This is frustrating guys!!

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i hate it when people buy an arowana (regardless of its species) on impulse or buy and say " im planning on upgrading soon" when they almost never execute an upgrade and then the fish dies because either the tank is too small or it jumps to its death, or other reason that shouldnt be, im mean its rediculious.

you plan it out but you never execute that plan, because of variables in your life you cant conrtol !!! :cry: :cry:, i know its not your fault but why buy something you can care for properly longterm, so many unnessesary deaths because people want the fish so bad they dont put the need of that fish first.

a grow out tank is an excuse to have one! :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

i know what your thinking


but del you have a 3ft fish stuffed in a 180!!!

wrong!!! shes just alittle over two feet, and she was planned not on impulse and i did it right the first time, i spend two years looking up info on this type of fish and tossing around ideas, i even did work on research on this fish during my computer art class when i was a freshman in high school, i got in trouble many time (soon i learned to be undetectable :naughty: ). for doing, as far as i have come im not turning back. Even with all the mistakes and lessons I learned i did a bang up job with this fish.

the 180 isnt too cramped but its enough for her to swim freely with little trouble.

/rant over:cry: :cry: :cry:
 
I have an aro in a grow out.
Not everyone that buys one and puts it in a grow out intends on keeping it there, but i'm sure a lot do.

Should I throw my black aro in with my big silver and chinese perch?
Try to keep from generalizing. My guess is that anyone that buys one with intentions of a larger tank is better than the guy that lets it die in the LFS.

The only way to keep this from happening is to take it off of the market. There are a lot of misinformed people, and it isnt their fault (completely) that they took the word of the person selling the fish.

If we were to pull every fish off of the market that few people can care for we would be stuck with guppies and danios. I feel you pain del, it irritates me to hear some comments, but if someone knows what the fish can grow to they will usually give it up before it is tortured.

almost all of my fish are rescue fish, but I am guilty of taking someones word that isnt entirely true.
all we can do is educate and hope people listen to what we have to say.
now, go get a bigger tank!!!! J/k!


ETA: Keep in mind that even arowanas in big tanks jump to their death.who are we to block them in and decide if they want to live or die?.........just food for thought.
 
Well put Del my friend, well put. :thumbsup:

And you have done an awesome job with your aro so don't let anyone else tell you otherwise. :headbang2 :clap
 
I just re-read what I typed, and I do not advocate anyone getting any fish that they cant care for, but I dont feel that everyone is getting one just to have one.
I feel that way because I see so many that stay in the fish stores for extended periods of time in my area.
 
I hear you del Id love to own an aro but my biggest tanks are 125g and I dont expect to be getting anything bigger in the foreseeable future so Im using willpower to resist getting one.
someday maybe
 
Del, i think youre approaching the whole thing from a somewhat negative perspective.
I fully agree that people must plan well ahead in advance before they plan on getting any kind of fish.

But like Rallysman said, its pretty dangerous to generalize a hobbyist that starts their fish in a "growout" tank then they never get anything else. If anything , a true hobbyists will always upgrade and will never be complacent with a specific tank size. Its just the nature of the beast.

In my opinion, If we dont allow ourselves to be challenged, than you are taking away one of the joys of the hobby. :thumbsup:
 
LOL..cmon.. i know a lof of success stories with people buying 30 gallons and putting an aro or oscar then eventually moving on to 180 and upwards gallons because of the love they developed with their fish.:)
 
redtailfool said:
Del, i think youre approaching the whole thing from a somewhat negative perspective.
I fully agree that people must plan well ahead in advance before they plan on getting any kind of fish.

But like Rallysman said, its pretty dangerous to generalize a hobbyist that starts their fish in a "growout" tank then they never get anything else. If anything , a true hobbyists will always upgrade and will never be complacent with a specific tank size. Its just the nature of the beast.

In my opinion, If we dont allow ourselves to be challenged, than you are taking away one of the joys of the hobby. :thumbsup:
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but seriously what i mean is that sometime when they by the fish, they go, "check out my new silver!!!, Its in a 55 grow out tank, i dont have a bigger tank for him at the moment, but i plan on getting a biger tank, and sometimes that bigger tank is usually a 125 :WHOA: ,oooooooooor they sell it or jsut get rid of it completely.......:(

thats how i meant to put it.
 
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