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RumblyGrumbleNoise · 11/12/2017 12:16

Sorry for posting here! Posted in Fishnet (who knew it existed? ) but not getting any replies and want to sort asap if I'm right in thinking this is cruel.

I've just seen these two fish in a tank which to me (complete novice to fish/pets) looks far too small and cruel.
I've had a quick Google and it seems to suggest sizes in gallons and I'm a bit clueless.
Can anyone advise as I really would like to approach owners if it is too small.
Thanks

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QuitMoaning · 11/12/2017 12:17

That is far too small. I know nothing about keeping fish but that is just too small.

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RumblyGrumbleNoise · 11/12/2017 12:17

Sorry picture didn't attach.

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RumblyGrumbleNoise · 11/12/2017 12:18

I thought so. They are big and don't know if you can see there is some kind of stone tower also taking up space.

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BackBoiler · 11/12/2017 12:18

I have got a tank three times the size of that for four little minnows!

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SmellySphinx · 11/12/2017 12:18

Yes it is! Too small and no aeration or filtration

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ThisLittleKitty · 11/12/2017 12:19

Is this in a school or nursery or somethig?! Just judging by the back ground of the pic

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SmellySphinx · 11/12/2017 12:22

Ideally should have gravel too

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littlemisscomper · 11/12/2017 12:23

Far too small. Poor fish. Sad

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RumblyGrumbleNoise · 11/12/2017 12:26

Yes it's a nursery. I'm going to speak with them later. God they've had these fish for years but I've never seen them as they are in a room I don't go in. Sad

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BillywigSting · 11/12/2017 12:30

Far too small, filthy, no aeration, no filter, no gravel. Not at all appropriate. Those poor fish won't last six months in that environment.

Yy to pp saying have a word with nursery

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ThisLittleKitty · 11/12/2017 12:30

Wow you would think they would know better the figs don't even look like they can swim in there. Just turn one way or the other. Sad

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ThisLittleKitty · 11/12/2017 12:30

Figs=fish^

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HuskyMcClusky · 11/12/2017 12:32

That is horrible. Sad

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HollyBollyBooBoo · 11/12/2017 12:33

Horrible, why do people do it?

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Sanshin · 11/12/2017 12:34

I went to a spa in Vietnam a few weeks ago and they had a fish bowl only slightly bigger than a saucer teeming with little fish. I thought it was really cruel (as is the one in your pic, imagine living your life in those confinements)

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OhChill · 11/12/2017 12:35

Yes! Far too small. I looked into getting some goldfish for dd a while ago and the size of tank they need is much bigger than you’d expect. Way bigger than that.

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LouiseCM · 11/12/2017 12:36

Far too small.

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RumblyGrumbleNoise · 11/12/2017 12:37

ThisLittleKitty
That's exactly what they were doing just turning one way then the other. Shock

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ladymelbourne1926 · 11/12/2017 12:41

Yes that's for too small and just awful :( please do say something.

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ForTheLoveOfSleep · 11/12/2017 12:46

Isn't against policy to use a mobile phone in a nursery? Confused (totally misses point of thread)

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RafikiIsTheBest · 11/12/2017 12:48

My fish tank for 2 goldfish is far too small for them, according to me and online but DP thinks it's fine and mine is easily 4 times that bowl. That is horrible. Poor fish. It's amazing how long they will live in their though if they are cleaned out regularly. But nowhere near their full life expectancy.

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thecatsthecats · 11/12/2017 12:53

Looks like the smallest size of biorb, which is 15L!

There should be some aeration and filtration via the hidden tube in the middle though.

I have a 30L biorb but we wouldn't dream of keeping goldfish. Just minnows and a few shrimp.

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spiderlight · 11/12/2017 12:53

Poor fish. That's much too small :(

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hidinginthenightgarden · 11/12/2017 12:53

For the love of sleep - I have never heard this rule.

It is too small yes. There seems to be a misconception that goldfish are small but that is because they can only grow as big as the tank allows. Their organs however will keep growing and that's what will kill them.

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