Tropical Fish: Finding a New Home

Video Transcript

"So you can't take care of your fish anymore you need to leave, you're moving out of town, don't take your fish down to the nearest river or creek. You may think you're doing the fish a favor giving them a nice big home but in reality you could actually be hurting the eco system of that area. I'm Bruce with Aquatek Tropical in Austin, Texas. Today we're going to be discussing what to do with your fish when you can't take care of them anymore. The best thing to do if you've got a friend that keeps fish, ask them if they can take them. If you don't have any friends who are keeping fish, take them back to the store where you got them from. Chances are they will be more than happy to take them off your hands and may actually give you a little money back. Probably not as much as you spent on them, but every little bit helps. The worst thing you can do is just dumping your fish in the nearest creek. All that really accomplishes is introducing a species to that river system that shouldn't be there. Maybe it will die, temperature won't be right, water conditions won't be right, but maybe it will live, maybe it will thrive, maybe it will become the Snake Heads of Maryland. You have to watch out for these kind of things. So that's the proper way to re-home your fish. Until next time, I'm Bruce with Aquatek."