jaketetra28
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Thanks, I wasn't trying to be aggressive or harsh just trying to help.
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Agreed! Not harsh at all, just informative.
Thanks, I wasn't trying to be aggressive or harsh just trying to help.
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I'd like to apologize also, it truly was not the right choice to comment again. It was established that the tank was not right early on and we should have left it at that.
Hi dash
I'd just like to apologise on behalf of AA. This thread is a joke and precisely the reason we are losing some of our long standing members who's knowledge and experience I value and trust.
They seem to be being replaced by very recent members who lack tact and respect to fellow members of our community forum.
While I agree that this tank is not healthy for the well being of it's inhabitants I also realise and understand that you did not ask for this opinion nor is it even your tank. May be best to address these points first in future.
As much as I love my fish. I would put the feelings of others in this forum before them and address inexperience or unknowing mistakes with a certain respect and tactful manner.
Everyone has suffered mistakes in this hobby at one time or another but a lot of people seem to forget this and are happy to attack others who make the same mistakes.
Even if there was somebody who was blatantly ignoring advice and knowingly putting their fish in danger or harms way. I would offer all the advice I could and move on.
This is a friendly forum with some members have have some very invaluable experience and knowledge. Pip being one of them. Don't let this one thread put you off staying with this forum or stop you recommending it to others.
Oops, hope that isn't referring to me! ~
For the one debatable thing I said-
Stunting- 1 theory, which I feel is logical, is that fish excrete a chemical- which is a defined amount. In a large enough body of water, it will be diluted and the fish will not be affected. However, in a environment too small, the chemical will be very thick and concentrated, which may give the fish various signals which results in stunted growth. I am not, however, a scientist, and I am welcome to criticism.
This theory is derived from misunderstanding of the function of growth hormone in fish.
The hormone that regulates fish growth (as well as being involved in other biological processes such as release of gonadotrophic hormones) can be inhibited during periods of high stress. The theory also suggests hormones or pheromones are released into the water and affect the growth of fish in the surrounding environment.... this hormone, to the best of my knowledge, has yet to be isolated from the water of such environments.
This doesn't necessarily mean a fish in a small environment will stop growing - it has been shown many, many times that in conditions of optimum water quality, correct water temp and correct feeding (and sometimes not so great conditions), that many fish will continue to grow normally, regardless of the size of their environment. If so called 'stunting' due to lack of space was anything more than a theory, there would be no intensive fish farming going on, as it wouldn't be commercially viable.
I have said it before - 'enough space' for our fish as hobbyists is down to our human morality - what we feel is right for the other animals in our care. The simple answer is, the more space, the better - always!
It is true when a fish is in a larger tank it grows faster. So in a smaller tank the fish's growth will be slowed but it's insides will still grow faster than the fishes body. I've been lied to so many times from people telling me a turtle will grow to the size of its tank and no bigger. I'm not a scientist in no way. But I know there is some truth in stunting and that it's not healthy for any fish to be in too small of a tank. I could be wrong and I will accept that. Just my 2 cents
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Meh, as I said, I'm no expert, and this subject is highly debatable anyways. Bottom line is, when you buy fish, you have just bought a life. The fish is helpless to help itself, so you MUST provide a sufficient environment.