Why did you buy fish that get too large for your tank?

[NocturnalX]

Wow I guess you can keep it in that tank til it's 24" or so, right?

EDIT:
LOL
why would i keep him in a 20g long tank till it's 24"?
when i can get him into a pond when he's around 8" or 9"
i know gator gars grow really fast, so i'm starting plans for a pond right now.

and in case he raches 8" to 9" before the pond is finished.
i have a reserve 75g tank just in case.

 

[Cichla dude]

I'll admit it... I used to keep monsterous fish and thought they'd be good in my 150. I had aros, pacus, tsn, rtc, etc. I always had to rehome them. I was stubborn, but thanks from the help of MFK, google (researching fish profiles), and believe it or not my friends .
Now the fish that will get the biggest that I own now are as follows: my little albino oscar, flagtail prochiodulis, green terror, and lima shovelnose. They will all live happily in the 150.

 

[Bderick67]

I'll admit it... I used to keep monsterous fish and thought they'd be good in my 150. I had aros, pacus, tsn, rtc, etc. I always had to rehome them. I was stubborn, but thanks from the help of MFK, google (researching fish profiles), and believe it or not my friends .
Now the fish that will get the biggest that I own now are as follows: my little albino oscar, flagtail prochiodulis, green terror, and lima shovelnose. They will all live happily in the 150.

you no longer have the TT eel?

 

[Cichla dude]

you no longer have the TT eel?

Nope, I exchanged him for a peacock eel....
Nice try..

 

[Bderick67]

Nope, I exchanged him for a peacock eel....
Nice try..

Just forgot to update you sig, right?

 

[Ancient_Fish_Master]

JDM, its a way of life... guilty as charge

 

[Cichla dude]

Just forgot to update you sig, right?

Yes... for some reason I am having a hard time chaning my avatar and sig... its keep saying please select an valid image, and for the sig '' your sig contains too much data. even when I put p. eel.

 

[Bderick67]

JDM, its a way of life... guilty as charge

What is that? "Just Dumb, Man" Nothing wrong with JDM, just too many people jam their tanks with fish and call it JDM when it's not.

 

[feedereeder]

people sometimes want to get fish that outgrow the tank because the fish look appealing and the dont do reasearch maybe

 

[creepyoldguy]

I am deffinately guilty of buying fish that "out-grow" my tanks. But I know it. And have no plans of re-homing them when they get to big for their current tanks. I'm big on "up-grading" To me the idea of putting a 4" fish in a 220 gal is silly. My fish are all very interactive and happy in their tanks. Part of this is I encourage the interactions. I've rarely had issues with jumpers or other issues most people akin "to small a tank" to. I'm pretty sure my back is shot from all the water changes I do, as my bank statement tells me they eat better then I do.. I have a "emergency fund" set aside for my fish, thats also for saving up for the next upgrade. Would it be easier to just Buy the big tank now? yes. But I enjoy how I do things, and my fish are by no means stunted. I recently sold my Arrowana and TSN because even as an experianced hobbyist I realized all of my fish would suffer if I kept these 2 very demanding species. So I let them go before they would be hard to re-home. Or became stunted/illhealth. And neither fish had been an impulse buy. The LFS that has my silver has it in a 220 atm and it is still amazing looking.

Even an Educated decision with the best of intentions doesn't always mean you'll be able to house something for life. And even if I woulda had a 220 for the arrow it's aggression with my gar wasn't likely to change. They simply did not like eachother. And I had the gar longer, and more attached to it. I ended up getting another gar and they live peacefully.

What?