Hi dlight,
No, I seriously doubt I will appoligize for speaking my mind. Of course, I have been keeping up on many of RobbyTT's posts, and believe I accurately stated what I see as a very potential and ugly problem.
As for the comparison between fish and horses, yes, indeed I do see a link. For that matter, one can see it with just about any animal bought as a pet. Our society seems to have this convinience issue, meaning that they buy animals without thinking, then "throw away" those that do not work out. This happens a great deal. It is sad. As for horse auctions, many have what are called "killer" buyers. They buy horses for slaughter and ship the meat to Canada and Europe. The unfortunate thing about this practice is that it is very inhumane...someone's pet is sold through an auction, ends up at a slaughter yard, and is literally killed in a horribly cruel fashion which I will not go into here. With fish, I hear similar things...oh, just flush it, OR, just give it away, etc. Sometimes, especially with larger and aggressive fish, that is not so very simple. My POINT, however, is pretty simple. IF someone is deliberately going into this hobby with the PLANS on giving away, selling, or even flushing the fish when they get too large, then why on earth is this person even buying that said fish/es in the first place? Why not simply start with fish that in the long term, can live happily in that particular environment that has been provided?
If one wants an aggressive tank with these larger fish, then by all means, do it! Just provide the proper environment. I fail to see the humor displayed in many of these posts in regard to these large and aggressive fish crammed into a tiny tank, then hunting prey, and of course, eventually each other. It is NOT funny. It is cruel.
Lynda
This stuff is fugly. I constantly have to clean off the glass.
