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Tangs are certainly not he only fish that people shouldn't put in "small" tanks. I had a juvenile emperor and a PBT in my 100. Neither were over 31/2", yet. Unlike many people, i have a 250 in the garage waiting to be a sump. If there were any sign of slowing of growth, the 250 would be set up.
I find it interesting that some think it is ok to get a fish small with no intention of keeping it. This ,IMO, is poor reefkeeping. Just as it would be if your intention when buting a great dane would be to get rid of it when it is 1/2 sized. It shows a complete lack of respect for the animal. What happens if the LFS won't take it? Some might say they will, but what if they go out of business? Why is it so hard to research, determine one doesn't have the facilities to keep an animal , and not buy it?
Let's say one buys a large fish with the intention of returning it at a later date. Let's also pretend the asame individual buys some corals. Beyond his/her wildest dreams, everything does well and grows. Corals triple, even quadruple in size, coralline spreads, the rock becomes pretty well cemented together. Now, 2-3 years later, it is time to remove the fish because it is too big. Major stress to all the involved animals occurs because you have so many hiding places for the fish. Now, coral must be broken, fish must be stressed and a delicate balance must be disturbed just to get a fish out one knew they couldn't keep. Makes perfect sense to me.
The scenario isn't much different when planning to upgrade at a later date. My purchases were made after i had the upgrade tank. Still, not a real good idea, though. I truly shuld have waited until I had the tank set up to purchase the fish.
-Once we have finished making it taboo for the middle class to be able to keep the large marine fish, then perhaps we should set our sites on the corals themselves.
As previuosly mentioned, not a good arguement for anything. This is supposed to be a democrcy not socailistic or communistic. If I work hard enough to be able to afford a 1200 gallon aquarium (I'm close
) and my next door neighbor doesn't, he should have enough moral and ethical standing to realize he shouldn't get one. Instant gratification is one of the largest bug-a-boos in this hobby. People need to practice self restraint, of course that isn't politically correct. Corals can, and should be fragged. It is the easiest way to maintain the hobby, and a pretty good way to make some money, too. It is hardly inhumane to frag a coral and anyone trying to make that arguement is anthropomorphizing, and probably thinks abortion is ok.
I find it interesting that some think it is ok to get a fish small with no intention of keeping it. This ,IMO, is poor reefkeeping. Just as it would be if your intention when buting a great dane would be to get rid of it when it is 1/2 sized. It shows a complete lack of respect for the animal. What happens if the LFS won't take it? Some might say they will, but what if they go out of business? Why is it so hard to research, determine one doesn't have the facilities to keep an animal , and not buy it?
Let's say one buys a large fish with the intention of returning it at a later date. Let's also pretend the asame individual buys some corals. Beyond his/her wildest dreams, everything does well and grows. Corals triple, even quadruple in size, coralline spreads, the rock becomes pretty well cemented together. Now, 2-3 years later, it is time to remove the fish because it is too big. Major stress to all the involved animals occurs because you have so many hiding places for the fish. Now, coral must be broken, fish must be stressed and a delicate balance must be disturbed just to get a fish out one knew they couldn't keep. Makes perfect sense to me.
The scenario isn't much different when planning to upgrade at a later date. My purchases were made after i had the upgrade tank. Still, not a real good idea, though. I truly shuld have waited until I had the tank set up to purchase the fish.
-Once we have finished making it taboo for the middle class to be able to keep the large marine fish, then perhaps we should set our sites on the corals themselves.
As previuosly mentioned, not a good arguement for anything. This is supposed to be a democrcy not socailistic or communistic. If I work hard enough to be able to afford a 1200 gallon aquarium (I'm close