Ever wanna slap your lfs people in the back of the head?

[sinibotia]

Somewhat off topic, but related to the general theme of people who see fish as disposable.... has anyone noticed the guy saying if someone doesn't take his yellow lab he's gonna kill it!?!?

 

[Polkadots]

Somewhat off topic, but related to the general theme of people who see fish as disposable.... has anyone noticed the guy saying if someone doesn't take his yellow lab he's gonna kill it!?!?

Whaaat???


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[Polkadots]

This seems a little bit... brutal.

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[fish wrangler]

Stupid is the petsmart guy that sold me 3 yellow labs when I had 1 common pleco, 3 rosey barbs, and 1 rainbow shark in a 29 gallon. Doing my research and asking questions here before buying another fish.

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[treemanone2003]

Awesome job! I would have been too afraid of the customer giving me dirty looks and the manager kicking me out.


NatureFish
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Thanks Nature. I've always been the no fear type with either the book smarts behind me to talk my way thru it sensibly, or the crazy inside to go toe to toe and break things. I'd rather do it the first way. I usually wind up with scars the other way.


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[fish wrangler]

Somewhat off topic, but related to the general theme of people who see fish as disposable.... has anyone noticed the guy saying if someone doesn't take his yellow lab he's gonna kill it!?!?

Hey funny seeing you here.

I have been trying to sell the cichlid for a month now. Posted to multiple forums, asked people who have established mbuna tanks, and asked petsmart if they would take him. Everyone said no, so yea I am tired of seeing 2 fish in my tank and knowing I cant add any others because of the cichlid. I dont want to kill it, but that is my last option. When I first started talking about switching the tank around my dad (who had a 200 gal reef) said kill the cichlid right away. If you think I have not tried finding someone to take the fish then you are not in your right mind.

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[treemanone2003]

Stupid is the petsmart guy that sold me 3 yellow labs when I had 1 common pleco, 3 rosey barbs, and 1 rainbow shark in a 29 gallon. Doing my research and asking questions here before buying another fish.

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It's equally shared. Now you've made the right decision by coming here. Ask away whatever you want. You'll always get answers. Some may be conflicting so that's when it's up to you to dig deeper and find an answer you can live with in comfort. It could take a few hours, days, and so on. Point being don't stop until you're satisfied. We've got your back !!!


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[Polkadots]

I've shared this story in a different thread, and I'm telling it again: a few years ago, when I had limited knowledge of fish, a big box store employee told me it was okay to put two fancy goldfish in a 1.5 gallon tank. I didn't know a thing about fish, but even I could tell I'd be an idiot to do that.


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[Fishperson]

They definitely deserve a slap. I went into one of the fish stores in my town, who I don't get fish from, just plants. Myself and their so called 'Fish Expert' don't see eye to eye. Anyway, I brought an empty test tube with me. When no one was looking I fill the tube with water from one of their tanks. I got him to test the water in the tube, obviously he thought it was my water. He told me that the results where "off the charts" and that "I shouldn't be keeping fish in those horrible conditions". I asked him what I needed to do and he said proceeded to gather up all kinds of water treatments. He then told me that it would be a "good idea" to add a further 5 fish(mollies) to help cycle my tank. I waited until there was a few people at the counter and then told him that it was his water he had just tested. Needless to say he was speechless and not very happy. I don't think I'm too welcome in his store anymore...lol.
Now if I need plants, I just ring ahead and check if he is working that day!!!

You sir are a hero!!!

Bravo!

 

[Fishperson]

My LFSs are all the same: they aren't high quality and they don't pretend to be. I have probably been to 10 different locations (both big-box stores and locally run) and I have yet to see:
- Knowledgeable staff (but I don't talk to them much)
- An Apisto
- A NICE looking tank (sans colored gravel, tacky décor, etc.)
- Discus (only one tank but they looked sick so I can't count that)
- A planted tank (besides a bundle of water wisteria that looked like it was on its last leg)

The only place of reasonable quality was almost entirely saltwater, and although it had great looking tanks and good advice, it had high prices and was far away.

I found a new place close by and it was just like the rest of them.

Except they had "White Cloud Mountain Tetras."

Never heard of those before.

 

[Alyxx]

I have a few LFSs that I really love, and even one of the big box stores (the one ending in O) has some great staff. The only time I really wanted to smack someone there was when they hired someone else as aquatics manager and then lost that employee somehow a couple months later... they should have hired me! Now I'm not looking for a new job, so their loss! When they lost the aquatic specialist their tanks took a nosedive for months and I could barely stand to even look at the fish but they recently got a couple new employees that know their fish so things have gotten better. I haven't gotten any bad advice there either (yet) but then again I'm not usually in there asking questions.

My LFS has just about anything I could want most of the time, nice healthy fish, lots of plants, and some great staff. I've helped some of them troubleshoot stocking issues other customers have come in looking to fix, and the only problematic sales I've obsered have been commin plecs for smaller tanks, although they did suggest a smaller species instead. I go in there sometimes just to chat with some of the employees. The only real problem with the store I've had hasn't been fish related - some of the feeder mice I've picked up there have died before I was able to feed my snakes. So I get those elsewhere now.

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[54seaweed]

ever wanna slap your lfs people in the back of the head?

every chance i get !!!

 

[RussSerio]

Poor choice- happy ending.

When I decided to start my first brackish tank I talked to local if manager and told him I had cycled and was ready to stock. I wanted something peaceful, that would go good with others to be added later.

Thats when he talked me into the two fig 8 puffers I now own.

Needless to say the next few fish I bought from him taught me to start doing my homework. It was sad, and I blame myself as much as him.

The happy ending is that I have had those two in that 29g tank for over two years.
They are now a tad over 2.25". I have acclimated them over time to full saltwater.

I enjoy them very much, and no longer worry that the tank is being wasted as a single species fishbowl. They are part of the family and I am setting up a 55g sw for a community tank.

Upside #2- He just went out of business.