I’ve been pretty busy working on some fish stuff for someone and this seems as appropriate a topic for the month as any.
If you know nothing about fish, some simple things to remember:
- Aquarium fish (and frogs, shrimp, etc) are tropical fish! They require heaters.
- Twenty gallons is the minimum safe tank size for someone who doesn’t know fish need heaters. Many fish will require even larger tanks.
- I don’t fucking care those things cost more than the fish do. Don’t buy the fish then.
If you have fish, remember these facts. If you do not have fish, remember them to badger your friends, family, coworkers, acquaintances, and strangers with, because I promise you they do not in fact know them. Remember, the internet exists and contains reams of information on exactly what you and they should have done to properly keep these animals.
If you heard that goldfish are cold water and not tropical fish, this is true. They are also not aquarium fish.
Goldfish are pond fish. If they seem to be fitting in an aquarium, that’s because the water is so toxic they’ve stopped growing in favor of a slow death.
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Been bugging Mr. Act for a giant-ass aquarium — I should get back on that.
I’d suggest craigslist – the really big aquariums are expensive, but they’re also really big and annoying to have around, so people will offer them for free.
Well, my only interaction with fishes is occasionally fishing for mutant perches in the local pond. They’re… weird due to the local factory dumping waste there, their heads are longer and narrower than normal, and their bodies are smaller but fatter.
We’re pretty sure eating them would be a bad idea, and animals avoid them as well, so we just release them back into the pond at the end of it.
This is the most Russian thing you’ve ever posted.
You can’t know it wouldn’t grant you superpowers.
Maybe they don’t want to be Aquamen.
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If they seem to be fitting in an aquarium, that’s because the water is so toxic they’ve stopped growing in favor of a slow death.
Didn’t we all?
Didn’t we all?
Not those gorgeous ones invading Canada! Look at that beautiful fish. It’s not just the size of a small dog, it’s currently eyeing small dogs and thinking that yeah…I could probably eat that.
…I never knew I wanted to see a dog/fish fight.
Then again, with the blog’s focus on Pokemon it should be expected.
It’s a cox and gas factory, so probably not.
You can’t know it wouldn’t grant you superpowers.
That sounds cool. You should measure them and collect data points!
Hm, I’ll keep it in mind for next summer.