Comments on: What to do with your goldfish when you go overseas http://ozsoapbox.com/goldfish/what-to-do-with-your-goldfish-when-you-go-overseas/ because criticism isn't an armchair sport Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:22:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ozsoapbox http://ozsoapbox.com/goldfish/what-to-do-with-your-goldfish-when-you-go-overseas/#comment-15160 ozsoapbox Wed, 09 Jun 2010 10:58:57 +0000 http://ozsoapbox.com/?p=3829#comment-15160 One tiny goldfish? This is one of the major problems of modern society. People running around thinking their own actions are all that matters. How many millions of goldfish are sold around the world each year? If everyone was an irresponsible pet owner and fushed their goldfish there'd be massive consequences for local ecosystems. All it takes is one diseased dead goldfish to enter the food chain and then it's your tax dollars that'll be fixing the problem. You wouldn't flush a cat, dog or bird down the toilet so why a goldfish? You don't need to hold a state funeral for your fish but is it really that hard to put a goldfish in bag and throw it in the bin? One tiny goldfish?

This is one of the major problems of modern society. People running around thinking their own actions are all that matters.

How many millions of goldfish are sold around the world each year? If everyone was an irresponsible pet owner and fushed their goldfish there’d be massive consequences for local ecosystems. All it takes is one diseased dead goldfish to enter the food chain and then it’s your tax dollars that’ll be fixing the problem.

You wouldn’t flush a cat, dog or bird down the toilet so why a goldfish? You don’t need to hold a state funeral for your fish but is it really that hard to put a goldfish in bag and throw it in the bin?

]]> By: ? ? ? http://ozsoapbox.com/goldfish/what-to-do-with-your-goldfish-when-you-go-overseas/#comment-15156 ? ? ? Wed, 09 Jun 2010 07:54:56 +0000 http://ozsoapbox.com/?p=3829#comment-15156 ok we r talking about flushing one tiny golfish down the tiolet. 1. it costs about $2 at the petshop 2. it will not stuff up the entire ecosystem because of 1 tiny fish 3. ITS A GOLDFISH ok we r talking about flushing one tiny golfish down the tiolet.

1. it costs about $2 at the petshop

2. it will not stuff up the entire ecosystem because of 1 tiny fish

3. ITS A GOLDFISH

]]> By: ozsoapbox http://ozsoapbox.com/goldfish/what-to-do-with-your-goldfish-when-you-go-overseas/#comment-9629 ozsoapbox Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:17:03 +0000 http://ozsoapbox.com/?p=3829#comment-9629 Very important point there francochan and I'm glad you raised it. Here in Australia in particular goldfish are not native and pond fish (koi) are even banned in a few states (I know in Victoria they are not sure about the rest). The same principal applies to releasing plants into the natural ecosystem as it does with animals including fish. You only need to look at those crazy starfish we're currently battling that demolish everything in sight because there's no natural predators for them in our waters to see the potential effects of this. Very important point there francochan and I’m glad you raised it. Here in Australia in particular goldfish are not native and pond fish (koi) are even banned in a few states (I know in Victoria they are not sure about the rest).

The same principal applies to releasing plants into the natural ecosystem as it does with animals including fish.

You only need to look at those crazy starfish we’re currently battling that demolish everything in sight because there’s no natural predators for them in our waters to see the potential effects of this.

]]> By: francochan http://ozsoapbox.com/goldfish/what-to-do-with-your-goldfish-when-you-go-overseas/#comment-9610 francochan Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:14:58 +0000 http://ozsoapbox.com/?p=3829#comment-9610 The danger of flushing a live fish down the toilet is not just to the fish... but to the fish in the rivers and waterways that the sewers lead to. Certain regions of the globe actually have goldfish in a pestilence, and certain aquarium predators end up disrupting the balance of the ecosystem when they wind up in a river. Just imagine if a predator like an Arapaima, Aruana, Channa Bleheri (snakehead), Oscar, or a Flowerhorn end up in a river and procreate... The danger of flushing a live fish down the toilet is not just to the fish… but to the fish in the rivers and waterways that the sewers lead to. Certain regions of the globe actually have goldfish in a pestilence, and certain aquarium predators end up disrupting the balance of the ecosystem when they wind up in a river. Just imagine if a predator like an Arapaima, Aruana, Channa Bleheri (snakehead), Oscar, or a Flowerhorn end up in a river and procreate…

]]> By: ozsoapbox http://ozsoapbox.com/goldfish/what-to-do-with-your-goldfish-when-you-go-overseas/#comment-7832 ozsoapbox Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:05:00 +0000 http://ozsoapbox.com/?p=3829#comment-7832 Flush?! May the desperate faces of your fishies haunt you in your dreams as they die a slow painful death suffocating on chlorine and ammonia! Flush?!

May the desperate faces of your fishies haunt you in your dreams as they die a slow painful death suffocating on chlorine and ammonia!

]]> By: Jimbo Jones http://ozsoapbox.com/goldfish/what-to-do-with-your-goldfish-when-you-go-overseas/#comment-7831 Jimbo Jones Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:17:28 +0000 http://ozsoapbox.com/?p=3829#comment-7831 *FLUSH* *FLUSH*

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