Whats the one fish you really hate to see in the hobby?
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I hate to see oscars & pacu due to so many being squashed, stunted and in general being mistreated, As for saltwater the larger sharks. I would love to see permits required to purchase and house them to ensure they will have proper care and space.
According to Wikipedia (shady, I know, but still), "Blacktip reef sharks have extremely small home ranges and exhibit strong site fidelity, remaining within same local area for up to several years at a time."
No person will ever be able to truly give a fish the same amount of swimming space that the wild offers, but we can do our best (and honestly, having a 20'x20' enclosure and living a pampered life sounds like a nice trade-off as opposed to living in the wild).
There's no fish I don't like seeing in the hobby, although I do feel a twinge whenever I go to a pet store and see their tanks with about 20 nickel-sized red bellied pacus schooling together and waiting for the next schmuck to come along and fall in love with them and end up with a monster in a few short months.
No person will ever be able to truly give a fish the same amount of swimming space that the wild offers, but we can do our best (and honestly, having a 20'x20' enclosure and living a pampered life sounds like a nice trade-off as opposed to living in the wild).
There's no fish I don't like seeing in the hobby, although I do feel a twinge whenever I go to a pet store and see their tanks with about 20 nickel-sized red bellied pacus schooling together and waiting for the next schmuck to come along and fall in love with them and end up with a monster in a few short months.
The usual RTC (how can you mistreat a fish that looks so happy all the time?) and Pacu. Also gigas, it seems rare, even here that they get a big enough pond to live in.
I honestly believe they sell pacu because people see them at the size they are sold at and think Piranha. The weird part is, I have heard them tell people how giant they get and basically turn people away, and I know there are not enough people in my area with big tanks and the desire to own these fish to support the new stock they get weekly/bi-weekly. I am at petsmart usually at least twice a week, and I seldom see someone give Pacu a second look, the tank has never been near empty from selling a lot like other fish, but they always have a new stock?
Flowerhorns, Blood Parrots, GloFish, Tattooed fish, Anything with veil tails, anything line bred or mutilated to be "heart" shaped, Any "balloon" fish. Lemon, Strawberry, Blueberry Oscars..... There is more I am forgetting but that is the short list.
Like said above: Arapima, RTC, RTC Hybrid's, TSN, Pacu, Niger's, and Temensis Cichla.. I know there's more i just can think of them right this second..lol
This is the stuff that really bothers me and I'm not too crazy about the so- called platinum fish either.It's like people are bored with fish in their natural form so they create these monstrosities.elting44;4702124; said:
