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Posted 8/15/2008 5:38:58 PM


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goldfish bowls distort vision thereby hurting the fishes eyes.the sphere shaped   glass is bad but the less common octogontal bowls do not distort vision and are o k by me.

for proof look through curved glass and your eyes WILL get sore:[

who are you looking at??:P

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Posted 8/15/2008 6:04:01 PM


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Um... this should really be in General Freshwater... or something like so.

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Posted 8/15/2008 6:17:58 PM


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Not to mention that distorted vision is at the very bottom of the list of things wrong with goldfish bowls....

20 gallon long
Lionhead - Kiko
Calico Lionhead - Little Bean
29 gallon
Fantail - Oliver
Black Moor - Damian
Calico Ryukin - Serafina
2.5 gallon
male betta - Pirate
10 gallon planted
minnow, betta, guppy
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Posted 8/15/2008 7:23:14 PM


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Airation problems... waste problems... size problems...

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Posted 8/18/2008 7:51:12 PM


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well then I feel bad about that beta my sister gave me in that small bowl, I that forever, and she had it a while before me

And come to think of it when you change the water in those small bowls, you really dont have a choice but to change the whole thing so its kinda shocking it everytime, unless thats just me. But I didnt know a thing about fish then. So I really feel sorry for that fish now.


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Posted 8/19/2008 2:02:12 AM


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I still don't know how fish stores sell them. The price of a 1 gallon bowl compared to 2.5 gallon tank is only a few dollars. ($6 difference at my LFS) Yet they still seem to sell a lot of them. People must like the way they look :unsure:

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Posted 8/19/2008 5:18:54 AM