there should be some sort of exotic pet license for fish that you need to take a quick test for. five minutes of info for each newbie would save millions of fish
Pure genius!
there should be some sort of exotic pet license for fish that you need to take a quick test for. five minutes of info for each newbie would save millions of fish
+1 the manager at my petco has this in their 45g, it was setup 4 months ago...
Giant black volitan lion
Really small ich infested blue tang
3 yellow tangs
Long horned cowfish
Box fish
1 maroon clown
Porcupine puffer
The good thing about fish stores like that is that they are usually destined to go out of business
Yeah thats always a tough one because "nobody likes a know it all". I try to only offer information if they ask and ill usually like show a picture of my tank or my bettas 5 gallon planted, heated, filtered home and kinda just casually mention how I do water changes. .... etc.Idk if this has already been said but going to a friends house and see a goldfish in a bowl or a betta in an vase
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Yeah thats always a tough one because "nobody likes a know it all". I try to only offer information if they ask and ill usually like show a picture of my tank or my bettas 5 gallon planted, heated, filtered home and kinda just casually mention how I do water changes. .... etc.
Kinda like this. ..
Friend says "oh you like fish? I have fish too, check out my betta in this bowl "....
I say "oh neat, check out my tank and here's my bettas 5 gallon tank. He really likes my gentle filter and I keep my heater set at 80 because hes so mich more active than when I had it set at 76. And he really seems to perk up after a weekly water change".
Open conversation they are like "I didn't know they need all that..." and then im like "well they can survive in a bowl but you could survive in a port a potty too..."
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To me this is the best part. I love testing, maintenance, aquascaping, its relaxing to do a water change... a stress reliever to focus on tank maintenance.Water changes, testing etc .
I love helping people with what knowledge I have (no expert for sure). But some things are just so basic and so easy to look up yourself.