When is the best time to place a new tunnel or plant in a fish tank? Night time or daytime?

He said they should have their own life not us keeping or growing them in a way we want them to be." I hope your dad is vegan :D Mostly owning a pet is not considered a bad thing, as long as the pet has what it needs: depending on species, breed, individual. For a Betta it's rather easy: 5 gallon tank, filter, heater, thermometer, lid, test kit, nitrogen cycle: http://www.seriouslyfish.com/cycling-an-aquarium/ , weekly 20-30% water changes with temperautre matched, dechlorinated water, high quality betta pellets as a staple diet + frozen foods for variety, a jungle of silk or live plants, knowledge of common fish disease and what's available to you locally to cure them.

Then come the controversies: - Is getting a cup betta OK? Or would you rather support a store who keeps their fish in heated, filtered barracks? Or give your money to a breeder instead?

- What's ethical to keep and breed? E.g. Have you noticed that the first betta on your video can hardly swim because of its huge fins?

How about rosetails? http://aquariadise.com/rosetail-betta-downside-of-beauty/ Did you know that some dragonscale betta's eyes are overgrown with the "dragonscale" patterning as they age, making them blind? Personally, I have a rescue betta, a multicolor veiltail male, who is a tail biter.

Bettas can bite their own fins because they consider them too heavy (heavily branched breeds), because they are overstimulated or understimulated or simply as a result of bad breeding. I seem to have the latter: nothing I tried stopped his biting, so nowadays I just keep his tank clean and comfy so his wounds don't get infected. (On the other hand there are some species that are in the verge of extinction or even already extinct in the wild because of habitat destruction.

The best known example is the red-tailed black shark, Epalzeorhynchos bicolor. So things are really far from being black and white.) As for "He said they should have their own life not us keeping or growing them in a way we want them to be." I assume he means more intelligent animals like dog, cats, rabbits etc. I hate comparing pets and humans, but in some ways, we're awfully similar.

Raising a pet like these is a bit like raising a baby: Did your parents let you to be as you wanted to be or did they teach you? Think about very basic things that makes living together easy and/or makes living in a society possible for you: e.g. potty training, how to behave with other humans: ask nicely, say thank you, not to chew with open mouth, not to hit other people, look both ways before stepping off the sideway and so on, and so forth. When you have pets, setting rules, boundaries, limitations are similar, it makes coexisting easier.

Or would you like your pet rabbit go potty all around the house, the cat to eat from your dinner plate, and the dog bite the neighbor's kid? As for dogs, while opening a drawer, bringing you your slippers, going through the activity course may not be part of their natural behavior but.... it's a great way to have fun with their owner. Dogs also have the need for mental stimulation (some breeds and individuals more than the others), and keeping their mind occupied is good for coexisting with your dog in general.

(Bored dogs tend to misbihave and get very creative with it.).

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.