Also, quite some nerve for OP to question the people that came to help him. Why bother if he doesn't want to listen?
idk, but it's especially dickish when you consider that the guy got a tank with zero knowledge and the people there were nice enough to try and prevent him from killing his fish a number of times.
My experience with the fishkeeping community is they are typically pretty nice, until you ignore their advice. Then they gather their sharpened pitchforks and call the mob to smother you in your sleep.
When I was younger (maybe 7 or 8 years old), I thought you could actually keep goldfish in a bowl. To keep it short, despite my best efforts to take care of them by cleaning the bowl and changing the water daily, three fish ended up dying. 😢
Yep, there's a temperature shock, and I think it's deoxygenated, and since pretty much everyone uses tap water, you have to let it stay for like a day to allow the dissolved chlorine to evaporate. Or so I remember from reading related advice back when I had those big fat wh*te water frogs.
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19 comments
1 IslamicStatePatriot 2017-12-18
I didn't realize got so invested in 50 cent fish.
1 snallygaster 2017-12-18
Apparently some of them can be over $100.
1 cuntdestroyer8000 2017-12-18
What brought you to this part of the internet?
1 Yiin 2017-12-18
pls respond /u/snallygaster
1 Pepperglue 2017-12-18
Didn't know gravel is bad for goldfish.
Also, quite some nerve for OP to question the people that came to help him. Why bother if he doesn't want to listen?
1 snallygaster 2017-12-18
same
idk, but it's especially dickish when you consider that the guy got a tank with zero knowledge and the people there were nice enough to try and prevent him from killing his fish a number of times.
1 Pepperglue 2017-12-18
Tell me about it. I honestly don't know what he expected if he isn't going to listen.
1 aliceunknown 2017-12-18
Gravel is bad for all high bioload fish tbh. It's really more of an aesthetic thing for humans to enjoy.
1 Pepperglue 2017-12-18
Is it because it is poisonous to fish? Or it is for other reasons?
1 aliceunknown 2017-12-18
Fish shit and stray food accumulates, creating toxins deadly to fish at high levels.
1 Pepperglue 2017-12-18
I see. That is very disgusting indeed.
1 aliceunknown 2017-12-18
My experience with the fishkeeping community is they are typically pretty nice, until you ignore their advice. Then they gather their sharpened pitchforks and call the mob to smother you in your sleep.
1 caffienatedjedi 2017-12-18
Also, they get pissed when they hear people talking the ignorant shit box chains push.
Like how fuckin abused Goldfish or Betafish are. Don't cram them into bowls, jesus.
1 snallygaster 2017-12-18
Makes sense, since there are little fishy lives at stake.
1 shallowm 2017-12-18
That was actually pretty sad.
When I was younger (maybe 7 or 8 years old), I thought you could actually keep goldfish in a bowl. To keep it short, despite my best efforts to take care of them by cleaning the bowl and changing the water daily, three fish ended up dying. 😢
1 zergling_Lester 2017-12-18
It's mainly changing the water daily that probably done them in, by the way. In case you were feeling too good about yourself.
1 shallowm 2017-12-18
I was using unfiltered tap water anyway, so it was probably bad for them from the start.
Why is it bad to change the water, though? Do they have to adjust to it every time you change it or something?
1 zergling_Lester 2017-12-18
Yep, there's a temperature shock, and I think it's deoxygenated, and since pretty much everyone uses tap water, you have to let it stay for like a day to allow the dissolved chlorine to evaporate. Or so I remember from reading related advice back when I had those big fat wh*te water frogs.
1 TheThirstyMayor 2017-12-18
Copy pasta worthy?