Minimum Aquarium Size - EU Regulations

muddyfox wrote:
A few days ago one of the chaps in my LFS told me that the EU were
going to bring in a regulation on the minimum size an aquarium can be
for keeping fish, which seems fairly sensible to me. But then he told
me that the minimum would be about 60-70 litres and all smaller aquaria
would become illegal.

I have a betta which I love very much because he's such a friendly
little guy (lives in a little 22 litre, filtered, heated, tank with
plants and two little corys) and I was thinking of breeding him
eventually (allbeit, in a much larger tank for the breeding) but if I
need 60-70 litres for _each_ of the male fry there's just no way I
could do it. I was thinking about raising the males in little 10 litre
tanks.

Has anyone else heard about this?

Thanks,

muddy


I know for sure that Rome has outlawed goldfish bowls - check the BBC
news archives...

In the UK it still is not illegal but a lot of places have "best
practices" in operation and refuse to sell anything under 3 gall
(Maidenhead Aquatics being one of them)....some Pet Shops still sell the
smaller stuff...

On balance it would probably be better if these smaller tanks were
outlawed - it would save many a goldfish from torment - in the UK it
generally tends to be goldfish that get housed in these little
tanks...but it does raise a dilemma for those that breed fish or want to
keep a betta in comfort but not a massive tank for one fish...

It would be worth looking into this...maybe as ever legislation will get
pushed through without much real thought by people who understand that
there are exceptions...

Gill