Our aquarium pump stopped working. Between that and the lack of plecostomus, our aquarium has turned a not very lovely shade of green. Witness:
We currently have three 12-cent goldfish in the tank, all perfectly healthy but probably not very happy. What we need to do is replace the aquarium pump and get a super-hungry pleco. What we’d like to do is empty the aquarium and throw it away. I don’t want to invest any more $$ into the tank—we’ve had it for a few years—and we have bad luck with non-goldfish varieties so it’s not like setting it up as a saltwater tank will make us all think it’s super-cool again. We (me and Victor) just plain don’t want it anymore.
Therein lies the dilemma: What do you do with aquarium fish you no longer want?
- Should we flush the live fish? Are we horrible people for even considering it?
- Should we eat the fish? Maybe fry ‘em up with some taters?
- Should we let them die a slow, algae’d-up gills death? Is this more humane than flushing them live?
Any and all advice will be read and considered, unless it contains words that make us seem like we’re evil.
How about trying the "free" section on craigslist? Should some greenish-gold fish lover take you up on the offer you'll be able to avoid the bad karma potential the other choices carry.
ReplyDeleteIsn't there a nearby frat house that could use them?
ReplyDeleteThere must be someway you can get them "adopted" like any other pet?
ReplyDeleteWe'll take one of them. Parker has one fish and thinks he is lonely. Since this fish refuses to die, (we've had the sucker for 3 years) we might as well get him a friend.
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