i am a newbie, but I would say that you cant always trust petstore people. Some of them are fine but others, well ill just say that most people probably have a story about how faulty advice from [acronym:4b97c1b605="Local Fish Store"]LFS[/acronym:4b97c1b605] people led to a problem, sometimes a diaster. Get a second opinion, either here or from a friend or if you must from another pet store. (sorry, i am biased i will never trusted pet store again
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