NinjaSmurf
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I'm seriously debating breaking the law. I'm sitting here staring at the tank of someone I know, the friend of my brother, and all that jazz, and I look at the fish that are left in this tank (well, not really, because you can't see past all the green growing along the sides....) and wondering if I should steal one in the effort to save it from a starved lonely existence. If you need the full details I posted a topic about tetras and guppies in cyprids (yeah, I know, I can't spell that word 
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Subject:
Lone albino cory who often does not get fed, lives without any other cories. Often doesn't move unless it smells food. Goes insane when it does.
Tank:
Is not cleaned. Ever. They top the water off, completely replace the filter cartridge whenever. God only knows what is in the gravel, as it's never syphoned. Rest of the fish are in hiding around the clock unless you feed them. Have you ever seen sharks in a feeding frenzy? Replace with tetras of three types, five fish total.
So. I feel bad. I tried to tell them about how to take care of the tank, without being pushy, and nothing works. Now they are talking about the tank being boring, and they want to get more colorful fish. I think the betta in the vase they have is enough color. Yet here I am wanting to steal their fish. And it would be stealing, they own them, not me. And yet... I feel obligated to at least try and give the fish a decent life. I'm going to drop the hint about if they want to get rid of the fish I'd be glad to take them off their hands, even though I couldn't give them decent schools for a while at least they'd be fed and have good water. But I think they'll want to stick it through, and the fish will just exist till they die, and then they'll get more fish. So should I just nick one or two (or three....) in the hopes of giving them lives? If this was a dog or cat being kept like this I would, as they can 'run away' or be taken by law enforcement or whatnot, but fish aren't looked at like that, I can't call anyone, they can only die, and I don't want them to catch on that maybe it didn't 'die' and actually left with me.
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Lone albino cory who often does not get fed, lives without any other cories. Often doesn't move unless it smells food. Goes insane when it does.
Tank:
Is not cleaned. Ever. They top the water off, completely replace the filter cartridge whenever. God only knows what is in the gravel, as it's never syphoned. Rest of the fish are in hiding around the clock unless you feed them. Have you ever seen sharks in a feeding frenzy? Replace with tetras of three types, five fish total.
So. I feel bad. I tried to tell them about how to take care of the tank, without being pushy, and nothing works. Now they are talking about the tank being boring, and they want to get more colorful fish. I think the betta in the vase they have is enough color. Yet here I am wanting to steal their fish. And it would be stealing, they own them, not me. And yet... I feel obligated to at least try and give the fish a decent life. I'm going to drop the hint about if they want to get rid of the fish I'd be glad to take them off their hands, even though I couldn't give them decent schools for a while at least they'd be fed and have good water. But I think they'll want to stick it through, and the fish will just exist till they die, and then they'll get more fish. So should I just nick one or two (or three....) in the hopes of giving them lives? If this was a dog or cat being kept like this I would, as they can 'run away' or be taken by law enforcement or whatnot, but fish aren't looked at like that, I can't call anyone, they can only die, and I don't want them to catch on that maybe it didn't 'die' and actually left with me.
