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The Orchive

Get it? Orchive? Orca?

Below is a master list of (mostly) my original posts that address frequently asked questions! This is a living document and may not be comprehensive. I also utilize an extensive tagging system!

Please note that some topics contain multiple links, so look carefully!

Zoos & Aquariums (General)

How do I know if a zoo is ethical?

Stereotypical behaviors

Unethical animal sanctuaries

Why are so many zoos "for-profit"?

Elephants in zoos

Zoos & Aquariums (Specific)

The Beluga Whale Sanctuary

Clearwater Marine Aquarium

The National Aquarium

Disney's Animal Kingdom

Greensboro Science Center

SEA LIFE aquariums

Gulfarium Marine Adventure Park

Brookfield Zoo

Dolphin Quest (and Dolphin Connection)

SOS Dolfijn

Killer Whales & SeaWorld

Why I'm "pro captivity"

Is SeaWorld AZA accredited?

What about Blackfish?

How SeaWorld helps animals

SeaWorld's marine rescue program

Why is public sentiment against SeaWorld?

Why do orcas' dorsal fins collapse in human care?

Should whales and dolphins have larger tanks?

SeaWorld's killer whale breeding program

Life expectancy of SeaWorld's killer whales

Should SeaWorld have ended their breeding program?

Why did SeaWorld use artificial insemination?

Are killer whales "too smart" to be in captivity?

Why does SeaWorld teach their orcas to do "circus tricks"?

Keiko (Free Willy)

Tilikum

Tokitae

Morgan

Dawn Brancheau

Toa & Ingrid Visser

Kiska & Marineland Canada

Killer Whale Ecotypes

Should Tokitae move to SeaWorld?

Why are those orcas attacking boats?

How do whales sleep?

Other Cetaceans

What's it really like for a whale or dolphin in an aquarium?

Aren't scientists against cetacean captivity?

What are some sources supporting cetaceans in human care?

What do we learn from having cetaceans in aquariums?

Do dolphins do well in captivity?

Don't wild dolphins swim hundreds of miles a day?

How long do dolphins live in captivity?

Swim-with-dolphins Programs

Dolphin shows

Wild dolphin tours

Do dolphins enjoy being touched?

US Navy Marine Mammal Program

Hvladimir the "Russian Spy Whale"

Indoor vs Outdoor marine mammal habitats

Why reproduction is important to cetacean welfare

Opposing the SWIMS Act

Cetacean ultrasounds

Why sea pens aren't the perfect solution

How come we can't just free the dolphins?

Pets

Adopt don't shop?

Vet Medicine & Vet School

Zoo opportunities for vet techs

Client abuse

Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare

Veal crates

Dairy hutches

Dissections

Animal rights groups spread misinformation

Why don't you support the Humane Society of the United States?

Do you support the ASPCA?

Trophy hunting

Other

Commercial fisheries

Shark finning

Red wolves

Fun facts about eels

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I would say the fishtank is not big enough, of only for the clown knife as those get massive. I think they’re also predatory enough to potentially cause problems for all the smaller species, but the one we have at work isnt kept with anything smaller than clown loaches (and a random baby cichlid that hides near some rocks, that tank shares water with an African rift lake cichlid tank and somehow one migrated)

It looks to be in the tank in the middle of the room. Judging by the actor, Lawrence Gilliard Jr's height (70 inches) the tank is at least 90 gallons.

It's pushing it for that kind of stocking, but a 90g for a young Chitala ornata is decent. Wouldn't go smaller than a 60x24x24 (150g) for an adult, maybe sacrifice that height to add length instead.

But yeah... probably shouldn't house it with anything you wouldn't want eaten for sure.

I'll update the post with this information :)

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they may be ugly but now it's time for

is the fish tank big enough?

Sort of...

well, all of them are except for that bowfront in the last pic...it's on thin ice only because I can't tell if those are goldfish or not.

As for the 90g in the middle of the room...It's pushing it for that kind of stocking, but a 90g for a young Chitala ornata is decent. Wouldn't go smaller than a 60x24x24 (150g) for an adult, maybe sacrifice that height to add length instead.

and there's too many fish for me to do a cross reference if they're compatible and can withstand the same parameters right now. Perhaps another time.

"These are my tetras." WeeBey says, pointing to a tank full of gouramis, platies or mollies, giant danios, tiger barbs, a betta, and what looks like a very small blood parrot cichlid. There's what could be some white & black skirt tetras in there too I guess, also I think I saw a painted glassfish swim by. This tank is something

those very sad goldfish/maybe koi in that other little tank, nooo

and i'm pretty sure thats a knifefish you can see in one of the background tanks too

All that money and his tanks are so ugly :( It's time someone draggeed WeeBey's fish room

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The Fish Tank from Grey's Anatomy is Big Enough

we have a single big eye squirrelfish which need anywhere from 60-100g depending on your source, a couple of blue damsels which need about 30g at least, a yellow tang or two which need 90g, and a kole yellow eye tang - 60g. The stocking does tend to get changed up slightly (or maybe we're just seeing more fish? Who's to say) between episodes or seasons, including having a variety of different surgeon fish, a bird wrasse, etc. Using the filing boxes as a reference that puts the tank at minimum 60g however with how comfortable the fish look inside the tank, and certain up close shots lead me to believe it's actually much bigger--at least 100g. Ultimately this is an accurate representation of what fish truly need--space, filtration, hiding spots.

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“https://www.tumblr.com/nebluus/731670924751994880/got-these-little-guys-today-and-they-cured-my?source=share” ?

This is at least an 8 gallon bowl for a school of Sundadanio axelrodi which get no larger than 1 inch.

Bowls are fine if they're large enough, a lot of sensible aquascape enthusiasts are creating wonderful scapes with bowls and microfish.

The OP seems to be just that, an aquascaper with experience on board.

The fish bowl is big enough!

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Hello! I wanted to ask--what is a good "beginner" place to get back into keeping freshwater fishes. I'm not *exactly* a beginner since as a young child my parents kept some large tanks with guppies, upside-down catfish, and even some kissing fish and plecos who lived my entire childhood and reached enourmous sizes in their big tank. But I am stricken, since my teenagehood and having tried to keep and improve the home for my dear betta Chompy that I realized that maybe even the "large tanks" we had weren't nearly big enough to make those fish's lives the best, and want to know what's a good re-starting point for someone who just wants a proper sized tank with just one or two delightful little fishes to pamper. Bettas are a favorite of mine and if you have any recommendations of what coexists with bettas in a good-sized and filtered tank I would be happy to hear it.

Can't go wrong with a 20 gallon if you're going to keep a small school tbh!

A betta would be happy in a 20g with tetras, rasboras, corydoras, or mystery snails. Shrimp are iffy-- betta have been known to eat adults and definitely juveniles, although some people have had success with adults coexisting. The tank mates mentioned would need to be in groups of 5 or so, however.

If you want a singular-type that isn't a betta, then I believe some gourami do fine alone, due to some species being aggressive. And these guys stay fairly small, too. Anything else seems like it would need large tanks (cichlids mostly), or demand more complicated perameters (bumblebee goby, dario dario, pea puffers...). Of course, you could always go bigger than 20g! But it's the perfect size for starting imo. I have found anything smaller is even a struggle for me lol.

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I received a NAVLE diagnoses booklet at the beginning of last year so I figured I'd type the Aquatics portion up and share it with you all as a tool to assess what may be wrong with your fish and/or system

Aquatic Diagnoses

Ammonia management

Anemia

Anesthesia (including MS-222)

Bacterial infection (including Aeromonas hydrophilia, Columnaris, Mycobacteriosis, Vibriosis, Streptococcosis, Francisella)

Chlorine/Chloramine toxicity

Copper toxicity

Dissolved oxygen management

Gas supersaturation

Hypo/hypersalinity

Lymphocystis

Neoplasia (including fibrosarcoma in goldfish)

Nitrate toxicity

Nitrite toxicity (new tank syndrome)

Parasites, internal/external (including Monogenea, Argulus, and Laernea)

pH management

Protozoal disease (including ichthyophthirius and Cryptocaryon)

Swim blacder syndrome

Temperature management

Trauma

True fungak infection (including Aspergillus)

Types of filtration (biofilter, chemical, etc)

Viral infection (including spring viremia of carp and koi herpes virus)

Water mold infection

Zinc toxicity

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I have reason to believe the video has been slowed down.

Coldwater fish will also slow down when it's a bit cold out, too, however. So these koi seem healthy to me.

fitzfishponds on ig

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hello wonderful fish person,

my mustard betta has been sluggish. he has attempted to eat, but spits the food out after a much or two. he has been seen lying on his side at the bottom of his tank quite often recently, and I'm beginning to notice a white patch on his underside....

I've tried doing research but it all seems overwhelming and i don't exactly know of any solid sources i can trust. do you know how i can help my Betta, Sir Samuel?

When assessing fish diseases there's some important things to consider and check off your list:

Water quality - can you test your water? Are your nitrate, nitrites, and ammonia at reasonable levels? Even if your tank is cycled something may have happened to cause a spike in ammonia (I had a plant die suddenly once and cause a mini uncycling event)

Water changes - when was the last time you've done one? Did you vacuum the substrate (if applicable)?

Consider the most common fish diseases: parasites, air bladder disease, bacterial infection, fungal infection

Consider the common diseases specifically for bettas: non wild type bettas have been selectively bred for their showy fins and colors and tend to have a poor gene pool and common diseases for them because of this involves tumors and generally short lifespans.

Bacterial and fungal infections are typical but are usually brought on by poor water quality (which weakens fish immunity, which allows opportunistic microorganisms to increase and cause harm).

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It sounds like your fish being at the bottom may be causing the belly abrasions, but I don't have eyes on your fish like you do, so I could be wrong. Lying at the bottom of the tank immediately makes me think stress or water issues. Food may be too big, unless he's previously not had issue eating it before.

I'm sure you know, but Bettas often sleep at the bottom of their tanks and when recently bought they've been known to change their colors as they grow in healthy environments.

TLDR: always check water parameters and then go from there. If you suspect it's an infection, you may be able to treat with Seachem Metroplex, but you may be shooting in the dark with medication (i.e. not a guaranteed cure). If you've only had the betta for a while, then it may be stress versus typical old age problems.

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Hi same anon who sent an ask about the orange gar video, I think the link somehow didn’t work but the video is still up. Here’s a working link, and another link to his short about the same fish.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXTu40mqnGI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIlYbuEh68M

Hope the links work for you. I forgot to include the short in my ask, and one of the comments on the video said that he caught the same orange gar that was shown in the video about two years ago when it was posted at the time, making it more suspicious to me then I went to try find the video the comment talked about but unfortunately I couldn’t find it (maybe it was more than two or now three years ago).

His channel is Catch Em All Fishing with Zak Catch em, with the video and short called “RAREST HYBRID FISH Breed CAPTURED in FLORIDA!” and “MIXING FISH GENETICS! #Shorts” in the case the links didn’t work again.

lmao so The whole thing is he's joking about a flowerhorn and a gar being the parents of a leucistic gar. A ciclid (the flowerhorn) and a lepiostid (gar) cannot hybridize. But the youtuber is basically making a joke out of it. Mostly for views and fooling people with no fish knowledge. Kinda like telling kids about the tooth fairy. Anyone with fish knowledge catches onto the bit. I definitely don't like the guy, but he seems to be taking care of his fish well enough and underneath the Youtube Persona (the one that's, you know, trying to milk views to make a living) I believe is a knowledgeable guy.

TLDR: Is Zak Catch Em taking care of his fish: Most likely Is he knowledgeable? Most Likely Should I watch his videos for a laugh? If you want Should I watch his videos for factual information? Proceed with Caution, there are better resources. It's up to you if you want to watch/support someone who showboats and acts like a modern day Jester. Just be sure to do your research if you find yourself wondering if something he says is true (Example: in the video he demonstrates care in regard to the Gar's nose, that part is true, and he mentions how strong the scales of a gar are, which is also true.)

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?? It is 15+? It’s a 20 gallon tank? But thank you!

My bad! I meant 25+ 😅

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Is a 20 gallon tank big enough for 3 honey gouramis

3 may be pushing it. I'd be more comfortable having a 25+ for 3.

If you go ahead with 3 I would have a back up plan in case one needs to be taken out ^^

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Hope you don't mind me asking about this, but I just came across this video and is this not shady from the way this guy saying it's a hybrid in the title when the gar just happened to have a colour mutation?

https://youtu.be/DXTu40mqnGl

Don't know much about him and how he kept his fishes, but something is off with him especially with the way he handle the flowerhorn, just from the video to me. Does this seem to be fishy or nah?

unfortunately the video does not seem to be available anymore? If you could remember the username/channel maybe I could get a general vibe. But chances are if the video was taken down, someone called them out on *fishy* behavior

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I have 8 comet goldfish in a 150 gallon tub pond and on one hand, that’s better than the vast majority of goldfish will get, but in the other hand I still worry it might not be enough. They aren't huge, but they aren’t babies anymore either. (Maybe 6 inches?)

What kind of filter are you running on it? But yeah the dimensions of a 150g is probably going to make them feel a bit cramped when they get upwards to adult size.

I would keep an eye on them as they grow. When they're approaching adulthood, keep an eye on the water parameters with a test kit. Their behavior and the water quality will tell you if you need to rehome a couple of them.

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What's a good amount of space for a rainbow fish (NOT TROUT)

Really depends on the species here, so be careful if you go to a big chain fish store and only the common name is on the tag. Melanotaenia praecox and Melanotaenia ladegesi could probably do well in a 30g but other Melanotaenia species would need at least 50g Threadfin rainbows (Iriatherina werneri) would do well in a 20g

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hi!! i have some stocking questions for my 20 gallon long? i have 3 rainbow furicata, 2 khuli loaches and 3 cory catfish, and 4 mystery snails. i don't wanna overstock and make anyone uncomfy but i'm defs leaning into snaller fish... I just really like ny plants lol

Your current stocking is great, but if any changes were to be made I would bump up the numbers of your current selection rather than adding a new species. Furcatas, kuhlis, and corydoras are social. I would add 2 more Furcatas, 2 more loaches, and 1 more cory. If you have great filtration*, this is probably the max you can get out of your 20g. You may be able to squeeze in 5 chili rasboras (my personal favorite), but as always add fish slowly over time and continue monitoring your tank and its parameters when you do.

*Great filtration as in, the general consensus is to "over filter" i.e. have a filter that's marketed for 30+gs for your 20g

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is the fish tank from moon knight big enough? in the last episode it has 2 goldfish. also is it proper decoration for one?

Man, you guys really like moon knight

Notes not really addressed in the original rating post: Substrate looks like sand which is fine for fancy goldfish. My late oranda had decor in his tank ranging from plastic to plants and driftwood and thrived.