If you can't get the goldfish a tank, please, kill it. Put it in a bag with water, add clove oil to knock it out, and then put the bag in the freezer. That's better than letting it have its internal organs destroyed by acid. Don't flush it or just put it in the freezer, though, that's just as cruel.
::sighs:: Goldfish are supposed to live ten years and grow to be a foot long. They require a minimum tank size of sixty gallons (yes, that's for a single fish) by adulthood, although they can be temporarily kept in smaller tanks while growing. Small tanks will destroy their spines, assuming they don't die of complications. Why people think it's a good idea to give them out as prizes is beyond me. A girl at the school did the same thing at the Science Fair, and I had to run around telling the parents this to scare them out of it.
I'm not anti-keeping-fish. I just hate how they're treated. People starve them to death, boil them, freeze them, let them be eaten by acid, suffocate them...Betas and goldfish have it the worst, because they can take more abuse before they die. Christ, they sell a spongebob squarepants beta tank (guaranteed to kill your child's fish so you don't need to get that puppy!). And what people think...goldfish don't grow beyond two inches, goldfish shouldn't be kept in tanks with a large area exposed to air, betas don't like to swim, betas will drown in a large tank, betas are too stupid to realize their tank is so small they can't move, goldfish have a memory of five seconds and don't realize their tank is tiny...it's amazing how 'knowledgeable' people are sometimes.
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Date: 2004-06-07 01:43 am (UTC)::sighs:: Goldfish are supposed to live ten years and grow to be a foot long. They require a minimum tank size of sixty gallons (yes, that's for a single fish) by adulthood, although they can be temporarily kept in smaller tanks while growing. Small tanks will destroy their spines, assuming they don't die of complications. Why people think it's a good idea to give them out as prizes is beyond me. A girl at the school did the same thing at the Science Fair, and I had to run around telling the parents this to scare them out of it.
I'm not anti-keeping-fish. I just hate how they're treated. People starve them to death, boil them, freeze them, let them be eaten by acid, suffocate them...Betas and goldfish have it the worst, because they can take more abuse before they die. Christ, they sell a spongebob squarepants beta tank (guaranteed to kill your child's fish so you don't need to get that puppy!). And what people think...goldfish don't grow beyond two inches, goldfish shouldn't be kept in tanks with a large area exposed to air, betas don't like to swim, betas will drown in a large tank, betas are too stupid to realize their tank is so small they can't move, goldfish have a memory of five seconds and don't realize their tank is tiny...it's amazing how 'knowledgeable' people are sometimes.
And sure, comment away. It's fine.