libbyb
Aquarium Advice FINatic
There is one more thing that is really important. DO NOT FLUSH DEAD FISH. This introduces all kinds of organisms to the environment that are not indigenous to the area or country even.
Okay. Fortunately my newish tank has suffered no fatalities, but when it happens what do I do with a dead fish?
I guess it is know now, before I have a dead fish on my hands that needs to be removed from the tank ASAP.
yes start by slowly explaining the bio load. as they learn more they learn more and more how it works. understanding the basics is what is needed to advance to the harder stuff. too many people are not learning the basics.But you do have to start somewhere with these things. When you are first starting out you may well think that you can fit 100 inches of fish in a 20 gallon tank, so it's a good starting point to manage your expectations.
What does the background have to do with anything. My fish stay pretty close to the front/middle of the tank as is.
I know you can't dog fight but you can betta fight. I heard they passed new pet laws in Switzerland or somewhere one of them was all home aquariums must have non-transparent backgrounds and a bunch of other reptile and aquarium stuff. US fish laws, fish must be kept I'm conditioned water lol! I wonder about the Canadian pet laws!
What does the background have to do with anything. My fish stay pretty close to the front/middle of the tank as is.
seems like the right thread to me.....Wrong thread, Sweetie.
plants you should let dry out so they are dead before getting rid of though trash or buried. as for fish its better to throw them away then flush them or better yet put them in the ground and make it even better. all my old tank water goes out to the trees and grass. any extra plant or dead fish goes in the compost.I read on liveaquaria.com that we should be disposing of our plants and fish "properly" I didn't have time to find out what "properly" entailed (I was at supposedly working!) And my mother-in-law is here 2mro so I have to get off the computer to clean the house. If I get a chance over the weekend I will do a search.
you are not forced to flush it you could put it in the trash.Fish disposal is really restricted to your own living situation. Like for me - because I live in an apartment that has strict 3rd-party groundskeeping - ANY "modification" or disposal of items into the surrounding area is forbidden. So I'm forced to flush.
i am going to make sure to rep you. this does 100 times more good then all the threads ranting. you are making a difference. it might be hard and people can choose it ignore it but you are doing your part. there is that saying you can lead a horse to water but you cant make him drink.... same thing applies.I actually work in a chain store, although not happily all the time. I will criticize my own company on a daily basis in front of my management if I disagree wholeheartedly with a particular situation. One of those being the packaging on small fish tank kits. I have to explain to people dozens of times why they can't put a goldfish in, why they can't put in tropical fish because a majority of them may have a very tiny filter but lack any kind of heating and why this simply won't last and isn't right for the fish.
People don't want to believe this, especially not with a box brightly displaying all the multitudes of fish you can allegedly cram in there. "If it weren't meant for it, they wouldn't show it on the box!" they will argue. Apparently a lot of people fully trust people who design boxes.
On the plus side, we have always been fully informed and encouraged to decline the sale of a fish if we find that the setup isn't adequate. Granted I have no doubt that if the customers ran to corporate(again) someone would be giving me a call saying that making the customer happy was top priority.. I still refuse to give in and inform them that I will not actively participate.. and as much as I'd like to steal everyones nets and make a stand on it, ultimately it comes down to what I can realistically do.
Realistically all I can do is try very hard to keep people informed and try to explain in the simplest terms why something that is very much alive needs special treatment and that just because something can survive in a bowl for some time if properly cared for(assuming they will keep interested longer than a day).. that it doesn't make it a good idea.
I'd definitely like to have a word with the people who take those pictures, though. We would have such an interesting conversation.
I bury my fishes as well... I even make them paddlepop stick gravestones... I miss them so much already
I actually work in a chain store, although not happily all the time. I will criticize my own company on a daily basis in front of my management if I disagree wholeheartedly with a particular situation.