but most people think that they will be able to afford the big tank right when they need it and most cant when the time comes to get the bigger setup
Ethics- Buying Large Fish...
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I'll kind of agree on that one... I bought my senegal with the plans to buy a 120 gallon for when it gets bigger... and in those 4-5 months since I bought him, other things have come about that make that less and less of a possibility... so I guess my point is...
... how bad should I feel when "life happens?"
... how bad should I feel when "life happens?"
If the person is an experience aquarists and does their homework before buying the fish, has it in an adequatley sized tank the whole time he has it and has somewhere lined up to sell it once its too big to keep that they trust will sell it to someone who knows what they are doing, i dont see any problem with that.
WOW, that was the longest run-on sentence i've made in a while.
WOW, that was the longest run-on sentence i've made in a while.
look at my post i run sentences for ever and get picked on for it but i dont care punctuation is not for me if you wan t punctuation here ya go?<<>:"{})_*(**%&^#!,./;'[]=-
I, for one, don't want to see pacu prices inflated. I routinely grow out pacus. They go from tanks, to bins, to one of the larger ponds, and finally (after a couple of months of fresh fruits and veggies) to my BBQ!!!!
I don't really feel good about people getting the larger monsters when they know they can't take care of them, I guess it's too tempting when you can actually keep a monster for a period of time while it's still small. I think many people may have done this at some point or another myself included, 
Poor Pacus, they really do seem to be one of the most abused fish in this sitiuation, maybe because so many people want these cute little "pirahnas" , I really wish that the big chain stores would stop selling xxl fish like these and that people would be a little more thoughtful about these animals, Pimas and other things that size range don't even really belong in the hobby UNLESS you can provide the proper housing for them and lets face it MOST people can't, even though you can run into "fish snobs" that say guppies need 500 gallons in some forums, I really think MFK is doing its part to help this problem by spreading good info around on how to properly care for these monsters. Good topic,
Poor Pacus, they really do seem to be one of the most abused fish in this sitiuation, maybe because so many people want these cute little "pirahnas" , I really wish that the big chain stores would stop selling xxl fish like these and that people would be a little more thoughtful about these animals, Pimas and other things that size range don't even really belong in the hobby UNLESS you can provide the proper housing for them and lets face it MOST people can't, even though you can run into "fish snobs" that say guppies need 500 gallons in some forums, I really think MFK is doing its part to help this problem by spreading good info around on how to properly care for these monsters. Good topic,