I guess it is because I have so many years in dog and horse rescue that I tend to have the bleeding heart syndrome when it comes to my fish or any other creature. I have had so many abused dogs and I sit looking at them and wondering what they had to endure before I got them. What made them who they are? I do the same for people as well.
I tend to make bad decisions when I buy fish. I buy with my heart rather then my brain, I guess. I once purchased 10 starving, half dead Oto's they were laying on their side in the bag on the way home. I wanted to "save them" Some of them lived and are now fat and happy so... It can work.
I have to fight my way past the nasty Betta cups every time I am in Petco because they call to me "Save me!" but thus far I have resisted. I don't want to start or my house will have hundreds of little 20 gallon Betta set ups.
When I bought my Angels, there were a few with issues. I purposely took those fish. One, my Black Angel has a gimpy fin but he CAN use it sometimes. Mostly it sits against his body. He gets along fine, grew very large and seems happy. (how do we really know?) I would suspect had I not taken him, they would have flushed him or the other fish might have eaten him, who knows. I can't help but wonder what caused the Gimpy fin? It reminded me of Nemo so... It called to me. Is there any way to know by looking at a fin like that what might have happened to him? I would love to get a good picture of it but ideally video would be the way to go. I don't have a video of him sadly.
Anyone else have the "cast outs" of the fish world? Maybe I am nuts but I can enjoy the less favored fish as much as the best specimen, I guess.
I tend to make bad decisions when I buy fish. I buy with my heart rather then my brain, I guess. I once purchased 10 starving, half dead Oto's they were laying on their side in the bag on the way home. I wanted to "save them" Some of them lived and are now fat and happy so... It can work.
I have to fight my way past the nasty Betta cups every time I am in Petco because they call to me "Save me!" but thus far I have resisted. I don't want to start or my house will have hundreds of little 20 gallon Betta set ups.
When I bought my Angels, there were a few with issues. I purposely took those fish. One, my Black Angel has a gimpy fin but he CAN use it sometimes. Mostly it sits against his body. He gets along fine, grew very large and seems happy. (how do we really know?) I would suspect had I not taken him, they would have flushed him or the other fish might have eaten him, who knows. I can't help but wonder what caused the Gimpy fin? It reminded me of Nemo so... It called to me. Is there any way to know by looking at a fin like that what might have happened to him? I would love to get a good picture of it but ideally video would be the way to go. I don't have a video of him sadly.
Anyone else have the "cast outs" of the fish world? Maybe I am nuts but I can enjoy the less favored fish as much as the best specimen, I guess.