Monday, July 17, 2006

Fostering fish?

So, they have foster homes for cats and dogs. Do people foster fish? Mr. Raisins and I are the lazy owners of two fish tanks, one is 80 gallons. We love the fish and how they're still alive is a mystery to us. If anyone ever tells you it's hard to keep fish alive, they're lying. Anyways, we won't be able to take the fish with us for the big move to Cali in a year. I don't like the idea of just flushing the guys. Especially the big, ugly goldfish who is now white and ugly from a case of fin rot. He's been hanging in there for over 2 years. Hence, the question of whether people foster fish. Plus, we have a special needs fish in the small tank who lives with a guppy. The guppy spends his time up high while the handicapped fish lives in the castle, only coming out to eat. We don't know what happened to him, but his back half appears to be paralyzed, so he's much smaller than his brother because of atrophy and he's kind of S-shaped. And he apparently is only capable of swimming in a vertical position. He's my favorite. My own little Nemo.

If anyone will have a desire for an 80-gallon tank with 2 rainbow sharks, 2 albino sharks, three tetras, 1 goldfish, 2 suckerfish, 1 African bumblebee, 1 yellow lab, some cool blue-striped fish, and some big, expensive, ugly fish (like I know everything that lives in there) we may have something for you next year.

1 comment:

Christie said...

There are definitely people who will take your fish especially in desperate situations. Your local freshwater aquarium club will take them, people on internet fish forums and even the ASPCA or local Herp rescue center will usually take fish. Flushing live fish, aside from being totally illegal and threat to the environment, is inhumane of course and I have no doubt people will step up to take them in. You can even try selling or giving away your set up on Craigslist.org or Freecycle. There are hundreds of online forums where fish people will take yours off your hands. Some that come to mind are:

www.aquamaniacs.net
www.flippersandfins.net
www.fishforums.net
www.fishgeeks.com
www.aquariacentral.com

There are many many more as well.

You can also auction them off at Aquabid.com