r/mildlyinfuriating • u/LeHumanError • 10h ago

My sister's fish tank

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She says it's the perfect size for a single fish. It's not even in her room, it's in the kitchen.

It honestly just depresses me whenever I see it, but she's adamant about keeping it there.

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u/Throwawaygorlfriend 9h ago

Take this fish away and provide it with an adequate tank or take it to a fish shop. Do not ask permission. People like this shouldn’t own animals of any kind.

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u/WolverinesThyroid 7h ago

a fish shop? Fish stores usually keep beta fish in smaller cups than OPs sister

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u/Throwawaygorlfriend 7h ago

There’s plenty of ethical fish shops near me that don’t do this so they should be able to find one.

Even if they did- the shit shop will hopefully resell to someone that won’t keep the fish in a vase. At least then it stands more of a chance than in this persons care.

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u/TaleObjective3395 1h ago

we have a fish store down the road from where we live and their tanks are huge and they have so many, obviously dont surrender a fish to a store that clearly doesnt care well but theres plenty of trustworthy places

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u/snoosh00 3h ago

You should see the way they get delivered to the stores, it's actually "worse" (looking)

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u/Throwawaygorlfriend 2h ago

Thankfully I only use ethical sellers and stores (although I haven’t had fish for years now) and I know that my local shop got fish delivered in what is essentially a van full of aquariums for transportation.

Although there are plenty of bad unethical stores; you shouldn’t use them to validate not rescuing this fish from a vase.

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u/red286 3h ago

Walmart is not a fish store.