• BanjoShepard@lemmy.worldEnglish
            58·
            2 years ago

            And in a similar but completely different way, the fish are being added to massive bodies of water. Home aquariums are minute in comparison, so they can’t balance out chemical swings as easily and are much more prone to higher levels of nitrites and other toxic chemicals. The larger the body of water, the more stable the water quality.

          • TriflingToad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            47·
            2 years ago

            something i love about Lemmy is that on the drop of a hat someone is willing to calculate the “surface area to fish ratio”

          • dingus@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            2 years ago

            I’m confused though. Don’t people use this to talk about how small things like bugs can fall from a large height and be uninjured, but large things like a human or elephant will be injured if falling from a height? I feel like what you’re saying is backwards to what the internet has told me.

        • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
          221·
          2 years ago

          You can yeet goldfish. Carp are stupid tough. It’s the tropical fish we often keep that are kinda wimpy. Also, they’re not coming from a super healthy environment (the store) to our tanks.

              • skulblaka@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                2·
                2 years ago

                I definitely have not, and now I have. I’m unsure if I should thank you for this or not.

                I feel like it takes the sport out of it if the fish is dead though. The whole sport of the carp throwing is that a carp absolutely can kick a grown man’s ass and flop to freedom if he isn’t careful. You leave a carp alone long enough and those things turn into damn near coelacanths. They’ll eat your dog. Manhandling one of those suckers into a parabolic arc is going to take skill, strength, planning, and luck.

        • danc4498@lemmy.worldEnglish
          81·
          2 years ago

          Maybe 95% survive, but how many are injured in a way that might impact their quality of life?

          Since these are being dropped specifically for the purpose of being caught and killed asap, quality of life might not matter.

          For your sad little goldfish, please be gentle!

          • subtext@lemmy.worldEnglish
            16·
            2 years ago

            Also, gotta think about whether 5% mortality rate is acceptable.

            For an airdrop number of pond fish? Sure!

            For your hobbyist number of expensive fish? Absolutely not

          • Ilovethebomb@lemm.eeEnglish
            2·
            2 years ago

            My understanding is these are juvenile fish that will be caught as adults, so they will live for a while.

      • Didros@beehaw.orgEnglish
        121·
        2 years ago

        …that sounds to me like “survive the fall” more than “survive the week”

  • 3ntranced@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    2 years ago

    From another similar post, introducing fish to a large body of water has to be done like this or else the fish don’t understand or acclimate properly and die. It’s a slap to the noggin like “hey wakey wakey, go find some algae to nibble on”

  • Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    7·
    2 years ago

    So, if I understand you correctly, what you’re saying is - given the quite large body of water about half a mile away from me, all downhill, I should get a giant catapult and fling some piranha.

    I’ll go down in history, either for the best April Fools joke ever, or if my aim is off, the best Halloween prank ever 🐟🐠🐟😁

    • ryathal@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      4·
      2 years ago

      While these fish would be easy to catch at that time, they will taste like shit. Once they’ve spent some time eating something other than pellet food they taste a lot better.

  • madthumbs@lemmy.worldEnglish
    913·
    2 years ago

    A testament to how hardy fish are. If you have fish dying in an aquarium; you shouldn’t have pets.

    • Slowy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      2 years ago

      Like yes, but, the actual hard part of aquarium fish keeping isn’t really related to the fish themselves. It’s the water… nature has already prepared this biologically active, clean, ample supply of water for the air dropped trout. Replicating that in a tiny glass box without at least a surface understanding of the chemistry involved can be very difficult. But you should also learn how to supply an animal with the proper environment before you get one.

    • Lightor@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      Some fish a pretty sensitive and require a lot of upkeep. These are not those fish.

      • Infomatics90@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        yeah and it’s freaking annoying to adjust for some. I don’t know if some people just like to participate in self flagellation.