Large mouth bass!!!!!!!!????????!!!!!!!!!
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Thanks, exactly what I was telling this person, but then I was called a "tree hugger" for wanting to properly care for fish.duke33;2311807; said:
Fish do NOT grow to the size of their tank. They grow according to their water quality. If you keep a fish that should grow to 2' in a 10 gallon, sure it will probably only get 6" or so because the water quality is so terrible. It will also die at a very young age. If you keep pumping the tank full of perfect water, the fish will probably grow until it can barely physically move. I wouldn't recommend any 7" fish in a 10 gallon, especially such an active fish like a LMB. Also, how would you see a fish cry underwater? I believe YOU are the one humanizing them assuming that only crying shows unhappiness. So let's just say YOU are stuck in a room about 3 times as long as you are and 1.5X as wide-and since you walk upright (I'm assuming...), I'll be generous and say 8'X5'. Now let's say someone drops you in some food, any food, hell why not your favorite food. You'd eat it. Would you be happy? I wouldn't but maybe that's just me.mackbeees;2310984; said:
THAT'S WHY THE INFO IS WRONG
I really wouldn't call people tree huggers for teaching and practicing proper fish husbandry on a forum with FISHKEEPER in the name, some of us don't take kindly to that
i call them like i see them. keeping any type of fish in a fish tank is not natural for any fish already... for some unknown reason, u guys think lmb, etc, requires large space for them to be happy...and other fishes don't or something... fishes don't get happy or sad or depressed, if u think so, than u're a treehugger... lol....
as long as the fish isn't sick, is active and eating, than its all good to me...everything else is just personal preference (ie tank size). a fish in your fish tank is just for enjoyment...thats all...
as long as the fish isn't sick, is active and eating, than its all good to me...everything else is just personal preference (ie tank size). a fish in your fish tank is just for enjoyment...thats all...
mackbeees;2315755; said:
The difference is that a fish that can achieve a size of 24" kept in a ten gallon tank will probably suffer deformities and a very early death. I liken your post to someone saying it's OK to keep a German shepherd in a 3x2 closet as long as it is still eating. Just because it is still alive doesn't make it right or appropriate. You'll find that this forum is about as lax as it gets regarding tank requirements. Most forums would flame a member for even attempting to keep a Bass in a tank.
I'm confused where you are getting people saying that LMB need a big tank while other fish don't...Not all fish need a large tank. Small 1-2" tetras do fine in a 20" 10 gallon tank. An 18"+ bass does not. I would consider that common sense, but apparently it's not. Of course fish don't have a full range of human emotions, but they do much better in conditions that they are properly suited to. Any experienced fishkeeper can tell you this, although I would have thought this too would be common sense. I'm curious where your knowledge base is coming from. How long have you kept a bass in a 10 gallon tank and had it not get "sick" and remain "active and eating". It's nice to see that you value the lives of other living creatures only to the point of personal enjoyment. (and to clarify, that last sentence was sarcasm. In truth I find your views fairly disturbing. Pardon me for callin' 'em like I see 'em)mackbeees;2315755; said:
i said nothing about keeping a large 18" bass in a small tank.... i was talking about a small lmb under 7" in a 10gal tank which is about 20" long tank... a 50gal tank is only around 40" long...
i had a 3" lmb in a 10gal for over a 1yr already, and it looks fine to me...its now about 6"... so maybe u should try it before u tell people it won't work...cause it does...
the truth is fish in a fish tank is for personal enjoyment, and nothing more... if u think my comments are disturbing, than thats just your opinion, cause if its as bad as u say, than petstore won't be able to keep the fishes in there like it is...
i had a 3" lmb in a 10gal for over a 1yr already, and it looks fine to me...its now about 6"... so maybe u should try it before u tell people it won't work...cause it does...
the truth is fish in a fish tank is for personal enjoyment, and nothing more... if u think my comments are disturbing, than thats just your opinion, cause if its as bad as u say, than petstore won't be able to keep the fishes in there like it is...
Only 3 to 6" after a year? I've seen over 14" in a year in a properly sized tank. Let us know how long it lives under those conditions. Just because a fish lives for a single year doesn't mean a thing. Average life spans for LMB I can find list it as 6-16 years, up to 23, and those are for wild specimens. If a human were to live a lifestyle that caused them to live to the ripe old age of say 20, I don't think you would find many people that would call that a healthy way to live. Even if your bass in a 10 gallon lives to be say 3 or 4, when it has the potential to live over 20 years in proper captive care, I wouldn't call that a healthy lifestyle either. Truthfully, I don't care how you keep your fish, or for what reasons, but don't recommend such obvious bad advice to others and call us "treehuggers" for disagreeing.
While your fish are kept for personal enjoyment, many keep them based on the well-being of the fish, the personal enjoyment comes as a side benefit of having healthy fish. Some are even kept for the perpetuation of species that are disappearing in the wild.
While your fish are kept for personal enjoyment, many keep them based on the well-being of the fish, the personal enjoyment comes as a side benefit of having healthy fish. Some are even kept for the perpetuation of species that are disappearing in the wild.
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