Holy Overstocking Batman!
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Noahs ark6
Fish Herder
Those poor fish 
ninjacheesefish
Fish Fanatic
If I was in Kent, that fish tank would be mine. 
And the fish in a proper tank. So i could see them all happy.
Not like this
And the fish in a proper tank. So i could see them all happy.Not like this
Salam
Fish Herder
So sad 
ninjacheesefish
Fish Fanatic
But the fishes need some love 
Salam
Fish Herder
We could all send £1 to sadguppy and she can rescue them and update us with weekly pictures.
ninjacheesefish
Fish Fanatic
^ im with this guy 
Dazzler666
Fish Crazy
That is apalling keeping poor fish in such a confined space .... Clearly can't read the world of information available out there or simply does not care!!!
Seen worse 
I see customers every day with fish in this situation and there is just nothing I can do, no ammount of advise changes these peoples opinions. Short of telling them they are evil fish murderers... 
which some customers have said is how i made them feel! (whoops! I didnt say those words but she had 5 goldfish in a bowl and was deliberately lying to me!).
My local Indian restaurant serves the most amazing food, bst restaurant locally.. but i have always had issues with their fish tanks, they have one either side of the door about 1.5ft x 1ft x 2ft and have been malawis, marines (was horrendous!), rainbows, barbs and parrot cichlids...
Then they have a beautiful 4ft heavily planted tank that was purely an impressive rainbow fish tank! Now fully of manky little parrot cichlids...
Last but the worst by far...
Tank is about 3ft by 1.5ft by 2ft and contains:
2 x (breeding pair!) parrot cichlids (large adults!)
2 x tinfoil barbs (about 7-8")
2 x albino tinfoil barbs (about 7-8")
3 x clown loaches (4-5")
1 x pangasius (14")
2 x Jewel Cichlids (breeding pair)
4 x Pacu (8" or so)
1 x Common Plec (about 10")
and just to ice the cake... 1 x 12" Red Tail Catfish.
Bearing in mind this tank is around the 120-150L mark
All tanks are very well maintained, eheim filters, spotless to put everyone else to shame and for all of that... the fish are all healthy.. though the only reason in the last tank is that most of the fish have reached a point where they cant even turn around any more!
I told them how bad it really was... even offered to maintain all their tanks weekly for free! Offered that if they paid for livestock at discounted price, i would stock all their plants and rehome their current livestock...
No interest. We dont go their now, we used to celebrate 4 birthdays a year there plus a couple of other times a year as well for fun. They had a lot of money off us and now we not only dont go but recomend people dont go. Their fault.
I see customers every day with fish in this situation and there is just nothing I can do, no ammount of advise changes these peoples opinions. Short of telling them they are evil fish murderers... which some customers have said is how i made them feel! (whoops! I didnt say those words but she had 5 goldfish in a bowl and was deliberately lying to me!).My local Indian restaurant serves the most amazing food, bst restaurant locally.. but i have always had issues with their fish tanks, they have one either side of the door about 1.5ft x 1ft x 2ft and have been malawis, marines (was horrendous!), rainbows, barbs and parrot cichlids...
Then they have a beautiful 4ft heavily planted tank that was purely an impressive rainbow fish tank! Now fully of manky little parrot cichlids...
Last but the worst by far...
Tank is about 3ft by 1.5ft by 2ft and contains:
2 x (breeding pair!) parrot cichlids (large adults!)
2 x tinfoil barbs (about 7-8")
2 x albino tinfoil barbs (about 7-8")
3 x clown loaches (4-5")
1 x pangasius (14")
2 x Jewel Cichlids (breeding pair)
4 x Pacu (8" or so)
1 x Common Plec (about 10")
and just to ice the cake... 1 x 12" Red Tail Catfish.
Bearing in mind this tank is around the 120-150L mark
All tanks are very well maintained, eheim filters, spotless to put everyone else to shame and for all of that... the fish are all healthy.. though the only reason in the last tank is that most of the fish have reached a point where they cant even turn around any more!
I told them how bad it really was... even offered to maintain all their tanks weekly for free! Offered that if they paid for livestock at discounted price, i would stock all their plants and rehome their current livestock...
No interest. We dont go their now, we used to celebrate 4 birthdays a year there plus a couple of other times a year as well for fun. They had a lot of money off us and now we not only dont go but recomend people dont go. Their fault.
One of my local chippys had a 6 ft tank with a couple of black moors, & a couple of fantails.
It was always spotless, & obviously well looked after.
Unfortunately the owner retired, & the new owners neglected the tank.
I even said what a shame the tank wasn't as good as it used to be.
One time I went there you could barely see the fish the tank was that dirty.
Such a shame, as the tank was big enough for the fish, yet they didn't seem to care
I just don't understand why people think fish don't need care like other pets, just because you don't have to walk them every day doesn't mean you can let them live in unsanitary or cramped conditions
It was always spotless, & obviously well looked after.
Unfortunately the owner retired, & the new owners neglected the tank.
I even said what a shame the tank wasn't as good as it used to be.
One time I went there you could barely see the fish the tank was that dirty.
Such a shame, as the tank was big enough for the fish, yet they didn't seem to care
I just don't understand why people think fish don't need care like other pets, just because you don't have to walk them every day doesn't mean you can let them live in unsanitary or cramped conditions
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