Why Keep Gold Fish In Bowls? Misplaced Facts

Pet Care

oi-Anwesha

By Anwesha Barari

Wednesday, March 7, 2012, 16:43

You must have seen many gold fish kept in bowls in the houses of your friends and acquaintances. Please tell them that they are killing this beautiful animal and you at least do not repeat the same mistake when you are planning keep fish as pets. All fish need movement and even gold fish which is generally considered 'lazy', too needs to move around. But in a bowl do they really have the space to even turn around?

Gold fish kept in bowls or other wise are the most misunderstood fish ever. People use them more as decoration than real fish who are living beings. Here are some of the things that you probably did not know about this beautiful animal.

Gold Fish In Bowls: Misplaced Facts

1. Why In Bowls? Is there any particular reason why gold fish are kept in bowls while even smaller fish like mollies get an big aquarium just to themselves. It is just the mind set that gold fish look good in bowls. If you want to decorate your house then buy decorative show pieces. We have no right to cramp up a living breathing fish just for our entertainment.

2. Who Came First The Chicken Or The Egg? This is the eternal dilemma always haunting man kind. In fact it extends to fish kind too now. Gold fish have been termed as lazy and in active fish with no movement. Is it inactive because you have put in a bowl that does not allow it to move or have you kept it in a cramped up bowl because it doesn't move anyway? Tough one to answer.

3. They Die Too Soon: So why invest is it? If you have a problem with the longevity of the fish then why buy it all? Actually even this accusation does not stand against gold fish because they can live for very long time. It can in fact out live you if you die young! The oldest known gold fish named Trish, in the world lived for 43 fulfilling years. Your gold fish is probably dying young because it is stagnated. Fish need movement to live. If they are stagnant at one place they die.

4. Gold Fish Eat Too Much: Yes, they are greedy big mouths that is true but children are always greedy. Do you let your children overeat? The deal is that gold fish have no stomach at all. There is only temporary storage for their food in the digestive tracts. So your gold fish needs food in small amounts at regular intervals. If you overfeed it at once it will die. After all it is a big animal and needs to eat to support it's bulk, so do not starve it.

These pet care tips should be able explain why gold fish kept in bowls are leading an unhealthy life so give it some space.