Jeff wrote:
"NetMax" wrote in message
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Jeff, many of the well-intentioned clerks giving advice in pet shops do

not

even own now, or ever, an aquarium. Try to keep that in mind.



Good example was tonight, we have two Petsmarts in our town and I went to
the one I normally dont go to. The girl asked me what I wanted and I said
"Two Neon Tetras, one female black molly, one male orange molly, two clown
loaches". She got the two Tetras out and went for the Black Molly. When she
got it out she asked me if it were male or female. She said she didnt know
how to tell the difference. And instead of getting out one species, bagging
them and getting the next, she started putting them all in the same bag. I
told her to go ahead and put the fish back, I didnt want them. There was
also a dead Orange Molly floating around in the Molly tank. (People here
told me not to buy fish from a tank with dead fish floating around in it).
The lady didnt know anything about fish AT ALL and was working Petsmarts
Fish section. Lesson learned.


One PetSmart near where I work has a surprisingly good fish section.
The manager understands how to run a commercial fish system and there
are a few competent aqarists working there. The rest are dog and cat
people, but they can net a fish if you point at the one you want.

I wouldn't go there for advice, but I don't mind going there for fish
and cheap supplies. YMMV - I guess I'm just saying don't rule out all
PetSmart stores (PSMV?).

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