ZombieKeepr
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Ok ... so first things first.
1) I am NOT trying to start a fight
2) I'm singling out NO ONE nor a specific forum. This one in particular has been incredibly friendly and mostly open minded to start with so it's definitely not a complaint about anything here. I love you guys ... haha
Anyways ...
I'm having an issue. My GFs 20gL isn't stocked the "best" because shortly, she's moving down here to FL with me[!! SOO excited! I love this chick so much! xD] so I advised that she combine as many tanks as possible to try to make the whole process easy as possible. lol ANYWAYS ... she's basically bombarded by "helpful" members about how it's stocked.
Granted, I get that they're concerned about the fish, but their ways of talking to her ... well, irk me. It's not just cuz she's my GF, it's the fact I don't like that anything different is SUCHHH a big deal and they basically act like we're idiots. Umm ... well, TBH, I don't really care what they have to think. lol She was only wanting to show off her tank's aquascape and her fish.
We're both used to keeping aquariums and she does have fall back options[including possibly just getting rid of EVERYTHING in the first place, but neither of us really want that] so WHY is it that we're bombarded because we keep goldfish and tropicals together? Especially when if there's no aggression, no stress, and the water is kept clean, it's never proven to be a problem[and it's not gonna be like this for tooooo much longer]
Most of these fish are good-will rescues if that makes sense. Singe, her dwarf gourami wasn't looking too good when she got him because of his prior tank mates and other things but now, because of her, he's doing amazing! He's already growing back his feelers. Machete and Tanchi[2 goldfish] are rescues from a WM tank and just typical fantails/ryukins. They've proven to DESPISE the cold[get lethargic but in the REALLY sick kinda way] but they love slightly warmer temps.
IDK ... I just ... don't get it. People can't make a suggestion and just leave it at that, noooo ... you get attacked for ANYTHING they see wrong. I swear, some people would complain about a single guppy's well being in a 150gal if they had the chance! xD Granted, it might be out of pure care, but it's not their fish and overall, we're ALL only there to advise. Not control.
Thanks for letting me talk. lol
1) I am NOT trying to start a fight
2) I'm singling out NO ONE nor a specific forum. This one in particular has been incredibly friendly and mostly open minded to start with so it's definitely not a complaint about anything here. I love you guys ... haha
Anyways ...
I'm having an issue. My GFs 20gL isn't stocked the "best" because shortly, she's moving down here to FL with me[!! SOO excited! I love this chick so much! xD] so I advised that she combine as many tanks as possible to try to make the whole process easy as possible. lol ANYWAYS ... she's basically bombarded by "helpful" members about how it's stocked.
Granted, I get that they're concerned about the fish, but their ways of talking to her ... well, irk me. It's not just cuz she's my GF, it's the fact I don't like that anything different is SUCHHH a big deal and they basically act like we're idiots. Umm ... well, TBH, I don't really care what they have to think. lol She was only wanting to show off her tank's aquascape and her fish.
We're both used to keeping aquariums and she does have fall back options[including possibly just getting rid of EVERYTHING in the first place, but neither of us really want that] so WHY is it that we're bombarded because we keep goldfish and tropicals together? Especially when if there's no aggression, no stress, and the water is kept clean, it's never proven to be a problem[and it's not gonna be like this for tooooo much longer]
Most of these fish are good-will rescues if that makes sense. Singe, her dwarf gourami wasn't looking too good when she got him because of his prior tank mates and other things but now, because of her, he's doing amazing! He's already growing back his feelers. Machete and Tanchi[2 goldfish] are rescues from a WM tank and just typical fantails/ryukins. They've proven to DESPISE the cold[get lethargic but in the REALLY sick kinda way] but they love slightly warmer temps.
IDK ... I just ... don't get it. People can't make a suggestion and just leave it at that, noooo ... you get attacked for ANYTHING they see wrong. I swear, some people would complain about a single guppy's well being in a 150gal if they had the chance! xD Granted, it might be out of pure care, but it's not their fish and overall, we're ALL only there to advise. Not control.
Thanks for letting me talk. lol