jlinsey
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I've noticed lately that the photographs on tank packaging show what I've now learned are way overstocked tanks. For instance, our 6 gallon tank shows about 5 goldfish or 20 smaller fish in the photographs on the box. Yesterday I saw an ad for an 8 gallon tank with three goldfish. It seems to me this is false advertising which probably misleads a lot of people into overstocking.
I remember when shopping for our tank, being surprised when told you could only put about 6 fish in it, because my initial impression was probably subconsciously based on the box photograph. I just looked over the box, there's no disclaimer about fish capacity nor even that it doesn't include the gravel, plants, etc. I'm so surprised that apparently are there no regulations that require the advertising photographs to depict a more reasonable and safe quantity of fish in the tank.
If this has been discussed at length before, links are welcome. Thanks
I remember when shopping for our tank, being surprised when told you could only put about 6 fish in it, because my initial impression was probably subconsciously based on the box photograph. I just looked over the box, there's no disclaimer about fish capacity nor even that it doesn't include the gravel, plants, etc. I'm so surprised that apparently are there no regulations that require the advertising photographs to depict a more reasonable and safe quantity of fish in the tank.
If this has been discussed at length before, links are welcome. Thanks