Weird Angelfish Marks

[sarawr]

No, it's not, and will soon rot; well spotted!

It should really be taken out and grown in a pot; you don't want to risk having too much pollution in a tank that small

thank you! i didnt even know you could get the wrong plants, i have so much to learn!, i blame pets at home as they had loads of variety all in one section and they never said anything -sigh-

But we don't know whether the OP has the time, space, money or inclination to get a larger tank.

although definitely cant afford it and i have no space! luckily my friend who lives in the road next to me has a much much much larger tank.
i am debating whether to take it back to the shop as they didn't tell me it was going to get massive O_O but it definitely the culprit i caught it this morning going after one of the mollys!

 

[colleen0309]

If fish are kept in smaller tanks then they should be, they can get stunted, there organs continue to grow but the rest doesn't, which means they will die if not rehomed.

This is one of those 'forum myths' that really irritates me. There was a study where a large fish, something like a salmon, was grown held in place inside a piece of plastic tube just big enough to accommodate him at full size. He grew, in spite of the incredible stress this must have caused, to full size and with no ill effects (in terms of organ size or deformities).

I really hate this myth because it gets repeated so often.

That's not to say that if you keep fish in inappropriately small tanks they will not have deformities and other ailments, but it isn't solely down to tank size. There are numerous other factors, all related to water quality, that would be the actual cause of this.

As with all myths, they have an element of trueth to them. I remember a time when doing partial water changes every week was concidered the wrong thing to do. If you can't accomodate a fish at it's adult size, don't get the fish. Not all fish become stunted and die if kept in too small of a tank. I've seen a 10" pleco in a 12" tank. He wasn't stunted, but what a miserable life he had!