Quagulator
Active Member
As the titles states, what are some of the aquaria related "heated" debates you have had outside of forums?
It goes without saying, but please no shaming / name dropping etc. Let's be respectful.
An obvious one I get into with a family member is the classic betta tank size, water changing and filtration / heaters needed for them. Keeping it in a half gallon lunch container with no filter or heater, and only ever topping off evaporation is something I would try to discuss, only to be met with "oh but my last one lived over 2 years, they are only ever supposed to live like 1 year" .... I give up after that and move on with my day.
I recently saw a local add posted for "Echinodorus Big Bear Clippings" $25 for 9 leafs + the leaf stem. I asked the guy what these were used for, and he told me to plant them and they will grow into a new plant. I politely asked if he had proof of this, and he said "they are aquarium plants, that's what they do" and sent me a photo of google saying that sword plants can reproduce via crown splitting. I again, politely explained that trimming a sword leaf near the crown is not the same as uprooting the plant and splitting the crown. He stopped answering after that... Hopefully no one is duped into spending $25 for 9 sword leaves worth of compost....
It goes without saying, but please no shaming / name dropping etc. Let's be respectful.
An obvious one I get into with a family member is the classic betta tank size, water changing and filtration / heaters needed for them. Keeping it in a half gallon lunch container with no filter or heater, and only ever topping off evaporation is something I would try to discuss, only to be met with "oh but my last one lived over 2 years, they are only ever supposed to live like 1 year" .... I give up after that and move on with my day.
I recently saw a local add posted for "Echinodorus Big Bear Clippings" $25 for 9 leafs + the leaf stem. I asked the guy what these were used for, and he told me to plant them and they will grow into a new plant. I politely asked if he had proof of this, and he said "they are aquarium plants, that's what they do" and sent me a photo of google saying that sword plants can reproduce via crown splitting. I again, politely explained that trimming a sword leaf near the crown is not the same as uprooting the plant and splitting the crown. He stopped answering after that... Hopefully no one is duped into spending $25 for 9 sword leaves worth of compost....
