Curtis Mitchell;630520 wrote: Give them a break we all have growing pains in this hobby. Instea of bashing some one for being newbie give advise if you got nothing good to say then don't .
+1... well said.
Curtis Mitchell;630520 wrote: Give them a break we all have growing pains in this hobby. Instea of bashing some one for being newbie give advise if you got nothing good to say then don't .
db366;630560 wrote: Live and learn, posting that on here though is like eating a steak sandwich at a PETA rally..
Aston Martin;630776 wrote: To my knowledge there are only two types of poisonous spiders in GA, the Black Widow and Brown Recluse. As far as snakes go? The state of GA has a whopping 4, Rattle, Copperhead, Cottonmouth and Coral. Of which only 2 (Rattle and Copperhead) have Alpharetta as a solidly proven range.
In this hobby it is well documented that for every fish that makes it to an aquarium there are untold numbers that die on the reef or in transit, then there are the losses at the aquarists hands. All to what end? So we can torture the strong ones by placing them in little glass boxes for our own enjoyment? It just seems like a newb with 4 posts would be better served through education and guidance then condemnation. The hobby has come a long way but can you really call it humane at its best?
Amici;630768 wrote: All of those can pose a risk to our health. Flies carry diseases as do roaches and mice, many spiders can make you extremely sick if they bite you and many many snakes (especially in my area) are venomous. I don't kill something that isn't a risk to my health.
What risk do damsels <u>(which are a pet species)</em></u> pose? The others you mentioned, unless domesticated, can be considered nouscence species.
grouper therapy;630904 wrote: I would venture to say that most who posted in this thread in condemnation of this person did not quarantine one fish before placing it in their tank, putting every fish in there at risk of a disease or parasite if not death . At least this person did it out of not knowing better not out of negligence.
carpenter981;630925 wrote: Not knowing better? Who doesnt know that its wrong to flush a living fish down the toilet? </em>
Not QTing a fish is completely different from this.</em>
sarahh;630969 wrote: fwiw in future, can you jump online and give all us old bleeding hearts a chance to make your fish disappear for ya? even at 8pm, i will go on a (somewhat local) mercy mission![]()
insane_reef_keeper;630997 wrote: Welcome Mark! Just no more fish flushing will ya? We don't want it to become a sport.![]()
db366;630560 wrote: Live and learn, posting that on here though is like eating a steak sandwich at a PETA rally..