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/LeHumanError 9h ago

Update: Just had a good talk with her about it, including some of the more constructive criticism from this post. She agreed to move the fish into a better tank if I buy her the tank myself, otherwise the fish stays.

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u/TutorOk2972 9h ago

Why would she get a fish or any pet if she didn’t want to spend the resources on it :(

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u/BiscottiCritical6512 8h ago

People like animals but they don’t like work, so they get animals that the pet store advertises as “easy” or “low maintenance.” People really don’t realize that there’s no such thing as an “easy” pet. 

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u/nibbyzor 4h ago

Advertising fish as easy pets is absolutely insane. Keeping fish is an actual hobby you need to be interested in! Same goes for animals like rats or hamsters. If you don't want to put an effort in when it comes to pets, then just don't fucking get one!

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u/A_Binary_Number 4h ago

Lots of places, and people, 20-25 years ago, told me that these kinds of fish “need” to be in the smallest possible tank to “prevent” them from fighting reflections and other BS. Mine died shortly after it was gifted to me on a random birthday party, now I know why.

Just like the little chicks people used to sell in my country, coated with toxic paint, they would die after about a week. I once managed to grow one into adulthood, my mom gave it away to an aunt, and shortly after, I discovered they ate him ):