keeping "bigger fishes" in "smaller tanks"

[shakara_b]

Interesting comparison I just had while reading this thread. My father is a deputy sheriff and he once told me that inmates who spend alot of time in "the hole" sometime come out mentally lacking to say the least. :bum:

 

[E-A-G-L-E-S]

well....thats usually sensory deprivation, not sure if its the same or not? maybe a doc could chime in?

 

[adamsky27]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7050937#post7050937 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by evolust
Wow, just because someone else did it does not make it right or fair, you obvisoly know that what they were doing was questionable or you would not have brought it up here. I cant believe as adults people still say well so and so is doing it so why cant I. Most "adults" are kids, their growth just has not been stunted like the fish your talking about, but they act just like kids!

I wasn't saying that it was right, I was just providing an example.

 

[TrojanScott]

Everyone needs to remember that even if your tank is 1000 gallongs, it's a drop in the bucket compared to the ocean, or even the reef it came from.

I find it comical when people bash others for keeping any sort of fish in any size tank....it's all how you look at it.

I look at it this way.... I have fish in a decent size area where they don't have to compete for food or worry about predators. I kept a maroon clown for almost 9 years.. would it have lived longer on the reef, or been eaten at some point before then?

You try to care for these animals the best way you can, but please, no lectures about a human being being kept in a closet and trying to compare the two. We're all guilty of housing fish in cramped quarters, period.

 

[El Langostino]

TrojanScott,

Well said.

 

[adamsky27]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7056347#post7056347 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by El Langostino
TrojanScott,

Well said.

Ditto, very well said!

 

[marrone]

Same old argument.