Monster Fish Rescue's History
About Monster Fish Rescue
Monster Fish Rescue is a non-profit L.L.C. dedicating our
efforts to educating the public of the growing epidemic of big chain
pet stores selling “monster” fish and to helping to place these
monster fish in appropriate homes.
Since the country seems to be going corporate, the days of small
town pet stores are pretty much a thing of the past. This causes a
problem with the novice hobbyist who goes into a Wal-Mart, PetCo
and other such places to purchase a cute little fish that in a few
months turns into a 30" monster that's eating them out of house
and home or starts aggressively destroying the other fish in its
tank. Not to mention most of these hobbyists don't have nearly a
large enough aquarium to sustain these fish for a long and happy
life.
In small town pet stores the educated salesperson would steer
people away from these fish or make sure that they purchased a
large enough tank to keep the beast in.
The problem now is these inexperienced fish keepers who buy the
"cute little fish" are either leaving the fish once they have out grown
their tanks in a bucket at the front door step of the corporate run
"pet stores" (who themselves do not have the facilities to keep the
fish). Ninety percent of the time the fish is either euthanized or
crammed into a small glass box to suffer till it dies.
The only other option these inexperienced fish keepers feel they
have is releasing them into the wild. In the summer months these
tropical fish will thrive in our bodies of water spreading disease
and decimating ecosystems. In the south these fish will survive the
winter and become a keystone species affecting everything in its
new environment.
This is a growing problem and with your help you can spread the
word about MFR to try and stop the sales of these certain fishes.
Until then the answer is Monster Fish Rescue.
In addition to taking in “monster fish”, we will take any fish big or
small for whatever reason no questions asked. We also accept
any aquarium equipment you want or need to get rid of, see
"contact us" button and send us an email. If you would like to
make a cash donation to support our mission please click on the
“Make a Donation” button!
Please CONTACT us with any questions and we will be happy
answer them.
Thank you,
Jonathan “TheFishGuy” Strazinsky
Donate to the cause here.
A Description of how exactly
Monster Fish Rescue operates:
Think of MFR as a dog pound
for fish. Dropping a fish off or
having us come and pick one
up requires a small donation,
much like if you were to drop
a dog off at the dog pound.
We care for the fish,
sometimes nurse it back to
health and usually try to
re-home the fish. This costs
money. That's why we ask for
a donation when you drop a
fish off. When a fish is
adopted out we make sure
that the new owner is
educated on proper care and
tank size for the fish. We offer
tank set ups and ongoing
advice to the new owner.
Again an adoption fee applies
and varies on the fish and it's
time spent in our care. We
also operate on the support of
you, the consumer and
hobbyist. Your cash donations
keep us alive and operational
helping re-locate these fish
that are in need of proper
homes. Thank you for your
support!
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