

docjr03 · January 8th, 2009

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Originally Posted by CoreyCat

sure there are some obstacles to having fish. but after reading some of these threads its insane how some people dont care about taking care of something until they see it dying. all it takes is a lil research on how to own a fish tank and some knowledge about your fish. a lil studying can go a long way. i mean is there any kind of good that can come out of throwing any kind of diff species together and it work? its frustraiting to see how much people are close minded and selfish enough to the point where they cant even care enough to take 10min out of there day to do a simple water change, or search the internet about having a fish tank. sure we learn from our mistakes but after the loss of death your pobably going to be doin some reading anyways (hopefully) so why not do the research before you start throwin a bunch of fish in a tank and watch em suffer is all im saying...

(i could go on and on but ill stop for now.. lol)

thanx for reading
Corey

Reading this post, I do not believe Cory was trying to start a debate about the ethics of tank size, but rather to condemn some recent posters who have gotten themselves in over their heads. If we "condemn" those who come here for help, people may stop coming altogether... which defeats the whole purpose of this "Beginner's Forum"... and ultimately hinders the gaining of knowledge to give better care for our fish.

Lucy · January 8th, 2009

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Originally Posted by docjr03

If we "condemn" those who come here for help, people may stop coming altogether... which defeats the whole purpose of this "Beginner's Forum"... and ultimately hinders the gaining of knowledge to give better care for our fish.

Thanks you docjr03. I couldn't think of a better way of ending this thread.

With that said, this thread is closed.

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