no hari-goshi it wasn't personally intended for you. it was a general statment from what i have seen/read over and over. i have seen posts on this sight where ppl turned into a lynch mob and all because one person posted something that wasn't even said by the op and everyone else runs with that instead of reading it for themselves. i guess it was ment for iexiak not to get worked up over what ppl say since they are only trying to help. i think iexiak is aware of what the major issue is and that the tank is waaayyyyyy to small for the fish kept in there.
call them e-hugs if you want but i would much rather encourage someone to do the right thing by giving them advice to help their situation untill they can do what needs to be done (in this case a much bigger tank) instead of keep telling them what is wrong.
being realistic, as i said in earlier post, the oscar will more than likely develop hole in the head disease and die from poor water quality. iexiak needs to keep on top of water conditions or all the fish will eventually die. being realistic, i don't agree with the size of the tank and again being realistic, odds are iexiak will purchace a 55 gal which by most standards is still too small for the fish which are kept in the 29 gal.
the best we can do here is support, encourage, and advise since we have no control over what iexiak or anybody else does. if iexiak wishes to ignore what advice is given, and chooses to let his/her (sorry, not sure if your guy or gal) fish suffer till they die then i would quit trying to help. general statement for anyone that would feel that way.
i know with my kids, that if i keep telling them what they done wrong and not explaining what they can do to start to make the issue better they will try to stop listening to me (little do they know i will never give up hehehe). i know adults are the same way and worse cause they don't have to listen and can walk away. i don't want that to happen with any noobie since the fish will suffer the most and some have suffered enough already.
again i'm sorry hari-goshi if you thought it was a personal attack, that was not my intent. if i'm out of line with anything i've said please feel free to slap me down but please do it in a pm and not here. i don't want to hijack this thread with this issue ok.
