El Roberto wrote:
"swarvegorilla" wrote in message
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your lfs are idiots
platys and neons like different water so ya gotta comprimise anyway
I'd chuck a little bit of shellgrit on the bottem
and the bit of wood
and start stocking
pH is never a problem if you keep up small regular water changes

Yeah, that's what I thought! If my pH is 7, then according to fishlore.com
(which seems a reliable source, no?) then tetras will do fine between a pH
of 5-7.5, whilst platys will take 7-8 (which suggests that an alkaline pH is
actually better for them!).

Tell me - is it quite common for people to have misinformation and problems
like that with local fish stores? I assumed they'd all be experts,
but is this not the case? I mean, that is TWO different shops who have told
me that my pH is too high - what gives?!

cheers

Rob

I will be even more blunt about some LFS; We were always here all sorts
of strange stories in about every subject you can imagine. We decided
to send persons with similar questions, but worded a little different,
especially when it came to the amount available to spend. We got
different answers to basically the same question from the same persons,
usually to dishonestly extract more money from the consumers when this
more expensive purchase was not needed.

Carl