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"Tylan" wrote in message
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| Hi Guys
|
| Thanks for all the helpful hints. I just thought I'd let you guys
know
| about the results. Well, there aren't any, yet. I went to
Petsmart (I
| know I can hear you groaning now) and can you believe they refused
to sell
| me ANY kind of loach / botia? The salesgirl told me they were all


That's a new one. Usually they'll sell anything to anyone. I once
witnessed them selling 4 channel cats to a guy who said he had a ten
gallon. I don't recall what they called them.

I've also met the type Tylan described. It's a case of extreme good
intentions coupled with insufficient information. It's usually a girl,
very environmentally aware and hates Siamese fighting fish because of the
containers they get sold from. They can get quite militant with their
beliefs. At the other more common extreme are the ones who will sell you
anything (usually it's a guy), and the more aggressive the fish, the more
they know about them (offering to feed the Piranhas for you to watch).
As commercial industries go, training is pretty weak in the fish trade
:o(.

NetMax

buying fish at PetSmart (was Snails - Update
 

This group has helped me stay away from fish that are inappropriate for my
tank. My LFS doesn't stock the usual suspects of fish that tend to crop
up on the group as bad for small aquaria. I've seen at our PetCo &
Wal-Mart that they have all the fish that get too big for 10 gallons --
tinfoil barbs, various plecos, Oscars, etc.

I was poking around on the web and came on this pictu

http://www.fishbase.org/Photos/Pictu...what=specie s

I think this should be posted next to the tinfoil barb tanks at Wal-Mart &
PetSmart. :)

--chris



On Mon, 12 Apr 2004, Dinky wrote:




"Tylan" wrote in message
news:_3nec.7303$VE5.5739@lakeread01...
| Hi Guys
|
| Thanks for all the helpful hints. I just thought I'd let you guys
know
| about the results. Well, there aren't any, yet. I went to
Petsmart (I
| know I can hear you groaning now) and can you believe they refused
to sell
| me ANY kind of loach / botia? The salesgirl told me they were all


That's a new one. Usually they'll sell anything to anyone. I once
witnessed them selling 4 channel cats to a guy who said he had a ten
gallon. I don't recall what they called them.







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Snails - Update
 

I've also met the type Tylan described. It's a case of extreme good
intentions coupled with insufficient information. It's usually a
girl, very environmentally aware and hates Siamese fighting fish
because of the containers they get sold from. They can get quite
militant with their beliefs. At the other more common extreme are
the ones who will sell you anything (usually it's a guy), and the
more aggressive the fish, the more they know about them (offering to
feed the Piranhas for you to watch). As commercial industries go,
training is pretty weak in the fish trade
o(.

NetMax

OMG, I just about fell out of my chair reading that one.. Just what I needed
on this, ugly a$$ed rainy, dreary, _MONDAY_..... that was hilarious...
especially coming from NetMax...

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is that better??

Snails - Update
 

Subject: Snails - Update
From: "Dinky"
Date: 4/11/2004 9:56 PM Central Daylight Time
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"Tylan" wrote in message
news:_3nec.7303$VE5.5739@lakeread01...
| Hi Guys
|
| Thanks for all the helpful hints. I just thought I'd let you guys
know
| about the results. Well, there aren't any, yet. I went to
Petsmart (I
| know I can hear you groaning now) and can you believe they refused
to sell
| me ANY kind of loach / botia? The salesgirl told me they were all


That's a new one. Usually they'll sell anything to anyone. I once
witnessed them selling 4 channel cats to a guy who said he had a ten
gallon. I don't recall what they called them.

I agree! It's 99.9% the other way. They're usually selling the wrong fish for
the wrong tanks.
I know there are some here that have good PetsMarts by them.....but wish them
to know that is so rare.
I usually get into it with the *Goldfish in a bowl is perfectly fine *
employees, but once I over heard the store manager trying to sell a couple some
Oscars for their 20g tank that they had in the cart...with them.
The manager ducked away for a minute to finish helping some other folks, and I
quickly explained..holding up my hands how large these fish (the manager told
them they could have 4 in the 20gH) will get and their eyes about bugged out of
their heads.
The wife asked why he would sell those fish to them....I said because he
obviously knows nothing about fish.
I recommend that they go home with their tank, research fishless cycling (this
was before Bio Spira) and them research fish that they fancy on the internet
before coming back.
I'm glad they left without any Oscars!
I later aksed the manager why he was going to sell them 4 Oscars for a 20g tank
that they had in their cart. He said...they're hardy and they won't grow any
larger than that tank.
I couldn't believe what just came out of that man's mouth.
He didn't have a clue as to how wrong he was. Isn't that sad.

Snails - Update
 

All I have to say is WOW! I, just for kicks, looked at their fish. (I
was in there getting some dog food). 2 tank were COVERED w/ ich. There
were about 3 dead fish for every tank. G-d was it horrible!

Evan