Aquarium Keeping Ethics

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If you can breed it! That is the most advanced part of fishkeeping, and definately the most rewarding!
 
With all these good answers I'm going in a different direction...

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When asking for help on MFK provide all the stats of your system relevant / necessary to answer your question, ie...

Tank size
Filtration
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Lighting
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Substrate
Plants
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Up time
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Problem(s) / Symptom(s)

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When asking for help on a project show that you've actually tried to find information on your own first. No one wants to help someone that won't help themselves.

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Enter in your bio stats, ie
Location (so we know your climate conditions)
Age
Skill level

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Don't buy a fish if you can't already house it for life. What happens when the deal of your dream tank falls through. Remember they are for life, and the big species aren't so easily passed on.
 
and from the great words of dieselmack

"it's not what you keep but how it's kept"
 
Never buy a fish and THEN research it's requirments.

Look to maximise your fishes' comfort rather than minimising your effort.
 
davo;1028846; said:
Don't buy a fish if you can't already house it for life. What happens when the deal of your dream tank falls through. Remember they are for life, and the big species aren't so easily passed on.
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I can't re-inforce this one enough.

My contribution to this is going to be KEEP IT LEGAL. The animal black market is the second highest paying illegal trade in the world (second to weapons/drugs). Just becuase it's legal in your area doesn't mean the animal was taken within the law or moved around within the law. Know your suppliers. Also, know your regulations. You can't just catch a local fish and put it in a tank in 99.99% of the cases out there. If it's banned or prohibited in your area, it's for a good reason. Don't think you are better than the law - you being that self centered makes it harder on the rest of us.
 
Gosh. Let's not forget the "i felt sorry for this decrepit fish at the store so i 'RESCUED' it" attitude.
YOU ARE ONLY HELPING THAT STORE SURVIVE AND THEY WILL BRING IN MORE FISH TO SUFFER IN PLACE OF THE ONE YOU 'RESCUED'
 
Always share what you can. This endeavor is so much trial and error that only a sense of community and a willingness to teach can move the hobby forward. Snobbery has no place, it only serves to alienate the uninformed.
 
NEVER EVER under ANY Circumstances release a tropical fish, or any fish that has been in your aquarium, into the wild. The exception is a privately owned pond, and only AFTER you have checked if there's other waterways that connect to it, as well as local laws and regulations.
 
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