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Bubble Fish Tank Makes Me Uncomfortable (img2go.com)

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[–]enkilletill 34 points35 points ago

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FIX IT!

[–]thompson09 52 points53 points ago

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Fix it! Fix it! Fix it! Fix it! Fix it! Fix it!

[–]biteableniles 15 points16 points ago

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oh god my ears

[–]midnightfartangel 7 points8 points ago

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I can't believe I sat and watched that.

[–]biteableniles 6 points7 points ago

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I'm planning on waking up my wife with it tomorrow.

[–]gunnar120 1 point2 points ago

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Not bad.

[–]HX_Flash 5 points6 points ago

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dFYsrGw5eI

[–]thecriminalmind 0 points1 point ago

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Most depressing sesame street ever.

[–]matsky 45 points46 points ago

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It makes the fish uncomfortable too. Put a filter and pump in that thing! Or better still, get a decent sized fish tank.

[–]landragoran 64 points65 points ago

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TIL there are a shitton of fish rights activists on reddit.

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[–]Bakuphoon 35 points36 points ago

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I agree, it's impossible to care about two different things at once.

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[–]Bakuphoon 5 points6 points ago

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No, I think they would prefer to be in an aquarium that is an appropriate size for its species, with a filter and heater to keep water conditions stable. ಠ_ಠ

edit: a goldfish in a bowl like in the pic would eventually poison itself with its own shit, then it would die from the chemical burns or suffocate from insufficient oxygen.

[–]StumpHarvey 8 points9 points ago

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Did bubble fish tank make unprovoked sexual advances on you?

[–]haiku_robot 27 points28 points ago

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Did bubble fish tank 
make unprovoked sexual 
advances on you?

[–]Hyperventilater 5 points6 points ago

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Beautiful.

[–]PostalPenguin 110 points111 points ago*

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It should because a goldfish should have an actual tank with a filter and 10 gallons minimum of water(ideally 20 gallons). Not even a betta should be put in there because despite their claim to fame of living in small bowls, they enjoy having clean water to swim around in.

Edit: Clarified units

[–]Anosognosia 55 points56 points ago

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10 grams of water?

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[–]Anosognosia 44 points45 points ago

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Aaah, that makes your comment a bit more understandable for people from the rest of the world.

[–]account512 14 points15 points ago

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I thought he was replacing 10 grams of water in the tank daily with new clean water.

I was very confused.

[–]Anosognosia 1 point2 points ago

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I never thought he was, I was just asking what the hell he wrote.

[–]peet200 7 points8 points ago

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rest of the world use litres not gallons

[–]Anosognosia 12 points13 points ago

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The rest of the world uses SI and in SI g means gram as in kilogram.

[–]peet200 -1 points0 points ago

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Yes that's exactly what I said, the rest of the world use litres from SI to determine water capacity. You just repeated my words...

[–]crewe-dave 0 points1 point ago

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UK still uses gallons - Imperial gallons (4.546l) as opposed to the US with their US gallons (3.785l).

Which presumably means, as a gallon has 8 pints, a US pint is smaller than an Imperial (UK) pint.

THATS why American recipes don't work..not only do I have to fight CUPS for Heavens sake even your liquid measures are wrong.

And you can't cook in metric - it just feels wrong.

[–]r3v 0 points1 point ago

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I disagree. Cooking in metric feels like science!

[–]crewe-dave 0 points1 point ago

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Thats where is goes wrong...cooking is as much ART and INTUITION as SCIENCE. Otherwise its just manufacturing.

[–]irish711 6 points7 points ago

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37.85411784 liters

[–]oodlsofnoodles -1 points0 points ago

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the rest of the world is America.

[–]cr101 0 points1 point ago

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There's world other than America?

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points ago

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the old world.

[–]brickstein 1 point2 points ago

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Everyone knows there's no world outside Amerka

[–]werddrew 0 points1 point ago

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Just to clarify, you're seriously saing goldfish should have 20 gallon tanks? I don't want to put too fine a point on this or seem ignorant and cruel....

But it's a goldfish.

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[–]edwurtle 5 points6 points ago

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I buy goldfish to feed my turtles. So much fun watching them chase around the tank.

[–]puterTDI 0 points1 point ago

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Had an eel for a while that I would feed live food.

Also had a blue lobster that decided the angel fish in the tank should be live food. My thinking was that it wouldn't be fast enough to catch the angel...I was wrong.

[–][deleted] -2 points-1 points ago

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Why should a person get a hamster if they don't intend to care for it properly? Because it's a small, furry animal that vibrates when it's frightened and pops neatly and quietly into an adult's rectum.

So. There's that.

[–]PostalPenguin 14 points15 points ago

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Are fish as cognizant or smart as a dog? No. But if you want a happy and healthy pet goldfish you should put it in a tank that gives it enough room to swim around, explore, and exercise.

My GF has two goldfish in a 40 gallon tank with a large filter. The fish are active, curious and explore their tank constantly. They recognize her and will put on a show for food. Put the same fish in a bowl and they will sulk, get sick and eventually die.

[–]Quantumplation 1 point2 points ago

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Spoiler Alert: It eventually dies no matter what size tank it has.

[–]PostalPenguin 0 points1 point ago

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Goldfish can live for decades if properly cared for.

[–]Quantumplation 0 points1 point ago

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"Decades" is still eventually.

[–]Rehd 2 points3 points ago

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Goldfish can actually get pretty large too. I had goldfish I bought for 10 cents each that were probably 1-2 inches long. A year later they were as long as 7 inches. Ended up selling them for more goldfish at like 10 bucks a pop to the same store I originally bought them from. A tiny bowl would not suffice for full growth needless to say.

[–]Antagony 17 points18 points ago

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It's a living, breathing, autonomous creature with a brain (albeit relatively tiny), motor functions and a nervous system. Just because fish are not as highly developed as mammals, it doesn't mean they don't suffer. Fish suffer in the wild too of course, but that's not a valid argument for allowing people to deliberately subject them to suffering – especially if it's simply for the superficial purpose of providing a cheap ornament for the coffee table.

[–]ThePiemaster -1 points0 points ago

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How do real about killing cockroaches? Or trees?

[–]Antagony 0 points1 point ago*

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Um, what has "killing" got to do with anything in my post? I was talking about not inflicting unnecessary suffering on other living creatures by forcing them to live in unhealthy confined environments; nothing whatsoever to do with killing.

But to answer your question: I feel exactly the same about killing fish – which I do eat and am perfectly at ease to kill for that purpose, by the way – as I feel about killing any living creature: it's sometimes necessary but I'd prefer it not to be done in a cruel manner.

[–]ThePiemaster -1 points0 points ago

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Me inflicting unnecessary suffering on a living creature by forcing it to live in an unhealthy confined environment

[–]MeinLiebling 0 points1 point ago

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Those feeder goldfish you see in the petstores? They get BIG. Goldfish also constantly eat and poop. You can fit that feeder in a small tank, but it will choke itself in there. It'll run out of oxygen, and ammonia build-up will kill it. A goldfish needs a twenty gallon tank because its organs will continue to grow, and if you stunt its growth you run the risk of having your fish just rupture, asphyxiate, blah blah blah...

[–]werddrew 0 points1 point ago

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I'm just saying, kids have ALWAYS had storebought goldfish that have lived for YEARS kept in tiny little tanks. I get the "goldfish should have wonderful and beautiful environments to live full and happy lives" argument, but I don't buy the, "They'll starve and suffocate to death in two months" argument.

[–]MeinLiebling 0 points1 point ago

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That store-bought goldfish that reached a couple of inches over those couple of years should have reached twelve inches. And its organs are betting on growing that much. Putting it in a small tank, regardless of whether or not you clean the water, is a death sentence.

[–]werddrew 0 points1 point ago

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This doesn't jive with reality. The reality that I can put a goldfish in a bowl and have it live there for years. I'll grant you that it may not be as long or as full in a larger tank, but it's not months.

[–]MeinLiebling 0 points1 point ago

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Yes. Assuming you know what you're doing when it comes to keeping the water clean. It doesn't mean the fish isn't in the equivalent of a prison cell. Without breaks throughout the day.

[–]zgh5002 0 points1 point ago

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In a bowl, it can live for years. In a tank? Decades.

[–]vetalavalo 0 points1 point ago

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Most people don't realize that goldfish can generally get upwards of 12" in captivity and can live for over 20 years in the right conditions. The largest goldfish on record was 19". So if you have more than one, which most people do, I would say a 10-20 gallon tank would be a minimum as long as you were planning to upgrade to a larger tank as the fish grew.

[–]FerrignosGlutes -1 points0 points ago

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You aren't alone, I think some people get a bit carried away with pet care. Most people don't give a shit about farm conditions but will make a stir about a fish in a small bowl or an outdoor dog. Priorities I spose.

[–]daman345 14 points15 points ago

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Its usually the same people who care about farm conditions as the ones who care about pets

[–]18PercentCarbon 0 points1 point ago

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Rats of the depths!

[–]toukee 8 points9 points ago

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IT'S GONNA FALL!

[–]Matt08642 6 points7 points ago

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probably because it's an awful concept.

[–]massball 8 points9 points ago

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Yup, me too, how do they get oxygen in that water?

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points ago

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Goldfish shouldn't be in bowls or small aquariums either

[–]Anosognosia 20 points21 points ago

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Goldfish really do make the worst choices when they are hunting for real estate.

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points ago

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They don't have much choice in this economy

[–]Anosognosia 0 points1 point ago

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1%er Goldfish live here

[–]irish711 -2 points-1 points ago

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Does that mean this is the 99%?

[–]Iamsanta 0 points1 point ago

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where would you put them?

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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In a bigger tank - goldfish grow really big but keeping them in small tanks stunts their growth and puts a lot of stress on them

[–]Iamsanta -1 points0 points ago

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I've had Cichlid tanks and tropicals for years. Never heard of putting a goldfish in anything but a bowl or a small tank. Koi on the other hand will get huge in a pond. the goldfish in my pond have always stayed miniature, and I winter them over in a classic "goldfish bowl".

[–]Iamsanta 6 points7 points ago

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Well I just Googled and shame on me! I will get a proper tank. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago

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If you've already got goldfish don't worry about it, they won't grow any bigger I'm afraid. My sister gave me her little fat-arse fantail one. I'm not sure how large they can grow, but it hasn't changed. It does love chasing laser-pen dots though

[–]Iamsanta 0 points1 point ago

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Well they are "spoiled". They summer in the pond with lilies, and winter in a pass through window to my dining room, where they provide much entertainment to my cat.

[–]aakaakaak 0 points1 point ago

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Many of the fancy styles are stunted through selective breeding side effects. Those black moor bubble-eyed hi-fin, etc. goldfish have generally short lifespans and health.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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Thanks. Well, it won't grow but it seems to be a happy little idiot :)

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago*

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Goldfish can grow up to 12 inches and are filthy sods that produce tonnes of ammonia. Around 60-70 litres is usual to keep a goldfish happy, depending on the breed. They won't grow full size unless they've been raised from fry in a large environment, or moved to larger containers as they grow

[–]ehorgan 5 points6 points ago

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That fish will slowly die in that tank. There is not enough surface area for the water to exchange oxygen with the surrounding air.

That tank is cruel and should never be sold/used.

[–]aurulieus 4 points5 points ago

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I just keep thinking if the goldfish went to the other side of the bowl and then swam as fast as it could ramming into the falling side, it'll just topple over.

[–]imgur-mirror-bot 33 points34 points ago

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[–]honey_I_shot_the_kid 6 points7 points ago

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Have all of my bandwidth, munchkin!

[–]magicbullets 7 points8 points ago

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The fish isn't looking that comfortable either.

[–]The1PissCent 2 points3 points ago

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Thats a ballbag

[–]fuzzycuffs 1 point2 points ago

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That fish looks super bored.

[–]PurpleCapybara 1 point2 points ago

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Not recommended for households with children

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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Now that's living life on the edge. That's more than most of us can say about ourselves.

[–]initialsdrummer 1 point2 points ago

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....I see a ballsack.

[–]pejoculant 1 point2 points ago

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The way the stones are sitting in the bottom of the tank makes me think that the picture was taken at an angle. If so, the tank seems a lot less precariously placed than would appear. I guess either that or the stones were placed while the tank was sitting on a flat surface and they did not shift when it was moved. The water should be the deciding factor but I'm having a hard time telling from that picture.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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This is so cool. I can see how my clumsiness would knock it right off the edge but if I were graceful I would totally get one

[–]nirielle 1 point2 points ago

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that poor fish isn't going to make it... :(

[–]iredditthereforeiam7 1 point2 points ago

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uncomfortable that the fish is slowly suffocating due to lack of proper aeration? yeah me too.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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haha, i was just thinking at how poorly that bowl is fitted for a living-ism, and then thinking about how much it must suck to be a pet fish.. Hey, i swim over here, hey i swim over there, whoa, i can't get out, WTF??

[–]iredditthereforeiam7 0 points1 point ago

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Living-ism? Love it! Yeah it is the living-ism equivalent of solitary confinement. Cant be that much fun!

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Guantanamo Bay for fish!!

[–]iredditthereforeiam7 0 points1 point ago

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And the fish is already orange so halfway there!

[–]Dienekes00 0 points1 point ago

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Is the tank trying to eat that shelf?

[–]maleboks 0 points1 point ago

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no no no no NO NO NO!!!!!

[–]jaxspider 0 points1 point ago

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Nope.

[–]delasoul 0 points1 point ago

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Wait for it....

[–]COOKIEEE 0 points1 point ago

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and.... Voilà!

[–]MojoEscargot 0 points1 point ago

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"What hath science wrought?"

[–]Only_A_Username 0 points1 point ago

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I don't like this.

[–]tanjoodo 0 points1 point ago

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Why? Do you have something against butts?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Because it looks like a nut sack resting on a ledge?

[–]CloseEnough11 0 points1 point ago

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Alls I see is balls.

[–]delsmore 0 points1 point ago

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Insert Admiral Ackbar here

[–]_UsUrPeR_ 0 points1 point ago

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This won't last long with cats.

[–]TripperDay 0 points1 point ago

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Not for cat owners.

[–]pukesickle 0 points1 point ago

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I am Danger Fish!

[–]OCedHrt 0 points1 point ago

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It'll be the first to go in an earthquake.

[–]mardi_gras 0 points1 point ago

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That's ASKING for a huge mess!

[–]stuhfoo 0 points1 point ago

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i don't need this stress in my life!

[–]herpichj 0 points1 point ago

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if some of the rocks on the right end up on the left, there will be a dead fish

[–]bhindblueyes430 0 points1 point ago

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ah statics and distributed loads at work, deceiving the innocent simple minded

[–]OhJustNothing 0 points1 point ago

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And now we continue our ongoing search for the Bubble Fish. We are getting close now, I shine the light on it! Wait, that's not a Bubble Fish. ZEEKY BOOGY DOOG explosion First thing I thought of.

[–]buttjuice 0 points1 point ago

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this was made by a student at Sheffield hallam university

[–]Zen1 0 points1 point ago

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I'd be worried because it looks like it's either wet or leaking.. and it looks like it's sitting on a cardboard box.

[–]seehadreddit 0 points1 point ago

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Where can you buy this tank?

[–]tylahnol 0 points1 point ago

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That would be my worst purchase ever. Mainly because I wouldn't be able to stop staring at it.

[–]Lots42 0 points1 point ago

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Twelve minutes in, I'd freak out, put the fish in another tank and hide the original forever.

[–]Milkshaker74 1 point2 points ago

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Keeping a Sentient animal in a 1foot square bowl makes me uncomfortable as well

[–]orko1995 14 points15 points ago

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Never knew fish to be sentient.

[–]Iamsanta 0 points1 point ago

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BINGO

[–]Chancelloriate 2 points3 points ago

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Aww, I never win. :(

[–]Milkshaker74 0 points1 point ago

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'Oh Fuck!' this is the thoughts from a Goldfish right before a Dolphin eats him. I'm drunk and Douglas Adams would approve..the goldfish are sentient.

[–]dr_dickhead 9 points10 points ago

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When did this simple pic of a fishtank turn into a relief effort for goldfish everywhere?

[–]aakaakaak 1 point2 points ago

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Every time someone posts a pic of crappy living conditions for fish.

[–]rahl404 4 points5 points ago

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The living space in comparison to its body size is equivalent to my apartment.

[–]IAMBollock 0 points1 point ago

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Now take everything out of your apartment, cover the floor in gravel and never leave. Oh and you only get fed when food falls through your ceiling.

[–]Havitech 10 points11 points ago

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Also, your piss and shit turn into a fine mist that mixes with the room's air.

[–]DJwalrus 4 points5 points ago

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TIL people = fish

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[–]ProfessorMystery 2 points3 points ago

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It's not even PETA, it's just the typical reddit navel-gazing crowd latching onto what they think is PC so they can feel superior.

[–]IAMBollock -2 points-1 points ago

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Why are you guys downvoting this?! Seriously - a lot of us think this way. Keeping a fish in a bowl like that is fucked up.

[–]AKneelingOx 0 points1 point ago

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no me gusta :(

[–]buzzer_ 0 points1 point ago

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thats terrible !

[–]fuzychiapet 0 points1 point ago

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some fish live on the edge

[–]toyotavan -5 points-4 points ago

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It's seem to me that the imgur image bot is unethical. You are stealing other peoples images to host them on imgur, using bandwidth issues as some kind of reasoning. It doesn't seem right.

[–]RobinTheBrave 11 points12 points ago

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That's given me a great idea - I'll write a bot that rehosts images on imgur and posts them as a new thread with a title of "it's shit like this"

Soon all the karma will belong to me!

[–]xtirpation 1 point2 points ago

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Just grab links directly from imgur-mirror-bot's overview page, you won't even have to do any code for working with imgur's API.

For example here's the bot's overview in json form

[–]Altaco 9 points10 points ago

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I think it makes sense. Often the traffic from reddit can take down small sites if the link gets popular.

[–]Tashre 3 points4 points ago

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Better than making me download a fucking picture on the internet just to look at it.

[–]beanso 4 points5 points ago

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"stealing other people's images"? How is it stealing them? It provides a mirror and nothing more. Go bitch at the people who grab random images off the internet and pretend they took it.

[–]peet200 0 points1 point ago

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it provides a mirror page with ads on it...

[–]kremmy 2 points3 points ago

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...which nobody will click unless the original link stops working. Reddit does crash websites with heavy traffic on occasion.

[–]beanso 1 point2 points ago

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It also provides the direct link...

[–]toyotavan 0 points1 point ago

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Oh sure, "mirroring" without permission is not stealing?

If you asked business webmasters if they want their stuff mirrored on a site that pops it's own ads instead of theirs, completely depriving them of any chance they have of generating revenue from their work, do you really think they would all go for it?

That's really good business isn't it? "Oh no... I'm not stealing your potential for revenue, I'm just -mirroring- your images on my own ad driven site just case your bandwidth pop...Just wanna help..."

You honestly can't see the con there?

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lol

[–]zooba86 0 points1 point ago

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i dont really understand the concept of it also...some one explain pleaseeee?

[–]peet200 1 point2 points ago

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"imgur-mirror-bot is a simple little bot that scans new reddit submissions for image links, and provides a mirror to those images as a comment in the original post" from the imgur-mirror-bot FAQ's

[–]1n2n3n4JAZZHANDS -1 points0 points ago

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That's like a fancy minimalist luxury apartment for a goldfish. The "Movin' on up" theme from the Jeffersons is literally playing in my head right now and will NOT SHUT UP. Thanks reddit.

[–]aquapeat 0 points1 point ago

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unhear it!

[–]shampoocell 0 points1 point ago

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link. It is quite funny. Good call.

[–]Aa_BouncingBee -1 points0 points ago

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how do you think the fish feels?

[–]ChaoticEvil 2 points3 points ago

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Slippery.

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[–]shamrock771 3 points4 points ago

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You do understand what domestication is?

[–]ispringer 0 points1 point ago

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The strain of Endlers Livebearers I have are extinct in the wild. The Rocket killifish I breed prevent the rare, wild caught, fish from dying in the thousands while being shipped from Sierra Leone

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[–]ispringer 0 points1 point ago

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They both have large well planted tanks with good water quality. Killifish (especially the annual species) will spend their entire lives in the water filled footprints of animals, and Endlers live in water with so much alagae that visibility is in inches. An aquarium is much larger than the normal habitat for Killifish, and the Endlers have more visible room than in their natural habitat.

I'm hoping that someday hobbyists like me can re-introduce these species into the wild.

Other hobbyists have been breeding Clownfish in captivity in order to keep the reef living fish from being taken from the wild. This keeps dangerous collecting methods from being used and also gives hobbyists a hardier source for livestock. Reef fish in particular tend to claim a small patch of coral and rock as their own, so tend to do very well in tanks with good water quality. Additionally they tend to have longer life spans than in the wild.

I once had a snowflake eel, I bought him around 20 years ago. It lived to be 12; this is much longer than your typical snowflake lives to be in the wild. I've heard of eels living to be 20 or older however so this wasn't a fluke.

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