I'll second that....My neighborhood fish store is not a chain (closing this
month) a older lady owns it she opened it after she retired for something to
do, and I kind of talked to her the other day about her closing she said she
was not doing to good with business, and I am not the kind of person to say
"hay your store sucks" but I did tell her I had many problems with fish I
bought there, and she said the ones you just got in the last few months (she
said because she has not been as involved) I said no its been all of them.
She said its probably because I don't quarantine my fish I don't have the
room, so there is much more change of disease, she also was very honest in
saying if someone comes in and my tank is blue from being treated they will
not buy fish from me at all, even in the clean tanks, I said I don't know I
would be more likely to because then I know your on top of it instead of
thinking you don't care what you are selling.
she was nice about it
Nikki



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"FishNoob" wrote in message
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lid says...
YES!!!! Have you asked to see their quarantine facilities? I never
knew a
store to have quarantine tanks for all new arrivals in the back-room
somewhere. They're unboxed and the bags are floated in the tanks until
they
have time to open them and release the fish - FOR IMMEDIATE SALE.

I do actually believe that this store does what they say. They're not
part of a chain, they don't advertise, they're not well-known outside
aquarium-keeper circles - I didn't even know they existed until a few
months after we got an aquarium. The store is not in an expensive
part of town - kind of off the beaten track a bit. They've been
established for many years. They don't have huge neon signs or
anything like that. IOW, they're not some flashy stack-em-high-sell-
em-cheap outlet.

You are very fortunate to find a store like that. In my area there are
few non-chain stores and one is so bad I seldom venture inside to see (and
smell) what they have floating in their tanks. :-(

They've got a very good reputation - everything I've
heard or read about them has been 100% positive. I've visited the
store twice and found the staff are all very interested and
knowledgeable, and not pushing to sell. They have a wide range in
stock, from tiny shrimp to two-foot-long stuff - all in reasonably-
sized tanks.

That's why I'm going further to buy from them rather than a local pet
shop :-)

That's an excellent idea.

So I'm not concerned about them failing to do what they say they do -
I just want to know what I should be doing, given the situation :-)

I've had such bad experiences not quarantining that I quarantine
everything from everywhere.
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Aquariums since 1952
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