"Nikki" wrote in message
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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,

My nearest town had several mom & pop pet shops try to make a go of it over
the years. Most of these stores did take good care of the fish, medicate
them, guarantee them etc. but people would not pay the prices they had to
charge to stay in business. The average Joe Blow went to *you know where*
to get fish for 1/3rd less the price the private stores had to charge.
Never mind they were sick and diseased, they were CHEAP! All these M&Ps
closed in less than 2 years. One only lasted about 6 months. However we
now have a brand spanking new PetSupermarket and they're thriving! The fish
are selling as fast as she gets them in (several older women run the place).

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,

But there are colorless medications such as Aquari-Sol that no one would
know was in the water. How could she not know that? The wholesalers could
have told her what to use that works and is invisible. I think some people
just don't have enough knowledge to make a go of these pet stores. That
real bad place I mention here stays in business because they sell other pets
besides fish. I wish they'd just concentrate on the birds and small animals
and get rid of all their diseased tanks of fish.

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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