"Asian style, Asian style!" Stop it.

[ewurm]

Exceeding bioload and exceeding the amount of fish typically kept in an aquarium is different. I have one Asian style tank. It has bamboo in it.

 

[AU_Arowana-RG]

It seems to be taking on that meaning, having seen it mentioned a few times in that way. Asian biotopes are great. Half of the fish in the trade are Asian, if not more. I just began reading it used that way and had to say something before people went nuts and started keeping twenty zebra danios in a ten gallon tank.

If I'm correct:

Around 40% of fish in the trade are Asian
Around another 40% are SA
and the remaining 20% are from all other continents, primarily Africa and Australasia

 

[terrors r us]

asian fish keeping..................when do we eat them.............
no class!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[bigspizz]

Everyone has a different taste....I LOVE blood parrots....I do not expect everyone else to LOVE them just because I do....

 

[Cammo X]

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/fo...red#post319419

!Omfg! Shotgun moment!

Cam

 

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[Cammo X]

The link was posted by another member on page 1, White209cb or somthing, sorry for getting your name wrong lol

Cam

 

[Lupin]

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/fo...red#post319419

!Omfg! Shotgun moment!

Cam

The link is copied and pasted in short form hence invalid. Click the original link to get the actual url code.

 

[cichlaguapote]

<--- Thinks tanks with more fish than water and proper filtration are awesome..

 

[Stump]

There is nothing good or interesting about intentionally exceeding a tank's bioload.

The bioload on a tank has nothing to do with whether it's "asian style" or not. To make points against something, you must first understand what it is you are attacking.

It is not desirable.

Desirability is relative. "Desirable" according to whom?

It is barely manageable.

Again, according to whom?

Just because you gave it a name doesn't make it okay. If you started calling twinkies 'super apples', eating them would still be terrible for you. Do you and your fish a favor and stop this idiotic parade before someone gets hurt.

Not worth addressing.

Overstocking sets up conditions for rapid spread of disease, instant deoxygenation of water in cases of filter failure...the list goes on.

Any tank with fish in it sets up conditions for rapid spread of disease... Get over it.

Overstocking makes it easier for diseases to be spread/start, true. This is why keeping water quality top-notch is a neccessity.

In a fish market where the fish are not fed and they are all kept at 50 degrees fahrenheit, and going to be slaughtered within days, water cleanliness is a low priority.

Ok... ?

Don't think for a second that any conscientious fishkeeper would start out with the INTENTIONAL GOAL of overstocking a tank.

I hate to break it to you, but yes, that is exacty what some people do. It's a personal choice whether or not you want a few fish to have a lot of space to swim around, or have a bunch of fish with space to swim around.

There is nothing attractive about stuffing too many fish into a tank and watching them try to avoid bumping into each other.

Again, it's relative.

Stop it. Stop it. I wish I could say it louder, but I can't find polite words to say it with, so just stop it.

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