Where...where did I put you in this bucket?
If you are aware of these issues, then kudos to you!
What are you doing to get the word out to others?
Three of MY quotes from that previous thread you reference (tang in a 55):
I don't quite understand though why are you are quoting me to some extent? From the sound of it, we are somewhat on the same page, though I do not assign "emotions" to fish because it is not my training to do so. If you wish to, then that is fine, but you won't win me over
. Note the smilie, because I am human and have human emotions. My current impression of your post is that its tone is a bit unfriendly at the least and that is not my intent at all. We are open to debate without demeaning each others perspective so if you took that from my post, well nothing personal was intended.
Otherwise, I do believe we have a certain responsibility to care for these animals, and that may mean not keeping them in 55g tanks.
Look, it is the nature of debate....I can have my opinion, you can have yours, OK? I am FINE with your opinions...but I did NOT call you such names for yours, question your experience, etc, etc. In fact, I have apologized several times to you for nothing close to what you called me. I apologized, or tried to smooth things over, just IN CASE I offended you...("nothing personal was intended") even in this other thread.
You posted frankly HATEFUL things about someone you have NEVER met in the first post of this thread. I did NOTHING of the sort to you, so let's not equate the posts. Had you said what you said in your later post, first...without the personal insults...then we can debate. I appreciate your point of view.
The smiling fish is included because it is cute. very cute But, like the mouth of a dolpin, it may be nothing more than basic morphology and not the "happy dolphin" that we often think of.
(the question, BTW, was why this emoticon is offered --> :happyfish )
I know a dolphin is not a fish, I didn't feel the need to clarify the context. I didn't think it would be an issue...and if I did clarify it, well, I think it would have been a bit insulting, no?
I assume, regardless of your education, that you know it is not a fish, and that I do not have to explain that I was talking about a fish, but now I am talking about a dolphin in another sentence.
I, for example, would take one of those TINY regals and put it into a 30g reef to grow it up - but that is assuming it is THE fish and the intent is to grow it a bit to a bigger tank. I do not believe in the "no way no how" but I do believe that these are not fish that should be placed in a 4'tank for years on end. They should be a transient fish, and if your LFS does not take them back, or you will grow too attached to them, then I think it better that you NOT get one then to risk keeping it for years on end.
As for a tang in a 30g...I am not the tang police, and as I clearly stated in this quote, I believe that in some cases, with SUPER small tangs commonly sold (1-2"), that IMO (IN MY OPINION) it would be better to keep them as the only fish in a mature 30g to grow them larger, before putting them in with larger fish. You are taking some of my posts out of context. This does not mean LEAVE IT THERE. It means be responsible. I do not believe in "no way no how" tang keeping in small tanks EVER. I believe there are times it is appropriate, and I believe that we have to be responsible to know when to move them. And if we can't move them, can't appropriately care for them long term, then don't get them. And if the ultimate decision is forced on you, then kill it over releasing it.
There is a talk on this very topic at the upcoming Marine Aquarium Conference of North America.
Really, enjoy your opinions, let me be entitled to mine as well. You called me such names because of this disagreement? Well, I, as noted before DO have emotions...you said some extremely hurtful and nasty things when I did NOTHING of the sort to you. I don't believe fish have "emotions" You do, but I think we can agree that WE do...yet you don't seem to care about me?? Well, I hope your fish is happy :happyfish
...because you don't seem all that concerned about what you say to other people.
So here, ONCE AGAIN, I apologize for ANY thing I said to YOU that may have set you off due to my opinions. But oddly enough I do not expect anything in return.
