lando
Aquarium Advice Addict
Whenever you put "Petco" in the title people seem to be interested. Just thought I would share a story from yesterday. The more I think about it the madder I get. So...I was in the local Petco getting dog food and I swing by the aquatics section to see if they have any saltwater fish that are still alive. While I am over there, there is a guy with two very excited young kids. Hey is carrying a 10 gal. tank filled with a bag of Instant Ocean salt, power filter, heater, net, light, etc... then it happens. The employee hands the Dad two bags of fish. One has two false percs in it and the other one...you guessed it...a very small regal tang. I must have walked in on the middle of the conversation, but the employee is saying "Yup, just mix up the water and you should be good to dump in the fish." I almost fell over. So I politly interrupted and offered some advice about tank size, cycling, how to properly start a marine tank. As it turns out, the Dad did not buy the fish. He actually booght a book and upgraded to a 29 gal. I gave him this site and told him to do lots of research. The employee just left sometime during our conversation. I then spoke with the assisstant manager and, without mentioning the employee, suggested some type of employee education program. Seemed to fall on deaf ears but at least I tried and hopefully saved three fish...for a little while anyways. Just thought I would share. Thanks for listening, Lando