Keeping Fish No Filter No Heater?

[ShinySideUp]

Going back to the bathroom analogy. If you were forced to live in your bathroom but were unable to tell anyone what you felt and were fed, watered and every now and again they brought a woman (or man dependent on your gender) so you could procreate to relieve the boredom or because you had urges, then from an outsiders point of view you would be living a fulfilled and happy life. Just because your fish breed and don't die does not necessarily mean good fishkeeping.

Back in the Fold: I have fish that are wild caught, if I had known at the time that was the case I would not have bought them. However, they are here now and I can't put them back so I do my best to provide as natural an environment that I can, indeed it has cost me a small fortune to do this as a six-foot tank is not cheap to buy or run.

 

[Back in the fold]

@ShinySideUp I got stuck in the bathroom once and no one would bring me the toilet paper I needed. I know for a fact they won't bring me a woman.

 

[Barry Tetra]

Going back to the bathroom analogy. If you were forced to live in your bathroom but were unable to tell anyone what you felt and were fed, watered and every now and again they brought a woman (or man dependent on your gender) so you could procreate to relieve the boredom or because you had urges, then from an outsiders point of view you would be living a fulfilled and happy life. Just because your fish breed and don't die does not necessarily mean good fishkeeping.

Back in the Fold: I have fish that are wild caught, if I had known at the time that was the case I would not have bought them. However, they are here now and I can't put them back so I do my best to provide as natural an environment that I can, indeed it has cost me a small fortune to do this as a six-foot tank is not cheap to buy or run.

Me too, I dont like the idea of catching fish from the wild and put them in a tank.

 

[FishGuest5123]

Won't the water from the other tank include beneficial bacteria?

No. The bacteria must cling to something and doesn’t live in the water.

 

[FishGuest5123]

Gosh, I have the biggest urge to go set all of my fish free now.