After reviewing the disadvantages of pet fishes, it is good to know about their advantages as well. Because, what is the harm in that? Literally nothing. With the information on both advantages and disadvantages of pet fishes, you can come to a conclusion about whether or not you should have a fish as a fellow pet.
Pet fishes relieve stress
If you have a pet fish, they are the perfect stress relievers. If you don’t believe me, take a test: just use up five minutes in a relaxed position observing an aquarium with happy and healthy fish.
Less Daily Care
They require little daily care. The least difficult thing about these animals is their care and feeding. If we maintain the hygiene and cleanliness of the aquarium and choose the food well, our pet fish will give us their brightest colors and acrobatics. And if we have to leave the house for 1-3 days, there are no problems. They will resist perfectly.
Smart creatures
Pet fishes are intelligent! As hard as it may be to believe, there is scientific evidence that goldfish are animals with some intelligence. They are able to recognize the person who cares for them and feeds them. They will also follow them as long as that person moves in front of the aquarium. Once you get closer, your fish will rush to the corner where you are.
Pet fishes are healthy
They are healthy, they do not put our health at risk. There are practically no transmissible zoonoses from ornamental pet fish to humans.
Interesting Chllenges
They pose interesting challenges for us. Once we have an aquarium with adult pet fish, the next thing we want to do is reproduce them. This depends on the species we have, it can become a more or less difficult goal.
I like that you pointed out how having a pet fish is the perfect stress reliever. Our living room is quite dull so I am thinking of adding an aquarium to make things more interesting. I heard tropical aquarium fishes are great so I’ll try to buy some.