Unpopular Fish Opinions

I have a opinion on a certain type of fish, and by the amount of love I see towards them on other social media, it seems I'm a minority.

I find any other type of goldfish other than regular comets absolutely abominable. I mean Ranchus, bubble eye, telescopic eye; the fancy types, just awful. To me they look totally disfigured, but I guess that's just me.
I also hate GloFish, totally unnatural whatsoever.

Does anyone else have unpopular opinions? I felt like I couldn't be the only one that dislikes these fish and/or had a minority opinion.

EDIT: Please remember this thread was made to state opinions that are not commonly shared. Direct facts should not be contested.
An example of a fact: Tanks must be cycled before fish are added.
An example of an opinion: Bettas can be kept in a 3 gallon tank, not a 5 as a minimum.

 

Oscar fish Tank size... pet stores say 40( which is dumb, I say 75, and others say 125.
Also keeping “cold water” cories in 78 degree water is not a big deal. These are my unpopular opinions. ( is this what you wanted )

I have a opinion on a certain type of fish, and by the amount of love I see towards them on other social media, it seems I'm a minority.

I find any other type of goldfish other than regular comets absolutely abominable. I mean Ranchus, bubble eye, telescopic eye; the fancy types, just awful. To me they look totally disfigured, but I guess that's just me.
I also hate GloFish, totally unnatural whatsoever.

Does anyone else have unpopular opinions? I felt like I couldn't be the only one that dislikes these fish and/or had a minority opinion.

Also glo fish are stupid

 

I think Betta splendens are overrated. Also, pink gravel.

 

I think bettas are overrated. Also, pink gravel.

Bettas are too praised, but they are nice fish. Any gravel that isn’t tan or white or black is dumb

 

Oscar fish Tank size... pet stores say 40( which is dumb, I say 75, and others say 125.
Also keeping “cold water” cories in 78 degree water is not a big deal. These are my unpopular opinions. ( is this what you wanted )

Yeah sure, any thing that isn't popular, but that has the fishes well being in mind

 

Not every fish in this hobby needs to be kept in the 70's or 80's...paradise fish, umbrella cichlids, and a number of others are OK down to 50. Even true tropical fish often benefit from being at the lower end of their temperature range. Also, most domesticated forms pale in comparison to the beauty of their wild counterparts, even with longer fins.

 

Fake plants. I like trying to grow real plants, but my fish just tear them right up. I also don’t like floating plants. Hmm... I don’t like goldfish or glofish either for the reasons listed above. I dislike any lighting other than white, so my tanks are always set to the white light.

 

Redtail catfish shouldn't be so easily accessible in the hobby.

 

Fake plants. I like trying to grow real plants, but my fish just tear them right up. I also don’t like floating plants. Hmm... I don’t like goldfish or glofish either for the reasons listed above. I dislike any lighting other than white, so my tanks are always set to the white light.

I agree with everything there, except... I have never owned a light that I could change the color of because I just use what the tank comes with but I see how that could be annoying

 

Redtail catfish shouldn't be so easily accessible in the hobby.

And lungfish...and electric eels...and wolf cichlids...and peacock bass...and definitely goldfish and koi

 

I think Betta splendens are overrated. Also, pink gravel.

I don't think that anyone actually likes pink gravel, do they?

 

Redtail catfish shouldn't be so easily accessible in the hobby.

Really anything that gets over a foot long shouldn’t be so easy to attain. Red tails, pacu, hate to say it but Oscars, Floridian Plecos, and bala sharks should not be so common.

 

LIONFISH. Any fish that can send you to the hospital does not belong in a standard pet store.

 

Really anything that gets over a foot long shouldn’t be so easy to attain. Red tails, pacu, hate to say it but Oscars, Floridian Plecos, and bala sharks should not be so common.

Don't forget silver arowana!

 

I have lots of unpopular opinions. I agree common goldfish are nice. The others fell out the ugly tree hitting all the branches on the way down.

Here's another. Angelfish can be kept at 75 degrees long term. I kept 1 at 75 degrees for 15 years.

 

Bettas being in tiny containers belongs here, yes?

 

Don't forget silver arowana!

How could I? My only thing with them are they are actually quite expensive from what I’ve seen. There are few amateurs that would pay 90 dollars for a 4 inch fish

 

Bettas being in tiny containers belongs here, yes?

Oh of course, but that's more from the inexperienced hobbyists (like kids or ones that don't know the cycle)

 

I think anything that gets over 10 inches should not be available in a chain store like PetSmart or PetCo.

 

I think anything that gets over 10 inches should not be available in a chain store like PetSmart or PetCo.

Or the workers should simply say “ I’m not going to let you put a goldfish in a 5 gallon aquarium” ( they aren’t allowed to not sell things )

 

Here's another unpopular idea; you don't necessarily need a filter for relatively small fish. If you have a lot of healthy plants, they will deal with all of the ammonia before it approaches problem levels. (Of course this doesn't necessarily negate the need for water changes)

 

Here's another unpopular idea; you don't necessarily need a filter for relatively small fish. If you have a lot of healthy plants, they will deal with all of the ammonia before it approaches problem levels.

Yeah! I did that for my 5 gallon betta tank a while back

 

It was love at first sight when I saw my first Blood parrot cichlid (AKA The Frankenstein of fishes). Now that I finally have a few I am head over heels!

 

It was love at first sight when I saw my first Blood parrot cichlid (AKA The Frankenstein of fishes). Now that I finally have a few I am head over heels!

What’s the unpopular opinion?

 

Here's another unpopular opinion (that might actually be a fact)

Betta splendens have been so overbred that saying you should try to mimic their natural environment doesn't make sense. They've been so inbred and kept in horrible conditions that they don't have a natural habitat. (mentioning the inbreeding because it's separated splendens from their wild brothers and sisters so much genetically, changing their instincts and behavior)

Oh my I just typed nonsense. Welp! I'll see if you guys can piece together what I'm trying to say.

 

I agree that anything other than comets/koi are ugly.

Unpopular opinion: tiger barbs are great community tank fish. You just have to keep them in in a properly sized tank and in a big enough school.

Unpopular opinion: the stocking rules many folks give out on this forum are way too conservative IF your tank is planted. Plans are amazing nitrate sponges and you can go way higher without issue if you have a well planted tank and monitor parameters.
I have a tank sitting at over 300% stocked of whatreccomends right now as an experiment and its been going 8+ months like a dream. Plants grow great, fish are growing and reproducing like crazy.

 

I understand! Bettas in captivity are hybrids with significantly different needs than their wild brethren, not the least because they are so much more aggressive than their ancestors

 

It was love at first sight when I saw my first Blood parrot cichlid (AKA The Frankenstein of fishes). Now that I finally have a few I am head over heels!

I also have 5 rats as pets.

I think you posted in the wrong thread? Try unusual animals thread instead

 

I see the topic has changed

Sorry about the rats. I was feeling ornery.

You mean everyone loves blood parrots now?

 

Sorry about the rats. I was feeling ornery.

You mean everyone loves blood parrots now?

Nope...they are still ugly hybrids to me. Of course, I could have the unpopular opinion

 

I agree that anything other than comets/koi are ugly.

Unpopular opinion: tiger barbs are great community tank fish. You just have to keep them in in a properly sized tank and in a big enough school.

Unpopular opinion: the stocking rules many folks give out on this forum are way too conservative IF your tank is planted. Plans are amazing nitrate sponges and you can go way higher without issue if you have a well planted tank and monitor parameters.
I have a tank sitting at over 300% stocked of whatreccomends right now as an experiment and its been going 8+ months like a dream. Plants grow great, fish are growing and reproducing like crazy.

Totally agree! I didn’t spend $400 on an aquarium just to throw a few tiny fish in there.

I also don’t totally agree on 5 Gallon as minimum tank size for bettas. I say 2.5 gallon minimum.

 

Fish are generally fine if kept a few degrees outside their preferred temp. My golfish tank goes up to 80 in the summer, but since I have tons of aeration, she's fine. Goes down to 60 in the winter. No behavioral change.

If someone ends up with a goldfish from a fair or a friend, they shouldn't be expected to get a 180 gallon, but 40 (breeder)-55 should be the minimum.

Basically any betta splendis other than a plakat shouldn't be bred, the long tails cause most to be unable to swim properly, lead to finrot and even tail biting. I had one that couldn't swim more than a second at a time till he bit off half his tail. And another that I got, thinking it was a plakat, but the 8ppm ammonia it was in just burned off more than half the tail, and he's been way less active since it's grown back. Basically a different, sadder fish. Makes me really sad to see that.

 

I say no smaller than a 10 gallon for a single betta. People yell at me when I tell them my thoughts on this.

 

Here's another one! You can keep (some) cichlids with plants

 

Virtually all tank ornaments look tacky imo, especially if you have SpongeBob ones and aren't below 10 years old lol. Stick to wood and rocks plenty of plants and leave the shipwrecks where they belong.

Also why don't people want to enjoy seeing their Betta fish actually swimming around and exploring in a decent sized tank? I don't get the pleasure in watching one swimming back and forth in a tiny tank, it must be so boring for them!

 

Vacuuming is a waste of time. So is doing dishes.

Wait, what was the topic?

 

The topic is unpopular ideas about the aquarium hobby.

 

Oh here's another one: there are bad looking tanks, and there's nothing wrong with providing constructive criticism for it.

Virtually all tank ornaments look tacky imo, especially if you have SpongeBob ones and aren't below 10 years old lol. Stick to wood and rocks plenty of plants and leave the shipwrecks where they belong.

Also why don't people want to enjoy seeing their Betta fish actually swimming around and exploring in a decent sized tank? I don't get the pleasure in watching one swimming back and forth in a tiny tank, it must be so boring for them!

I think some ornaments can look good only if they're done right, but it has to still look like it happened naturally for it to look good. A random dragon doesn't look good, but a crumbling sub can if its done right.

 

Here's another one! You can keep (some) cichlids with plants

I get why you say some...


All this was from Tina (GT).Pretty ironic though, a green terror being a terror to green.

 

I’m 29 and I am debating throwing a squidward house decoration in one of my tanks to let moss grow on it lol