as in what kind of lakes/rivers
im serious i really want to bring it back home
2007-06-26 15:51:05 · 21 answers · asked by because7_8_9 2 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Fishing
I don't know what country gold fish are from, but I do know it isn't America! It is against the law to put any non-native fish, into any lake, pond, brook, river or any running body of water in the State of Maine. Those little goldfish grow larger in a bigger body of water and they will kill fish native to the area. It's a horrible mistake to do, even if it's not illegal in your area. Please let them live in a nice fish bowl where they will be safe for the rest of their lives and the native fish will be safer in their body of waters. Please don't set them free. Oh!!! Don't flush them down the toilet, it will be the same as putting them into the lakes etc.!! Sorry, it will really be bad for our American fish.
2007-06-26 16:35:46 · answer #1 · answered by kathykan2 2 · 6⤊ 1⤋
It's illegal to set domesticated pets free. That's also introducing a non native species into an environment, which, if you look at the Great Lakes or anywhere really is a big no no. Tell your mom the only choices she has are keeping the fish or killing the fish. Actually the animal shelter might take fish in, I'm not too sure. If your mom wants to give the goldfish more freedom she can build a pond for it and keep it there. I don't see why she would consider a bowl less free than a tank... Do some research on goldfish care and then try to convince your mom. Good luck
2016-04-01 06:40:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not: No, Never Nada. Do that in most states miss and you can go to jail.
Lake Huron, a lake that I've grown to love and fish a lot on, Walleyes, has grown to have 47 invasive species, most from people like you. These fish, snails, scab species like goldfish, pirahanas and others, have polluted the lake.
Do you know some lakes had to be poisoned to get rid of these rough fish. If you can't bring them back to the store or give them to someone, make sure they don't get beyond the garbage can, do not flush them, they can live in the sewer system long enough to make it to a river or lake.
The next time someone like you gets a pet, make sure you keep it for life.
2007-06-29 01:21:07 · answer #3 · answered by cowboydoc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Flushing a fish will NOT let it into a lake or river eventually. Anybody here ever hear of filtering and cleaning sewer water. Unless you live in the early 1900's all your city sewer water is treated before being returned to a waterway. A fish is the same as any other solid waste to the system.
Don't let it go, if by some miracle it manages to survive, it will just keep growing and become a problem species.
2007-06-29 12:26:06 · answer #4 · answered by Say What? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't set it free. They are carnivorous and can take over a lake or pond. They can grow very large depending on the size of their environment, so they are small in a tank, but can get big in a pond or lake. I just had a discussion about this a couple of weeks ago because there was a comment that they make good bait, but are banned by statute because they pose an environmental hazard.
2007-06-26 16:01:29 · answer #5 · answered by crjesq 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
It would be completely unethical from an ecological standpoint to release it into any lake or stream. If you really don't want it just give it away for free in the newspaper. Or flush it, but...
2007-06-27 07:54:05 · answer #6 · answered by MetalMaster4x4 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do NOT set it free. It's because of people doing stupid things like releasing invassive species that our planet is so hosed. A gold fish is probably not native to where you live, so "sending it home" could potentially do major damage to your local fishery.
I don't mean to bag on you, I just want people to be educated.
2007-06-27 09:54:54 · answer #7 · answered by Dan B 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hun, it's used to being captive. It has never been out of its tank. It is used to you feeding it. It wont know how to find food on its own. Unless you plant on fish-fooding the pond every day for about five-hundred fish plus your little guy, he/she will die. He/she will probably be eaten by a bigger fish anyways. Keep the fish or give it away.
2007-06-27 04:28:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
seriously! dont do it someone put one in my pond and it ate all of the little minnows and it took like 2 years for the natural fish to come back. and that was just 1! imagine if it had spawned!
2007-06-30 13:50:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Find someone or some place thatis a privately owned pond or body of water and ask to put the goldfish in there!
Look for ppl with yard ponds they always came to my shop and bought goldfish for their ponds.
Good luck!
2007-06-26 16:47:17 · answer #10 · answered by Injun 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋