My favorite was " where did all the water go? I had 8 oscars in that 10 gallon tank"
STOP!!!!
Hammertime
I just laughed for 5 minutes straight.
I was at PetSmart about a week ago and I was exclaiming about all the fish they had and how well taken care if they were (they really were. Their tanks were cleaner than the ones at my LFS) and a man comes up to me and says "I'm sorry, I don't mean to eavesdrop but do you know a lot about fish?"
I tell him I love fish keeping and know a bit.
"Ok well, I bought my daughter 10 fish to out in her 10g tank. When I woke up this morning 9 of them had disappeared! I think one of them ate all the rest!"
I then proceed to ask what kinds of fish he had bought her.
Turns out he had bought one Oscar, and 9 neon tetras.
The worst part: "The lady that was here said they would get along fine!"
I had to convince him that an Oscar needs a mug larger tank then a 10g and they only really go with oscars.
Geez, that is really bad. You'd think common sense would tell him not put really small fish with a big fish (even if he doesn't know anything about fish), but apparently not! That Oscar must have been happy that night.
my sister and i just got done putting play sand in her new tank last week. her and her boyfriend went to the pet store and they told her play sand was too "sharp" for fish so her boyfriend bought fine grained gravel and they switched it out. I've never heard of anyone saying play sand is too sharp, in fact the play sand looks less sharp than my regular pet store sand. what a waste of 60 lbs of sand
Anything to make a sale. I hope it at least looks better.