It doesnt matter how you feed yourself in your life, starving your pets for a 3 months, a quarter of the year, is not right just because you think they won't die and ooh it keeps the tank "clean". This is like people that try to turn carnivores vegan. Do you really think gourami in the wild go a whole winter even without eating a thing? That is not healthy for animals, cold-blooded has nothing to do with it when you reach that point. Do you not care about the living creature you bought just because its not in your show tank? Is it just an object to you? Just because people can survive on little food does not mean they are in anyway living a healthy life. Imagine going up to someone starving in a famine struck country, or someone suffering from anorexia, and telling them congratulations on surviving, you are the inspiration for my starving my pets. Your "logic" makes no sense, tropical fish don't just go without eating for months in the wild healthily. In fact many fish are constantly grazing. Please start feeding your fish again and I'm sure they will show you how much healthier and happier they can be, pet owners have a responsibility to care for the fish we keep. They are in a glass box of water totally dependent on you for their every need, whatever your personal eating habits are it is cruel to deny them basic food because you want to see how long they will last. If you were to wake up tomorrow with the gourami or other fish finally dead from starvation what would you say? Oops? Would you care? If you don't want the fish I promise many people will be willing to rehome it. There is no going back once they die and their deaths would be on you because you couldn't bother to drop in some food, just 1 or 2 minutes work, at any point over 3 months. Please don't try and advise me on the care of my fish anymore, I am looking for help from people that actually care about their pets as living creatures, not disposable toys.
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