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Yes, i've always been puzzled by peoples reaction to hunting. If I go out, shoot a deer, use it's skin, prepare the meat and eat it for 4 months, i'm somehow cruel? That deer had a far more dignified death and happy life than the one in the farm killed in an abattoir. To make it clear, I haven't...

I think this is an excellent summary, Marcel. I don't like to judge people in our hobby unless they're causing clear harm to their animals (Oscars in 100 litre tanks, inadequate filtration etc.). Equally, I know we've all made mistakes, killed fish, kept a goldfish in a bowl as a child.

That's not a great argument though, because Elephants and Lions have large brains. Fish are largely instinct based animals, at least on the small scale.

The reason I don't use bare tanks, is because I find them boring. I don't however feel there's a whole lot of evidence to suggest it's a cruel practice. Most fish we keep have been bred in captivity in bare tanks and know no better, and i don't believe they have the cognitive ability to want for...