daninflipflops
New member
interesting "discussion" and by discussion i mean two people just bickering back and forth and not really listening to the other person. as noted early on, its a moral issue. either you are or are not ok with the fact that we remove animals from their natural setting. I would say that if you are on this forum, then you are ok with it. but lets not throw out useless rhetoric to make ourselves feel better about it. the truth is, no matter what we do, the fish is no longer in its natural habitat, whether that is a 3 gallon pico, or a 10,000 gallon public aquarium.
It doesnt make us bad people that we have removed these fish from their environment, just a little bit selfish that we want something in our homes to enjoy looking at and caring for. its not like we are plucking out these fish, throwing them in a bucket on the beach and waiting for them to die (my niece!). we are spending thousands of dollars of our hard earned money caring for them. But please dont confuse this with thinking that we are improving their lives...we cannot make them as happy as they would be in nature.
just like the movie the truman show. they had a great artificial ecosystem for him, but he still wasnt happy and wanted out. same with every fish in our tank.
It doesnt make us bad people that we have removed these fish from their environment, just a little bit selfish that we want something in our homes to enjoy looking at and caring for. its not like we are plucking out these fish, throwing them in a bucket on the beach and waiting for them to die (my niece!). we are spending thousands of dollars of our hard earned money caring for them. But please dont confuse this with thinking that we are improving their lives...we cannot make them as happy as they would be in nature.
just like the movie the truman show. they had a great artificial ecosystem for him, but he still wasnt happy and wanted out. same with every fish in our tank.