It was an issue discussed in the staff section. The logic is that this thread has become a long, pointless discussion that is little more than people expressing opinions. As such, it has become something of a casual conversation and belongs in the lounge. This isn't the first 'fish related' thread to be moved out of GAD and it certainly won't be the last. There's already an well established precedent for this happening. In fact, in the first five pages of the lounge (which goes back about a month), there are about a dozen threads that would be better suited to another area that are in the lounge, to include that stupid pleco mouse thread (which, by your strict interpretation, never should have left GAD either). Why is it just now an issue?