Fish Bowls...
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Bderick67;574768; said:WOW I bet thats a happy little fish!
Fish bowls suck, it would kinda be like keeping a dog in a kennel for it's entire life, of course there are ***holes who do that to
I am not arguing the humanity of fishbowls. I am simply saying that most people (us) start out with a fish in a bowl, unless they are lucky enough to have parents that are fish hobbiests themselves.
My moms fish is probably pretty happy BTW, probably much happier than it would be hanging half way out of an Os mouth! I love fish and dont encourage keeping a fish in quarters that are inadequete, but many people may start in a bowl, then hopefuly "love" their new friend and eventually upgrade to a suitable enviroment for it.
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I understand this. even thought my mother is a experienced aquarist, she still supports the erronious belief that bettas live well in bowls, and I started out with my first tank as a betta in a bowl. after doing a spot of research, I found out that they need heated and filtered aquariums ideally, and that they will only survive if kept in bowls, not thrive. I got my 10G a month after. i'm still trying to convince my mother that bettas are not good for bowls.Pfisherman;576053; said:
Is a large bowl worse then a small tank?. There are five gal bowls. If the room temps are ok, I don't see what's so bad about keeping a single betta in a good sized bowl.
sad to say this happens ALOOOOOOOT specially with some pet shops endorsing this.
unfortunately tho, this is how i started.
unfortunately tho, this is how i started.
I've seen two micro setups with thriving bettas, both of which lived a long time.
Many fish will always enjoy a larger tank which seems quite obvious.
I started out with a shared five gal tank and we had some fish live a year or two in that.
We kept four fish at time in there. Therefore I got to pick out two fish and my brother got to pick two. Of course now I would only keep a very limited list of fish in a tank that small such as a single betta.
Recently I was at the bank and noticed their bettsa in a vase had died. Curiously as I've heard so many bad things about these setups, I asked how long the betta lived and the betta had lived since last feb. My first betta who lived in a ten gal tank make it to nine months so not that much difference.
Many fish will always enjoy a larger tank which seems quite obvious.
I started out with a shared five gal tank and we had some fish live a year or two in that.
We kept four fish at time in there. Therefore I got to pick out two fish and my brother got to pick two. Of course now I would only keep a very limited list of fish in a tank that small such as a single betta.
Recently I was at the bank and noticed their bettsa in a vase had died. Curiously as I've heard so many bad things about these setups, I asked how long the betta lived and the betta had lived since last feb. My first betta who lived in a ten gal tank make it to nine months so not that much difference.
