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Especially goldfish, which are in the carp family and honestly theres a good case to be made theyre really pond fish more than fish-tank fish.

The only reason they stay so small in captivity is because they produce a hormone that stunts growth- this is supposed to give them a competive advantage over other goldfish, and help the collective population survive if they’re in a small body of water where resources are limited. This can and does happen in nature, but a bowl or even moderately sized tank takes that to a pretty significant extreme compared to what “limited space and resources” might look like in a sectioned off area of even a small pond

If we’re taking care of animals and accepting responsibility for their wellbeing I think its fair to say we really ought to provide them with reasonable conditions and not just saddle them with less than that because they are hardy enough to survive those suboptimal conditions

Just realized I’m posting from my alt lol, I may not see replies for a bit

Here and available for any and all ovipositors except peter thiel’s

Oh shit I missed February, hmu next Feb folks

Butt-snipes lookin kinda cute tho… 😳