Help With Convincing.

Hey guys, soon I'm receiving my brother's girlfriends tank in a 3 gallon tank (higher then longer) I'm planning on using it for a betta and have plans to make the best of the space. However, their family that currently owns the tank is very inexperienced when it comes to fish, and listens to employees. Right now they have 2 calico goldfish in it. I've informed my brother's girlfriend about the truth in fish keeping. She understands now. But, it's not her tank. It's the family's. She is working on convincing her family and at the time they agreed to wait till the calicoes die. As far as water parameters, it's fine. But other less dangerous conditions, not so fine. My estimate is the goldfish would live another unhappy 4 months unless she can convince them to return them (or kill them? Is that cruel to put them out of their misery). It's like keeping betta in bowl. It will live a while, but not happily. Is there a way to get the tank sooner and the goldfish out of their cruel habitat? Convincing methods? The family realizes that they are taking care of them poorly but then they said "they will die really soon then."

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Thanks for all contributors!

General questions- if the pet store can't take them, is it cruel to kill them if they are living in poor conditions if we can't rehome them?
How to convince to get rid of fish and give me the tank?

Thanks again!

 

I would go out of my way to take them back to the pet store. Euthanasia would be the only other choice. The most humane way to put them down would be to put them in a quick bath of pure 91% isopropyl alcohol. Any form of life introduced will pass away within seconds

 

I would go out of my way to take them back to the pet store. Euthanasia would be the only other choice. The most humane way to put them down would be to put them in a quick bath of pure 91% isopropyl alcohol. Any form of life introduced will pass away within seconds

Well I volunteer at my lfs, I can ask. If not we may have to put them down. Also, any convincing advice?

 

I'm not sure, to be honest. You could bring up that they could live for several years with someone else rather than slowly dying over a course of a few weeks. You could also just tell them you want to buy the fish and then do with the fish as you please.

That's a little bit of a stumper

 

I'm not sure, to be honest. You could bring up that they could live for several years with someone else rather than slowly dying over a course of a few weeks. You could also just tell them you want to buy the fish and then do with the fish as you please.

That's a little bit of a stumper

I don't think her parents want to put it down either, feel guilty to make her put gen down secretly :-(

Uhhh! any other advice?

I don't know what to do...



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Lol I remember that cylinder tank thread.

Is there any way you can return the fish to the LFS yourself?

Can she just planly say that she feels very sad about the fish, and would rather give it back to the store or give it away then watch it die...? Or they can give it away on craigslist. Like, it's a 15$ tank and a 1$ fish. I'm kind of not seeing why they think it's such a big deal to just give it to someone for free.

I'd just plan lie, to be honest. Let it go for a week or two, say nothing about it like she forgot and doesn't care, and then go "my friend's birthday is coming up and she wants some goldfish. Can I pretend I bought this one from the store? I'm so tired of feeding it ugh."

 

Not recommended but will probably work if the parents are not watching over the tank 24/7: put the fish in a bag inside a backpack, then tell her parents the fish diedead: and that you disposed them. Then either rehome them or euthanize them (if there are no other choices).

 

Lol I remember that cylinder tank thread.

Is there any way you can return the fish to the LFS yourself?

Can she just planly say that she feels very sad about the fish, and would rather give it back to the store or give it away then watch it die...? Or they can give it away on craigslist. Like, it's a 15$ tank and a 1$ fish. I'm kind of not seeing why they think it's such a big deal to just give it to someone for free.

Lol that one thread was a mess. I've figured it out now how to us it. But still not about the other convincing and such