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Finding Nemo Syndrome - What Is It?

April 28th, 2008 Subscribe To Our Feed

Finding Nemo Syndrome is the reckless practice by fishowners of flushing unwanted fish down the the toilet or releasing them into waterways. Despite many years of education this practice is still occurring.

Newcastle in New South Wales looks like the latest victim of Finding Nemo Syndrome as a small feral population of the exotic fish platys has been found in a drain connected with the city’s main water supply.

It seems that the aggressive platy has few natural enemies in the wild - at least in Australia - and the discovery of these fish in the water supply has led some scientists to compare it with the the cane toad, the Indian myna bird and the rabbit as an introduced species with the potential to wreak havoc on the native ecosystem.

Please, goldfish and exotic fish owners, if you no longer want to keep you fish please dispose of it humanely or give it to a friend because the damage it could cause if released into the wild is incalculable.