We all have different opinions...

[Bettanewbie60]

Originally Posted by aokashi

Sorry! I was just being silly! lol. I think thrres been some good discussion on here :) everyone has valid points and are talking from different experiences ;)

LOL...I'm sorry if I sounded snippy...new puppy and all the new bettas and I am lacking sleep...I need an IV for my caffeine! It's all good, thanks!

[MadameDesu]

Yep, I get it too.
If I were a new fish owner and dropped my fish on the floor, the last thing I'd want to hear would be a rant about how I need a bigger tank. I mean ... Help me!

[Bettanewbie60]

Originally Posted by MadameDesu

Yep, I get it too.
If I were a new fish owner and dropped my fish on the floor, the last thing I'd want to hear would be a rant about how I need a bigger tank. I mean ... Help me!

Thank you...I truly didn't want to start a tank size debate lol. At least a couple of people understood my point.

[Aus]

Wow. I suppose I should feel like a dumbass then.

Except, if someone drops their fish out on the floor and is keeping it in three cups of water - I'd certainly suggest a bigger tank. How's it going to heal in that amount of water? And I would not like to be criticised for acting in the interests of the fish by doing so.

This is the problem with starting controversial/confrontative threads. They get the controversy and confrontation happening.

[Hallyx]

Hehehee.. ;-}

[ChoclateBetta]

No one is gonna do that to me my females in a 20 gallon my male is in a 10 gallon.

[ChoclateBetta]

The minimum for me is 2.5 gallon. Sometimes it is a good idea for you to tell them there tank is to small but tell it to them constructively.

[megaredize]

yep yep you are right and when i feel i cant say anything nice then i dont say anything at all. lol its really better that way

[Arashi Takamine]

I'd like to say thank you to all of you not being jerks about the whole tank size thing. I sure as heck got my share of of "You really should upgrade to a bigger tank." When asking for help or something when I first started. Here's the thing: Sometimes there's no goshdarned choice but to keep the one gallon. My mother said and I quote: "I am NOT getting ANOTHER tank when the one we have is just fine." And we kept those tanks as clean as a whistle not a silk leaf out of place the problem was the fish IN the tank. I got my boy in a three gallon/two gallonish jar that's bigger then the ones I started out with and he's doing great in it. He loves it. My Akira (RIP baby boy) hated big tanks and seemed relieved when he had to be moved back into his old 1.5 tank where he lived out the rest of his life.