China Rose's pets seized

[Tralee]

Oh geez, I saw that on the news last night. I have never eatern at China Rose but I have walked by it many times. The guy has to pay $700 to get his fish back from the pet store so the fish can go live with his parents in Mass.
Storming in to his store with guns to take his fish! That is just insane! I can't believe it

[IRescue452]

Good! To have a dozen koi in a tank in a restourant. That tank would have to be over a thousand gallons. And its very hard to find a tank that large. If his fish are only 10 inches after 15 years they are very stunted in growth and there is something very sick and wrong with this guy for doing this to the fish!

I consider it abuse to treat fish like a display decoration. Restaurants can be horrible places for fish. One by us has a tank with about 50 cichlids and orandas living together! These fish belong in two very different environments and to top it off they are living practically on top of each other in a 100 gallon tank. I wish they cared enough about animals in WI to take these away, but unfortunately we don't have any laws protecting any animals, especially not fish.

Red parrots need a heated tank with a sandy bottom and tons of rock caves. How much you want to bet he just dumped them in the koi tank without making any changes? I'll bet he majorly overstocked the tank too.

[Zippy]

What size tank were they in????Then i can say if the guys koi should be his or if the should have been resuced(sp?)

[elizabethann]

What size tank were they in????Then i can say if the guys koi should be his or if the should have been resuced(sp?)

I don't think either article says the size, but perhaps I just didn't catch that part of the story.