David R Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 I mean cmon LOOK at those pictures there's no way all those fish are alive today. Speaking of speculation? You're right, I know nothing of those actual fish/tanks in the pictures, but I do know of many examples of such tanks from other websites where large fish are kept in heavily stocked tanks but with appropriately large water changes and filtration, here's a good example: http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?398169 If you look at any article or guide aimed at people starting out with fish keeping the number one thing they drill into you is keeping fish too large for the tank or too many fish for one tank. I don't think these tanks (certainly not the ones I know of) are kept by people who are just starting out in the hobby. As I said earlier, there is a big difference between a noob keeping 4 adult oscars in a 3' tank and somebody experienced keeping a heavily stocked tank. Before I try to "defend" it, can you please define "overstocking" in a quantifiable measure? Obviously there is something other than water quality and fish health that defines it, is it just a visual thing where you look at a tank and "feel" that it is overstocked, or are we still hung up on the old 'one inch per gallon' rule? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GZ_Loach Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 when you add more fish to a tank, your removing water volume, removing space. When you have a lot of big fish in one tank you basically have a mosh pit going on. That i think is what people find disturbing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 So at what point does it actually become a problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshlikesfish Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 GZ_Loach is obviously not somebody who enjoys good music :roll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcrudd Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 My opinion is as follow. I would love to one day have a gold spot pleco or a common pleco but my tank is only 90cm and they reach 60cm so its not possible. Even if I add more filters and keep my water prystine, my fish will be unconfortable. it won't be able to turn and have a little swim around. No one says I can't put it in there, I just think its wrong from the fish's point of view. I would not like to have a teeny tiny bedroom where I can hardly move to get to my bed, even if my room is clean and vacuumed everyday and has tons of lovely fresh air Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 With the exception of the last pic [which is fake] it doesn't look [to me anyway] like the fish are in too small a tank, there is just too many of them (for some people). I would never advocate keeping a fish in a tank not large enough for it to comfortably live, but thats not what this discussion is about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 Since the poster was requested to reference all the source images (but did not do so) so that the origin and background of the tanks was known, and that people are just responding to speculation regarding the tank parameters and authenticity of the images, this thread has been locked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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