There's no thing as 'just a fish'. Every living being deserves respect and providing just the absolute minimum of living circumstances is not part of that.
If this is about that blue fish from the first post I see when visiting the comm, that's just horrible. I agree that it looks pretty. But that's not reason enough to put a fish in a situation that will make it feel bad.
Sadly enough I had a vet tell me once how it doesn't matter, because fish can't be bored or feel bad about their living environment in another way, because they lack the brain parts for it. No reason to treat it badly, imo.
And thanks for the warning, if I ever manage to get a betta, I definitely won't go to that comm for info.
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Date: 2011-04-05 02:12 pm (UTC)From:If this is about that blue fish from the first post I see when visiting the comm, that's just horrible. I agree that it looks pretty. But that's not reason enough to put a fish in a situation that will make it feel bad.
Sadly enough I had a vet tell me once how it doesn't matter, because fish can't be bored or feel bad about their living environment in another way, because they lack the brain parts for it. No reason to treat it badly, imo.
And thanks for the warning, if I ever manage to get a betta, I definitely won't go to that comm for info.