Re: LFS's well petstores *%#& *&^ %^& (to many curse words to allow meto post!!!!!)

[Marc Levenson]

I couldn't just walk away, I'd have gotten involved. That is absolutely rediculous, and the
store owner needs to know what is being sold. I understand the need for profit to keep the
store open for business, but if they are told how to set it up correctly, Mom & daughter will
be back for another fish to ADD, rather than replace, to their 20H. <sigh>

That tang was a bad choice, but people don't equate the same feelings toward fish that they do
for a soft puppy. Heck, if I see a amphipod during my cleaning, I drop that little guy back
in the refugium to keep living.

Marc


richard reynolds wrote:

> I have heard all the arguments before how the person at the LFS shouldnt have to do all
> the research and all that well it blows, and today as i just about cryed I watched a 25ish
> year old mother of a 5~6 year old buying a tank for her daughter.
>
> now IF i were to walk into sears go into the kids department pick out a package of size 14
> underware walk the store looking for the dumbest pourest excuse for a human on the plannet
> and ask him if with my 29" waist would these fit and hold up the package, there aint no
> way he is going to say "yes" at the very least he will say no or ask someone else or
> "???duh???" like blank stares time
>
> this is everything in this ladys basket (seriously EVERYTHING!!!!)
> 1 3.5" sail fin tang
> 1 20G High tank (tank/stand/light/all glass hood)
> 1 package of CC
> 1 bag of 20gallon red sea salt mix
> one of those fresh water heaters the 150W for $12 totally not waterproof and specifically
> NOT for salt water tanks
> an aquaclear filtter the smaller one
>
> and for the only 3 half sane things on the list
>
> a bottle of amquel
> a couple of cheasy decorations (fake coral a plastic skull)
> a stick on thermometer
>
> and she had help picking out everything
>
> the guy at the fish desk told her to assemble this add water dump the entire bag of salt
> into the water mix it up for a few minutes and dump the fish in, said she will have to do
> monthly waterchanges but no information on how to do them or what exactly to do with them.
>
> notice no hydrometer and the 3.5" tang in a 20H that alone started me getting angry the
> directions he gave her had me soo ****ed off i just had to leave !!!
>
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> --
> richard reynolds
>

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[Teeb]

LOL.. my husband catches me doing that too and gives me a hard time about
it.. They always end up on the filter pad when I stick it in the HOB
sometimes and when I take it out, I flick them back into the tank.
And I don't walk off either.. I have to put my two cents worth in and figure
they can choose listen to someone with the experience or not, no matter what
it is.. the fish, rabbits, birds, turtles, dogs, frogs.. I have all of them
and have lots of experience except with the marine stuff but I am learning
that too.. I always figure at least I tried.

Teeb

"Marc Levenson" > wrote in message
...
> I couldn't just walk away, I'd have gotten involved. That is absolutely
rediculous, and the
> store owner needs to know what is being sold. I understand the need for
profit to keep the
> store open for business, but if they are told how to set it up correctly,
Mom & daughter will
> be back for another fish to ADD, rather than replace, to their 20H.
<sigh>
>
> That tang was a bad choice, but people don't equate the same feelings
toward fish that they do
> for a soft puppy. Heck, if I see a amphipod during my cleaning, I drop
that little guy back
> in the refugium to keep living.