Regular Member Ginevive Posted October 27, 2003 Regular Member Share Posted October 27, 2003 I was looking at a bunch of GF sites and found a few pics of a GF market in Japan. There were a tanks, maybe 55 gallons or less, with huge amounts of large, pretty GFs crammed into them. But all the fish were obviously healthy and definately high quality! How can they put so many fish into a tank like that and not suffer a bunch of fish loss?! Maybe a high-powered filtration system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member fantailfan Posted October 27, 2003 Regular Member Share Posted October 27, 2003 usually, commercial systems have a high flow rate, and reserve equalt to, or greater than, the tank capacity, and they assume the fish wont be in crowded environments for very long, due to sales. also, many sellers dont really care about thier fish. some do, and lets all promote the ones that do, but some are just about the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RanchLover2 Posted October 27, 2003 Share Posted October 27, 2003 it also probably helps with sales, the sadder you feel for these animals, the more you want to take them home. I know that is how I wound up with a zoo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member joneus Posted October 29, 2003 Regular Member Share Posted October 29, 2003 I agree- its all head games. But y'know... its worth it. I ended up with my dog because of a guilt trip and I wouldnt give him up for anything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member jsrtist Posted October 29, 2003 Regular Member Share Posted October 29, 2003 Pet stores and places like that have huge centralized filtration systems that are really powerful. Also the fish are crammed in like that only temporarily, thats how they get away with it. And also pet stores and other places do suffer losses but most of the time they dont really care because they probably only paid a few cents for that fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kerri_corbett Posted November 2, 2003 Share Posted November 2, 2003 I know at vvvv, and mmm and other big chain stores their wall of fish is usually all connected to one filter or one system. Since they are all connected they can filter all the water from each tank so it is really like they have much more water to breath and all that good stuff. hope this helps. kerri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member jetman73 Posted November 3, 2003 Regular Member Share Posted November 3, 2003 They use tons of filtration and scoop out all of the dead ones before the store opens up. Not my idea of good fishkeeping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gabi-hime Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 They don't always scoop out all the dead ones either c_c. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest missjaala Posted November 7, 2003 Share Posted November 7, 2003 Realistically though you couldn't expect them to keep their wall of fish with the 10Gal per fish rule, pet stores would have to be the size of malls! My LFS has lots of fish in the walls of fish but all the display tanks are set up with the correct numbers, I think that's a smart idea. This way people can visualise what theire tank at home could look like with a realistic number of fish in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Mariposa Posted November 9, 2003 Regular Member Share Posted November 9, 2003 I think it's sad also! The last time I bought a fish at vvvv, I was trying to decide on a calico oranda. I felt so bad as they took the one I picked and seeing the other goldfish looking at me as if to say " hey, what's wrong with me?". I made the right decision though, Cosmo is a cutie! If only I had lots of money so I could buy a lot of tanks and take them all home!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member edjeff80 Posted November 9, 2003 Regular Member Share Posted November 9, 2003 Do you ever wonder with some of the GF sites that they put many of them in a tank just for a picture? Maybe not...just a thought. <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Nick Posted November 14, 2003 Regular Member Share Posted November 14, 2003 I went to a aquarium, and there were black moores, and there were heaps, and one was dead floating next to a heater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Incandisco Posted November 14, 2003 Regular Member Share Posted November 14, 2003 I went to an aquatic centre near us last weekend, and they had a pond fish section, with goldfish and green tench in the same tank. Believe it or not, all the tench (about 10 of them) were dead, and stuck to the filter suction bar at the bottom of the holding pool. I was disgusted, and asked the store about it - they said they knew, and it had happened a couple of days previous. They don't care at all - as long as they make money from what they sell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member New to gold's Posted November 14, 2003 Regular Member Share Posted November 14, 2003 Hi all: I'm not sure where in the country you live, but I have a mmm in Torrance, CA where I visited yesterday just to look around. The man that works in the fish department is pretty knowledgeable about all of the breeds, but unfortunately as I was looking around I found a tank of orandas (about 8) all hanging with their fins collapsed with their heads at the top of the water gasping for air. I mentioned this to the keeper and all he would say was "thats unfortunate, but thats the way we received them." I asked him if they were for sale or are they being treated, and he said that they were not being treated, but they were for sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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