A sad example of a tank to small, poor Midas

[Hap3niz]

wow.. i watched that video.. poor fish
and 3 hours later... after watching a TOn of youtube vids.. i finally comment, lol..

i hope that fish finds a better home =/

 

[cchhcc]

That's bad, but no worse than some of the overstocked giant tanks you see from time to time!

Funny, that Midas looks healthy! He's actually a nice fish!

 

[kurtsshotgun]

it's a 25g according to one of his other videos, which is actually more anoying than that one. It's just him putting his camera in the tank and the puffing his cheeks up for it..

 

[japes]

Obviously this is far below par, but the word 'minimum' gets thrown around here way too often and that's half the problem with the mentality of many fishkeepers.

 

[cichlidinsomniac]

That's bad, but no worse than some of the overstocked giant tanks you see from time to time!

Funny, that Midas looks healthy! He's actually a nice fish!

he says he just got it from his teacher in this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm96SB503q8&feature=channel_page he calls it a gold fish

 

[Modest_Man]

Why do people automatically assume that LFS workers give out bad info? From having worked at a pet store as the fish nerd, I have to say 75% of the people who came in to buy fish did not heed any advice I gave in regards to maximum fish size and tank size. I got tons of "the fish will grow to the size of the aquarium" and the "one inch per gallon rule" thrown in my face all the time.

There were the select few that changed their minds, but the vast majority of people who buy fish at a local shop want what they want and don't see fish as animals. Working in a pet shop gave me a healthy disrespect for all humanity sadly.

End rant.

 

[n0zqh]

tank looked to be a 15g to me

 

[cchhcc]

Why do people automatically assume that LFS workers give out bad info? From having worked at a pet store as the fish nerd, I have to say 75% of the people who came in to buy fish did not heed any advice I gave in regards to maximum fish size and tank size. I got tons of "the fish will grow to the size of the aquarium" and the "one inch per gallon rule" thrown in my face all the time.

There were the select few that changed their minds, but the vast majority of people who buy fish at a local shop want what they want and don't see fish as animals. Working in a pet shop gave me a healthy disrespect for all humanity sadly.

End rant.

It was a good rant though!

 

[toomanyfishes]

That teacher is a moron to have given him such a nice and well cared for Midas without beung sure he would keep it properly.
I hope he gets him a larger tank before poor Jimmy withers away and dies.

 

[Mad About Cichlids]

Nice fish, someone should buy it from him.


"it's a red devil goldfish"