Hi guys,
I was at a lfs the other day and they was selling bamboo sharks. They were in a 1 foot tank with some urchins and liverock They couldn't move and were clearly suffering. I asked the owner why they were in a small tank when he had a 6' X 3' fish only tank and he said the baby sharks might hurt his stock. The fish in the big tank were biggere than the sharks! To test him out I asked what tank would be suitable for a shark and he said a 3' tank would be fine :x
Then he put his hand in the tank to poke one and realised he had crushed one to death at feeding time with a piece of liverock . He also sold blue ribbon eels. He said he has seen one thriving in a tank less than 1' foot in length because they curl up into a ball and are quite happy in that state. He had lots of new stock in that day and a third of it was belly up.
Have you got any lfs horror stories?
I was at a lfs the other day and they was selling bamboo sharks. They were in a 1 foot tank with some urchins and liverock They couldn't move and were clearly suffering. I asked the owner why they were in a small tank when he had a 6' X 3' fish only tank and he said the baby sharks might hurt his stock. The fish in the big tank were biggere than the sharks! To test him out I asked what tank would be suitable for a shark and he said a 3' tank would be fine :x
Then he put his hand in the tank to poke one and realised he had crushed one to death at feeding time with a piece of liverock . He also sold blue ribbon eels. He said he has seen one thriving in a tank less than 1' foot in length because they curl up into a ball and are quite happy in that state. He had lots of new stock in that day and a third of it was belly up.
Have you got any lfs horror stories?