Fish only grow to the size of their environment.

[Oddball]

finally someone agreeds. As long as ur water perimeter is good, clear water and healthy. They should do fine. The only draw back is stunted growth. Just like how i stated in my email. It not a "required" to buy a big tank. If u grow it from fry to large then it okay.

But if u buy it big big from lfs store, then that a different story. That all i am saying. They will grow base on living space. Do ur experientment and u see if i am wrong.

Example: small oscar in 10g, will not grow as big as an oscar in a 150?

best test subject is peco,

The trouble is that such an experiment can't be done without delving into the area of animal cruelty. Do us all a favor and read up on the subject of brown-blood disease/nitrite poisoning. Add to this the maintenance schedule/regimen required to maintain a large-growing species in a 10 gal to achieve clean clear water and 'healthy parameters'. What you're proposing is simply not a sage idea or any kind of ideal to strive for due to the added maintenance costs/requirements and for the overall health of the fish.

 

[Oddball]

It may also help to look up;

methemoglobin (brown blood) and;
Nitrite Toxicosis

This disease is quick to contract and takes a long time to recover from. Keep in mind that fish have nucleated red blood cells. They produce new blood cells through cell differentiation instead of developing new blood cells within bone marrow as is the case with mammals. Diseased blood cells differentiate into new pairs of diseased cells. Keeping pristine conditions will eventually relieve the disease through dilution of toxic products. During the time the fish is maintained in poor conditions, it will experience a reduction in oxygen absorption resulting in reduced activity levels, an increase in susceptability to disease (requiring the additional expenses for treatments), and reduction of longevity. All that's needed to avoid all of this is to properly house the fish in an environment suitably meeting its needs for life instead of cramming said fish into vessels they can only just survive in.

 

[powrisal]

im no expert but i believe that a large fish will out grow a small tank. and it is also my opinion that most lfs preach that a fish will only grow to the size of the tank.

 

[tank125]

I think he is right, an Oscar will only grow to 10" in a 10" tank, its obvious!

 

[kusojijii]

I think his store sells Bonsai Kittens also...

 

[NilePufferFanatic]

The trick to bonsai fish is once they are being curved from too small of tank, you take them out and bend their spine the other way... to preserve health... :j/k:

Seriously though, I feel bad for anyone who gets advice from that guy and thinks it is true.

 

[Gr8KarmaSF]

 

[K626]

The fact that this person owns a fish store, and actually beleives his delusional thoughts is sad. He really needs to do some research as to why fish get stunted, what causes it. Evidently, he doesn't have the fish's best interest in mind, he's got the money on his mind.

 

[Hawkfish3.0]

I just want to know what a "peco" is???

Hey Ma12cus504, are you from New Orleans, or is English your second language? If it is I can cut you some slack for the poor grammar, if not, that's sad.

I'm not making fun of you for that, it's just really hard to read your post.

Besides the brown-blood disease/nitrite poisoning that Oddball mentioned, and he certainly knows his stuff, if you put a fish like a silver arowana (example) in a 20g tank, you run the risk of physical deformities even if you keep the water pristine.

 

[rba718]

This is why we can't have nice things.