Coral Beauty Angelfish. What does he eat?

Haha, 2 1/2 hours to my nearest petshop that sells marine/sal****er stuff


George Patterson wrote:
Peter Pan wrote:

George, I also live in NJ and after long searching for a good store,
found one at the Aquarium Center in Clementon (Camden Co).


Thanks for the tip, but that's a real hike for me. I buy my livestock at
Pets, Pets, Pets in Somerset. About at 45 minute drive each way for me,
but worth it to me.

You're right about the need for a long search sometimes. You can lose a
lot of livestock finding a good shop.

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

I certainly don't disagree with you on any point you make.
BUT between DrFostersmith.com and Bigalsonline.com
and most other dot.com fish outlets you can have mostly anything at
your front door in a day or 2. Including frozen silversides and brine
shrimp.

Oh well see you on the next post : )


"Pszemol" wrote in message
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"TheRock" wrote in message
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My point was that most fish eat what is readily available at your local
corner pet store.

The problem is that the one you just got might be not like the most
others...
And the diet is part of the compatibility you recomended checking.
See my example in buying tang while having seaweed garden.

PP says nothing of having any Coral at all. I just threw that in there.

We are on a REEF forum, and this means we are NOT talking about FO setups.

Question for you, what fish can you think of that needs a diet that
is so exotic that it would be a problem getting ?

Ribbon eel? Seahorses? Dragonets? and many, many more...
Same applies to inverts. People buy inverts mostly by they looks.
Not even thinking about their diets - this is big mistake.
I was not immune to these mistakes, but now I am bit smarter :-)

Bottom line is: read as much as you can about the animal you
want to buy. Some stores have even books on the shelf - you
do not even go back home for quick research use store books.
Know its mature size, diet, behaviour and relations to other
fish and inverts you already have or plan to have in the future.
And if the book is not available - go home, cool down, it is
better to miss the animal than to get a wrong one not matching
your tank... This hobby should teach patience not impulse buying :-)

"Billy" wrote in message ...
We are on a REEF forum, and this means we are NOT talking about FO
setups.

Yes, but since the other groups are pretty dead, most gravitate here
for advice. Try not to assume.

They are dead, BECAUSE all people gravitated here... :-)
You try not to do it :-)))))
When anybody asks the question here, and does not tell
anything about his/her setup, I invision reef setup... :-)))
Do not blame for this, please...

Some stores will hold a fish for the customer.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Mark Henry wrote on 3/4/2006 6:02 PM:
Pszemol wrote:

Do not buy fish stright from the shipment, lot of them have parasites, or
diseases and they will perish soon.

You know, I keep seeing/hearing this advice but the fact of the business
is that when new stock shows up it rarely lasts a week before it's gone.
Stuff comes in the door, gets floated and added to the floor tanks and
the pick of the stuff is gone the same day (Thursday for fish, Friday
for everything else). If you're not willing to buy it when it's put out
chances are it's not going to be there in a week.

That's one of the reasons why I've stopped buying from my LFS and
started buying from online sellers that offer a warranty/guarantee. I
know that it's being drop shipped from either the breeder or their
importer and no matter what its condition on arrival I have some kind of
recourse.

mark h

"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message ...
Some stores will hold a fish for the customer.

Why would they do it,
if they can turn around and sell same fish today to a different customer?

"Pszemol" wrote in message
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"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message
...
Some stores will hold a fish for the customer.

Why would they do it,
if they can turn around and sell same fish today to a different
customer?

Public Relations. The better stores recognize the value of repeat
customers, and will do what is needed to keep you. Of the 6 places in
this town where I can buy sw fish, 4 of them will hold fish, special
order fish, let you watch them eat, and other such things. Wanna bet
which ones I go to the most? Yep. The ones where I'm taken care of,
rather than just served and shoved out the door.

b

Wayne Sallee wrote:

Some stores will hold a fish for the customer.

Good point. Most around here will hold a fish for a regular customer.

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

Wayne Sallee wrote:

Some stores will hold a fish for the customer.


There's only two stores (that I know of) within a 30-mile radius of me
that sell salt water fish. Neither offers any form of guarantee (you
bought it, it's your problem) and neither will hold a fish unless you
special order it - and then you have to pick it up within a day or two
or its arrival.

This is probably more a response to the market than anything else. Since
there's little competition then the retailers control the market. If we
could get 1 or 2 more stores to open, then we might get better service
and more options...

mark h

Yep, there's no sense in not assuming that a poster is
referring to a reef tank. This is a reef forum. It's
understandable for a person with a fish only tank to want
to get answers here, but unless otherwise stated, I too
will assume they have a reef tank.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets


Pszemol wrote on 3/5/2006 9:03 AM:
"Billy" wrote in message
...
We are on a REEF forum, and this means we are NOT talking about FO
setups.

Yes, but since the other groups are pretty dead, most gravitate here
for advice. Try not to assume.

They are dead, BECAUSE all people gravitated here... :-)
You try not to do it :-)))))
When anybody asks the question here, and does not tell
anything about his/her setup, I invision reef setup... :-)))
Do not blame for this, please...