naive question...

"El Roberto" wrote in message
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As those of you who read my last post know, I was lucky enough to be in
possession of a Black Moor fish for a month - before I killed the poor
little guy, but that's another story - and am currently scouting around
aquariums looking for some replacements, to arrive once my tank has
cycled.

However, I was a little freaked out as the moors they had in the shop were
a good six inches in length (mine was an inch), and to be honest kinda
freaked me out a bit - I'm looking for a small fish, not a monster...
what's more, the goldfish they had were 7 or 8 inches long, much bigger
than I expected they'd ever grow.

Anyway, basic fish questions:

1) I assume the big fish were a few years older than mine was, and will
grow to that size if you keep them alive and healthy in a tank? Who'd want
to buy a fish that size unless they were tossing it in a garden pond?


I would.
I keep and sell many full size goldys with a soft spot for big moors and
oranda's
they are expensive and bluntly customers like yourself are not the target
consumer.
Anyway I rekon they are great
just need good solid filters for their waste



2) Is that old story true about fish only growing as big as the tank you
put them in? I really don't want to end up with my 21 litre hexagonal tank
full of sea bass-sized critters....

NO!!!!!
you can stunt a fish with lower than needed temp and nutritionally poor food
and **** water
but it won't live long
that is why we say 40L of water per goldfish!!!!




Methinks I need to do a marine biology course...

best

R