Scare the crap out of me.
Today, iDreamInSaltwater and I went to a LFS in our town to browse. I'm not a fan of the place because they're kind of rude, but I like their slightly wider selection of fish. So we're walking around and there's some neat fish usually not carried at other stores, so I'm pleased. Then we get to the Black Skirt Tetra tank. INFESTED (ooh and do I mean that) with Ich. No sign saying they're not for sale or anything, just sitting there like nothings wrong. Seriously, almost every single fish in that tank was ridden with Ich, severely. I'm amazed there were no dead fish.
That was the really bad part. Also, there were some deformed glolight tetras, and some angelfish with no fins... :/
But this all happened AFTER we talked this morning about how LFS's don't QT fish before the introduce them for sale. I know they don't have the time for it, and it wouldn't be profitable. But still, a gal can wish, can't she?
But the point of it all: LFS's scare the crap out of me. I've never had a QT tank before (shame on me), but now I'm terrified not to!
I guess for the sake of conversation: what's your worst LFS experience?
Today, iDreamInSaltwater and I went to a LFS in our town to browse. I'm not a fan of the place because they're kind of rude, but I like their slightly wider selection of fish. So we're walking around and there's some neat fish usually not carried at other stores, so I'm pleased. Then we get to the Black Skirt Tetra tank. INFESTED (ooh and do I mean that) with Ich. No sign saying they're not for sale or anything, just sitting there like nothings wrong. Seriously, almost every single fish in that tank was ridden with Ich, severely. I'm amazed there were no dead fish.
That was the really bad part. Also, there were some deformed glolight tetras, and some angelfish with no fins... :/
But this all happened AFTER we talked this morning about how LFS's don't QT fish before the introduce them for sale. I know they don't have the time for it, and it wouldn't be profitable. But still, a gal can wish, can't she?
But the point of it all: LFS's scare the crap out of me. I've never had a QT tank before (shame on me), but now I'm terrified not to!
I guess for the sake of conversation: what's your worst LFS experience?