Large stock and in a bind..what do you do?
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if there only baby monsters, i've kept them in an esky for temporary housing, same set up you need for the tank, filter it, heat it, and it's as good as a tank lols.
Interesting.
My friend has a couple catfish over 2ft long, thats what this about. One is a channel cat that Im sure would be fine if released. Every pet store he asked would be happy to take them, even though none of them had a tank large enough to be considered accommodating for fish this size. This is what I meant by 99% chance of not going to better digs.
Theyre in a giant kiddy pool at the moment in his backyard. If it was winter, he would be hating it. He doesn't want to get rid of them. But he's exploring his options.
Regarding comments about having adequate backup, that's easy to say. His tank was years on the making and will probably take several months to fix too. The kiddie pool is the emergency plan. But when talking about huge fish, you're choices are very limited.
Personally, I wouldn't trust anyone who wants to take them as I wouldn't believe that anyone really has an adequate tank. His RTC's can't just get dumped into a pond.
My friend has a couple catfish over 2ft long, thats what this about. One is a channel cat that Im sure would be fine if released. Every pet store he asked would be happy to take them, even though none of them had a tank large enough to be considered accommodating for fish this size. This is what I meant by 99% chance of not going to better digs.
Theyre in a giant kiddy pool at the moment in his backyard. If it was winter, he would be hating it. He doesn't want to get rid of them. But he's exploring his options.
Regarding comments about having adequate backup, that's easy to say. His tank was years on the making and will probably take several months to fix too. The kiddie pool is the emergency plan. But when talking about huge fish, you're choices are very limited.
Personally, I wouldn't trust anyone who wants to take them as I wouldn't believe that anyone really has an adequate tank. His RTC's can't just get dumped into a pond.
Always have an empty tank ready. That's what I do. No matter how tempted I am to have all of my tanks running, I keep that extra empty for emergencies.
spiff;4365223; said:
1. It's not the cat you have to worry about.. it's the ecosystem you're dumping it into. flat out bad fishkeeping. You jeaporadize the areas resistances by potentially introducing Even a native species thats been exposed to non-native species/ ie putting it into a tank and taking if from the wild. As a MFKer you should discourage any talk of such an action from your friend. You should know better.
2. His responsibility is to care for the fish he took on as pets. If he is incapable of caring for them, and feels no-one else is capable of such ( arrogant statement in and of itself) To be leary is well a good thing. But it's not uncommon or unheard of to do a home inspection before letting go of a pet. He has plenty of options. Some are expensive, and some are less then ideal. There are plenty of cheap options also in the indoor pond section of DIY systems that hold large cats if he must start over, and also temporary options in there.
I don't mean to sounds mean or overly blunt. simply honest.
Edit: Btw.. I always have an extra tank on hand. and a few livestock tanks for my cat, and eels.
I have 2 kiddie pools I bought on sale as a back up. They cost me under 10 bucks. Or I would go to the feed store get those rubber maid buckets. There is always a back up plan. Even my mom knows if something bad happened they will get housed at her house.
MonsterMinis;4365578; said:
You're not one to talk of arrogance after regurgitating this reply bud. Its arrogant to not expect someone to show up with a 500+ gallon ready to go to take this fish? Yeah, real arrogant of me.
I'm aware of all the factors as well, on all scenarios, so thanks for your lecture.
Its actually refreshing to see some honesty in the voting, as this was the purpose of this thread was to give my buddy some realistic insight on what "most" people would do, with any voting on MFK being biased that way a bit regardless.
Basically, most of his fish will be destroyed and he's feeling guilty. No one will take these fish as they're too big. The kiddie pool in the backyard is already getting too hot. He's putting a tarp over it to shade it, leaving an airspace to breath. But the water is still about 99F and the fish are super lethargic. In fact, they're probably dead as I type this if he hasn't given them to a store yet where they're shoe-horned into a 240 or less. FYI- these fish cannot turn around in a 240 with out rubbing both sides of the tank.
Edit-- Oh yeah, and "responsibility"... I saw your tank list, putting an Arrow in a 70...WTF? You do know a 240 is small for a full arrow, right? Both myself and my friend have cared for the fish we keep way exceeding even MFK standards considering what we kept. The fact that a couple of these fish are almost a decade old, to me, indicates that they had a full and happy life. If they get destroyed now due to an act of nature and circumstances I don't feel reflects on either of our fish keeping "responsiblity". If your house burns down and you end up giving your dog to the shelter and its put to sleep, I guess its your fault as an irresponsible dog keeper for not having an extra house handy? Yeah, this is how idiotic your reply is...
Well if you did'nt live so far away I would house them. Have you tried any looking into donateing to an aquarium or cabelas, bass pro shop or even some marinas keep large tanks for show fish.
