I don’t want to start something that may not be successful. I would like to bring forward a petition to my local council to ban the use of gold fish bowls period! However, as you are more experienced than I, I don’t know much about goldfish at all and don’t know how to win this proposal with my local council with scientific facts. I want to do something about this because some people are using animals – especially the ones who can not be heard through sheer ignorance – as commodities and replaceable objects without empathy and compassion. I tried to find any legislation in Sydney Australia that renders gold fish bowls banned or legislation that explains gold fish bowl cruelty but I can not find any (only in Italy). This has angered me so I have placed a call for the RSPCA to inspect my complaint, however, I don’t know how long this would take. I watched it today through the window looking like it’s having a panic attack it was clearly stressed, The fish has been in this condition for at least four weeks now. This animal-fish is simply being treated as an ornament ‘a replaceable object’ and sits on top of the desk at a real estate agency. The goldfish is all alone and is left over the weekends without any feed. I have seen this small gold goldfish in a tiny bowl with no oxygen filter and no environmental stimuli such as weeds. You can find a full clown loach caresheet here. Nothing to worry about, but quite scary to see sometimes. I can’t count the number of times I was absolutely convinced ours had died during the night – they sleep upside down, sideways, wedged behind the filter, on top of the heater or squished under rocks. ![]() The most interesting thing about these loaches, though, is the way they sleep. They will also ‘dance’ together from time to time, tumbling over one another and repeatedly swimming to the surface. When these basic requirements are met, groups of clown loaches will actively school and beg for food whenever someone approaches the tank. The key to success with these loaches is the fact that they need to live in big tanks (75+ gal/285 l) in groups of at least five. This leaves the owner with a fish that outgrows the tank and has a terrible personality, often harrassing other fish and hiding most of the time. So why are they on this list? Because a well-cared for clown loach is actually a fantastic fish that doesn’t deserve this bad reputation at all. Many aquarists have had bad experience with clown loaches, as they’re often sold for small tanks as juveniles. This is a great guide that covers pretty much everything related to setting up an aquarium for oscar fish and this guide contains tons of info on what to feed your oscar (some will be surprised to learn that feeder goldfish are, in fact, not suitable for feeding bigger fish). They grow very large and this should be kept in mind when setting up an aquarium for them. ![]() Oscars are very frequently kept in less than ideal conditions and fed foods that are not actually good for them. Another interesting personality feature is the fact that oscars tend to enjoy playing ‘interior designer’ by destroying plants, moving decorations and digging around in the substrate. I don’t have personal experience with them, but almost all oscar owners will tell you the same: they are fantastic at begging for food and will get very excited whenever anyone enters the room, splashing at the surface and waiting for the tank lid to be opened. Oscars are well-known for being very interesting to keep due to their personality. Dwarf puffers are the easiest puffers to keep – although they are small, they have the same wonderful personality as their bigger cousins.įor more info on keeping puffers, check out The Puffer Forum. They are very sensitive and aggressive and have to be kept in single-species aquariums with plenty of decorations to prevent them becoming bored. Definitely a fish you have to research before you run out to the aquarium store. Most puffer varieties, especially the bigger ones, are quite hard to keep. Often described as ‘puppy-like’ and very intelligent, they are shy at first but seem to be able to recognize their owner after a while and will actively beg for food whenever this specific person enters the room. When it comes to personality, puffers just take the prize. Keep reading for a list of fish full of personality. ![]() This has lead to the idea that fishkeeping is a bit of a ‘boring’ hobby sometimes, and that keeping fish is just not the same as keeping a more fluffy, warmblooded pet. When thinking of fishkeeping, many people think of tropical community tanks: peaceful, colorful and beautiful, but – admittedly – not always too exciting.
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