Some people never learn

[AR1]

I discovered a long time ago now that whenever we give advice on this forum, or give an opinion or share an experience, it doesn't just remain on here for our members and visitors to glean information from.

There are sites out there that take information from forums and plaster our info and/or images all over the internet!

As an example, take my thread titled, "Leptobarbus Melanopterus". I posted this thread over a year ago to share my experiences with this new fish I'd purchased.

I updated it very recently and only the other day I entered, "Leptobarbus Melanopterus" into the search engine and within seconds a load of information came up from loads of sites, MFK included.

And when I clicked to "visit" the MFK site, it directed me to my own thread!! I've done this before with other fish threads I've started too.

Any Tom, Dick or Harry can read this information, whether they are experienced in the hobby or not. Some may take my novice advice, which may or may not be accurate, as gospel, and follow my lead on keeping this fish.

It's scary really because a lot of the misinformation you read on all these type of sites, and there are many, could well have been written by well meaning hobbyists such as ourselves. It really puts the onus on hobbyists to be careful what information they are sharing.

In short, it all comes down to personal experiences and one's own understanding of what is right and wrong.

 

[FINWIN]

After having my Oscar Big Boy pushing 14 inches and about 3 inches wide making his 125 look small. I just can't imagine an Oscar in a 10 gallon. ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS!!!

For real. I would have to pick up Brick and lift him out of a 10gallon just to turn him around. At nearly 4lbs he would have displaced all the water. LOL.

Somebody let the gates out at idiot village

 

[DawnMichele]

I would have had to do the same with Big Boy. It's common sense you can't put them in small tanks like that!!! Stuff like this drives me crazy!!!

For real. I would have to pick up Brick and lift him out of a 10gallon just to turn him around. At nearly 4lbs he would have displaced all the water. LOL.

Somebody let the gates out at idiot village

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[REDTAILPUPPIES]

I just noticed, she is not a guy. My bad.

Exactly. I just got flamed for explaining why glofish shouldn't be sold and die quickly, so much that i needed to delete my comment, which was in response to someone claiming they are perfectly normal.

then "someone" is very stupid. but whats worse than glofish? DYE INJECTED GLASSFISH.

 

[SilverArowanaBoi]

then "someone" is very stupid. but whats worse than glofish? DYE INJECTED GLASSFISH.

^ I have to agree. Dye-injected fish are worse as their coloring is injected into them, while glofish are genetically modified for their colors and, therefore, slightly better.