Memz
New Member
Evening everyone,
With my job, I get to go into lots of people's houses, on Monday, I happened to be in an elderly couples house and noticed there was a 4 foot tank. In it were about a dozen fish, (still new so couldn't ID them) they seemed healthy enough, swimming normally but the tank looked a bit........ grubby. It had an internal filter and a heater and there were a few real plants. I asked the old fella how often he did a water change and he replied "Ooooh, I change half the water roughly every 18 MONTHS!!!"
The situation was very delicate and there was no way I could start telling him what to do, blimey, I've only just started this fish keeping recently anyway.
So...... As the title asks, how are they still alive? They didn't seem in distress. Do they just get used to it?
I did feel a bit envious as it was a lovely tank that wasn't being looked after properly and I just know I could have made it look and function better.
With my job, I get to go into lots of people's houses, on Monday, I happened to be in an elderly couples house and noticed there was a 4 foot tank. In it were about a dozen fish, (still new so couldn't ID them) they seemed healthy enough, swimming normally but the tank looked a bit........ grubby. It had an internal filter and a heater and there were a few real plants. I asked the old fella how often he did a water change and he replied "Ooooh, I change half the water roughly every 18 MONTHS!!!"
The situation was very delicate and there was no way I could start telling him what to do, blimey, I've only just started this fish keeping recently anyway.
So...... As the title asks, how are they still alive? They didn't seem in distress. Do they just get used to it?
I did feel a bit envious as it was a lovely tank that wasn't being looked after properly and I just know I could have made it look and function better.