quarryshark
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I'm not sure if I would believe it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes.
I went to my less that favorite LFS tonight, was to lazy to drive the extra 15 miles to the good one for a new nori clip. I will go here once in a while for dry goods when I am pressed for time.
Now, mind you I would not buy a snail (any livstock) from this place and I usually don't even go to look at their livstock (makes me ill), but curiosity got the better of me.
While I'm looking through the tanks, there is a couple there with a little girl looking at some fish. As I pass by them I hear the lady say to her little one, "what about that one honey". "That one" was a small Queen Angel. The salesperson was at the same time telling them what the Queen will eat, not a mention of tank size. I could not control myself, so I told them how big they get and the tank size requirement. The salesperson looked a bit perplexed. Found that they have a 40 gallon.
A few minutes later (I was actually hanging around to see what would happen) I hear the couple say they will take the Yellow and the Blue Tang. I can't take this any more, so I "nicely" go into my speech about tank size and appropriate fish for that tank. They are interested in what I am telling them, so I show them a few fish that they could have. By now the salesperson is ready to kill me.
After talking to them for a while I find out the tank they purchased was loaded in their car!!
They were gonna set it up tonight, and cycle with these fish.....yikes 8O
They new nothing of cycling, qt, mixing salt, acclimation, etc.
The salesperson had sold them a tank, stand, lights, filter, salt, hydrometer, heater, gravel, etc and was ready to get them their first fish. I couldn't believe it. 
I don't know if this person was new, but certainly knew nothing about a marine system.
To make a long story short.
They did buy the setup, but no fish..at least not tonight(I think). I gave them the web address to the site (I hope they show) and told them to get Fenner's book before they do anything else. I wanted to tell them of the other fish stores in town, but I believe the police would have been called if I had.
This is a completely true story and my point is. Until fish stores like this get their act together, we do have some serious problems in this hobby.
After this conversation online today about the regulations our govt is considering proposing ,I must confess that I did go in there to verify the conditions I remember of this place (it had been a long time since I had been there), but I was not ready for what I saw tonight.
Oh, ya..I still need a new nori clip. I will not ever darken their door again.
Thanks for listening, I needed to vent...sorry
I went to my less that favorite LFS tonight, was to lazy to drive the extra 15 miles to the good one for a new nori clip. I will go here once in a while for dry goods when I am pressed for time.
Now, mind you I would not buy a snail (any livstock) from this place and I usually don't even go to look at their livstock (makes me ill), but curiosity got the better of me.
While I'm looking through the tanks, there is a couple there with a little girl looking at some fish. As I pass by them I hear the lady say to her little one, "what about that one honey". "That one" was a small Queen Angel. The salesperson was at the same time telling them what the Queen will eat, not a mention of tank size. I could not control myself, so I told them how big they get and the tank size requirement. The salesperson looked a bit perplexed. Found that they have a 40 gallon.
A few minutes later (I was actually hanging around to see what would happen) I hear the couple say they will take the Yellow and the Blue Tang. I can't take this any more, so I "nicely" go into my speech about tank size and appropriate fish for that tank. They are interested in what I am telling them, so I show them a few fish that they could have. By now the salesperson is ready to kill me.
After talking to them for a while I find out the tank they purchased was loaded in their car!!
They were gonna set it up tonight, and cycle with these fish.....yikes 8O
They new nothing of cycling, qt, mixing salt, acclimation, etc.
The salesperson had sold them a tank, stand, lights, filter, salt, hydrometer, heater, gravel, etc
and was ready to get them their first fish. I couldn't believe it. I don't know if this person was new, but certainly knew nothing about a marine system. To make a long story short.
They did buy the setup, but no fish..at least not tonight(I think). I gave them the web address to the site (I hope they show) and told them to get Fenner's book before they do anything else. I wanted to tell them of the other fish stores in town, but I believe the police would have been called if I had.
This is a completely true story and my point is. Until fish stores like this get their act together, we do have some serious problems in this hobby.
After this conversation online today about the regulations our govt is considering proposing ,I must confess that I did go in there to verify the conditions I remember of this place (it had been a long time since I had been there), but I was not ready for what I saw tonight.
Oh, ya..I still need a new nori clip. I will not ever darken their door again.
Thanks for listening, I needed to vent...sorry
