what are your views on people trading in fish??

For a nurse, you're going to want to be looking at 1000 gallons or more. Crushed coral in a shark tank is a big "No NO"

For a shark tank, that's the one thing this person did right. You don't want a bunch of rock in the display tank. You want a huge sump with the LR and/or a wet/dry with a whole lot of bioballs.

 

Not going to argue there. When people ask if it is for sale he says only if you have a 1000G tank. Doesn't make sense to me. Not my tank or store so I keep my mouth shut.

 

I think it's slightly selfish to plan on returning a pet but I can't control how other people feel about their pets. I'm also not sure I understand not considering a fish a pet since it's an animal in your care that you are responsible for.

I don't feel comfortable taking something into my care and under my responsibility and then planning on giving it up for no other reason than my own desire to have a particular fish in my tank even though I know I can't actually care for it properly throughout its life. I feel like it's unfair to the fish and unnecessarily risks it's health which I feel I've taken responsibility for by requesting it be brought out of the ocean.

There are all kinds of arguments that are possible around this type of thing and it's definitely a grey area because it's just another move to the fish and even though any move is stressful it's hard to justify bringing them into your home in the first place if you're that concerned about moving the fish. All those types of arguments make it difficult for me to make a judgement on someone else's decision, I can just say how I feel about it.

Of course there always other circumstances which necessitate this type thing and I have no issues with that and would do it in a heartbeat if I felt I could no longer reasonably care for a fish for reasons outside of my control or if the fish become a risk to other animals under my care.

 

get fish appropriate to your tank. if you want big fish prepare for a big tank. i like my fish and wouldnt trade them.

 

I think this depends some on what you consider your fish as. I know there are a lot of people who see them as pets and would never want to return their pet. there are also people who don't see them as pets and therefore don't have a problem returning them. If I saw mine as pets than I most certainly would not be able to return them. I couldn't take my dog back because he got too big. That's just madness! For some reason I don't see my marine fish as pets though. In my tank I actually see them as being below coral which I regularly cut apart and glue to rocks.

 

I don't view fish as pets either. "pets" are domesticated. I keep a lot of bugs too (weird how that came up (in my head at least) twice today) and I don't consider them pets either. I don't consider the snails, crabs, or corals as pets either. Just a hobby. Life, yes. Pet, no.

I have (and will again) raised rabbits strictly for eating... I care for them and all that... then I execute and eat.

Now that you got me thinking about it... I'm of the opinion it's weird to consider a fish a pet... but I don't have any problem with it whatsoever. Just my take.

Though... and this is obviously against what I just said, we (my wife actually) consider that frog of ours a pet... I hate that thing.

We also keep fish in with the frog. The frog eats the fish (we add like 4 guppies 2x a year). We don't consider those fish a pet. But we care for them... until the frog eats them.

 

I agree, when I stick my hand in my marine tank, my fish act like I'm the devil. No matter how much I like them there isn't ever any return of the feelings

My feelings are a bit hurt now that I think about it

Do you have any FW fish? For some reason my FW fish always turn into pets for me. Maybe it's that my oscar will lay on his side in my hand.

 

Good Man +1

 

hehe. I used to keep FW. Nowadays, FW fish are just food for higher life forms (I use 'higher' tongue in cheek). Like the frog. And me.

I do agree, my SW fish have no bond with me whatsoever. Not really a dog person, but i'm sure every dog owner can attest to that bond the animal seemingly feels for the master... Just not feeling it from the fish. Who I still maintain don't even remember me.

 

I bought a baby Lyretail Hogfish that was starving to death and now it's fat and healthy. As a juvenile it is fine, but one day it will be big, aggressive clam and shrimp destroyer which has no business in my tank. At which time I'll pass it along to my buddy with a 150 FOWLR.