it is better to buy/rescue a fish know u can't properly care for it but can give better than the average person or is it better to not buy the fish. personally i don't think that there are enough people with that mind set to cause a difference so i think if u want it then get it and do the best u can. yeah some people might see it as feeding the monster but i just don't think not getting it will change anything.
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- Thread starter pshtex
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I agree. If you have a marginally acceptable setup, it's worth taking in a fish and doing the extra water changes for awhile. The problem starts when you do it again and again without moving out your rescued fish.
If had several oscars that i rescued on different occasions. one was so badly beaten that i didn't think it had a chance, after a few months he was four times the size and i gave him to a friend, it's probably one of the better looking oscars I've ever seen
i am talking about buy a fish for your self to keep. for instance i bought an mbu puffer. now i don't know how long until i can put it in a massive 1000+ gallon aquarium like so many people say or even bigger than a 300. some people will say that this is bad cause i am supporting the sell of this fish to people not able to give it a proper home, but i think that me not buying it won't change the fact that someone else would have. and i feel i can give it a better home than most people could/will.
then no i disagree, because how do you know someone with the proper requirements wouldn't have shown up and bought him? unfortunately buying a mbu puffer with anything less then a 210 gallon aquarium waiting in his future was poor judgment on your part, hes going to be miserable when he gets larger.