Biggest lies my LFS told me

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"Rick" wrote in message
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"NetMax" wrote in message
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Between all of us, we have probably visited 100s of petshops, perhaps
1000s of times, and overheard comments which made our ears go red. Does
anyone have any favourites?

I remember overhearing :
"Goldfish can live in a bowl because they are air breathers",

- and of course the perennial classic:
"Oscars are fine in a community tank".

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On one of my trips to Petsmart (?), I over heard a woman and hear daughter
talking to a clerk about a Peguin Bio-wheel. Clerk says "And all you have
to
do to clean the wheel is run it under water in the sink".

I never clean my biowheels and I've never even been tempted to do so. They
keep going and going and going.... I don't run penguins anymore though
except for my older woman friend right now and I expect that even though I
use the superior "spray bar" type of bio-wheel the penguin will serve her
almost perfectly. Is there some kind of truth you are referring to that is
different from what I know or are you supposed to not rinse the biowheels in
tap water because the chlorine/probable temperature shock would kill of a
lot if not all of the good bacteria? Just curious/fascinated, later!

I just had to
speak up. The mother and daughter were happy I did, and the clerk gave me
one of those 'deer in headlights' looks.

I told them to never clean the bio-wheel. I thought that was known by all.

"Daniel Morrow" wrote in message
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Mid posted.


"Rick" wrote in message
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"NetMax" wrote in message
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Between all of us, we have probably visited 100s of petshops, perhaps
1000s of times, and overheard comments which made our ears go red.
Does
anyone have any favourites?

I remember overhearing :
"Goldfish can live in a bowl because they are air breathers",

- and of course the perennial classic:
"Oscars are fine in a community tank".

;~)
--
www.NetMax.tk


On one of my trips to Petsmart (?), I over heard a woman and hear
daughter
talking to a clerk about a Peguin Bio-wheel. Clerk says "And all you have
to
do to clean the wheel is run it under water in the sink".

I never clean my biowheels and I've never even been tempted to do so. They
keep going and going and going.... I don't run penguins anymore though
except for my older woman friend right now and I expect that even though I
use the superior "spray bar" type of bio-wheel the penguin will serve her
almost perfectly. Is there some kind of truth you are referring to that is
different from what I know or are you supposed to not rinse the biowheels
in
tap water because the chlorine/probable temperature shock would kill of a
lot if not all of the good bacteria? Just curious/fascinated, later!

I just had to
speak up. The mother and daughter were happy I did, and the clerk gave me
one of those 'deer in headlights' looks.

Do you comprehend English syntax?

"Alpha" wrote in message
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Do you comprehend English syntax?


You overheard that in an LFS?

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www.NetMax.tk

Yes, Pet Smart! I just coundn't not say anything. It blew my mind, the guy
really worked in fish department. Very scary. One of the reasons I'm glad I
found this group.

"NetMax" wrote in message
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"Alpha" wrote in message
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Do you comprehend English syntax?


You overheard that in an LFS?

;~)
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www.NetMax.tk