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That's sad the some fish are caught with cyanide I don't know how many
times I've been in a local fish store and I've heard someone tell an
employee I just set up a fish tank and I want one of those pointing to a
mandarin. It just makes me sad that people don't educate themselves on any
livestock before purchasing. It makes me real sad whenever I loose any kind
of livestock myself as I try to provide the best environment. Sounds like
you have a nice fish store Wayne Wish I lived closer and I'd support you


Susan
"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message
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I don't have a warranty on my fish, but I also have date tags of when the
fish came in, so the customer can see that I have had the fish for a while.
And I warn the customer not to buy a fish if it is not looking good, that
they need to hold off on that as it is still stressed from the wholesaler.
Now if I sell something, and then realize later that there was a problem,
then I will refund. But it is hard to find stores that will take that kind
of effort to sell you healthy fish. But when you do find a store like that
you should support them.

So many customers will purchase fish without providing the right
environment such as not cycling the tank, or putting peaceful fish with
aggressive fish. I will warn them that they should not do it, but if they
insist, I will sell it to them because if I don't then they will just go
down the street and purchase there. Then they will come up to the counter
and ask, "So what is the warranty here?", thinking that they don't have to
take care of the fish, as if it dies, they can just replace it.

When I purchase something at a store, and the sales person ask me if I
want an extended warranty, I think to myself, "don't try to sell me a
warranty, just sell me a quality product". And for customers that want to
purchase fish the day they come in, I sell $30.00 fish or more for half
price. That helps take care of the extra risk.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Susan wrote on 8/1/2006 12:18 PM:
I agree that supporting the local fish stores is very important. The
only problem with purchasing locally most stores don't give much of a
warranty. I've purchased locally and took the fish home and had the fish
die within hours. The local place I purchased from refused to do
anything about it. That's hard to swallow when marine fish are expensive.
I guess it left me a "sour taste". That is kind of unusal though as most
stores give at least a several day warranty. The warranty to me is very
important but that's my 2 cents. I still though do support other local
fish stores sometimes if I see something I want. To offset shipping cost
when ordering on the internet I usually wait until I get a bigger order
together.

Susan
"kim gross" wrote in message
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michael wrote:
Hi,

I recently started my 125 gallon FOLR.

I have the following fish:
1 yellow tang
3 green chromis
1 juv koran angel

I'd like to add a bunch more fish. Where's the best place to get it.
The local fish stores are too too expensive.

Thanks

Just remember that you will have to add shipping costs to everything you
purchase mail order, plus you will not get to see livestock to make sure
it is healthy before you purchase. I am biased, but I always suggest
purchasing locally rather than mail order unless you are ordering a lot
of livestock so you can spread the shipping costs around. Come up with
what you want, including shipping and see if your local stores will
match it. Without local fish stores this hobby will go away since they
bring most new hobbiests into the hobby.

Kim
www.jensalt.com

"Susan" wrote:
That's sad the some fish are caught with cyanide I don't know how many
times I've been in a local fish store and I've heard someone tell an
employee I just set up a fish tank and I want one of those pointing to a
mandarin. It just makes me sad that people don't educate themselves on any
livestock before purchasing. It makes me real sad whenever I loose any kind
of livestock myself as I try to provide the best environment. Sounds like
you have a nice fish store Wayne Wish I lived closer and I'd support you


Susan




Unfortunately not all stores are honest or more frequently they have
employees who don't know anything about what they are selling. Kind of like
Radio Shack where you have one tech whiz in the store and two or three others
who usually say "huh?" when you ask a question. Usually my experience is there
will be a couple of experts who know marine life inside and out and then a few
other employees who tell you alot of gobbily-gook, probably not to cheat anyone
but because they don't know any better. I have a store I support locally (Tails
and Scales, Chesapeake VA) but I know which salespeople to talk to there. I'm
rather ashamed to admit that I didn't do nearly enough independent research
when I started salt water. I relied on the store's personel for advice (not
Tails and Scales). With my first tank they were right on in telling me how to
cycle a tank and did free water perameter checks..BUT....they also told me a
yellow tang was very comptatible in a community tank (so I bought it
FIRST...ouch!!) and that a madarin dragonet ate brine shrimp. So I learned the
hard way (and expensive) about mixing the right type of fish. It takes time
and research and you pretty much have to do it on your own. Even so everytime I
get cocky enough to think I understand how to run an ecosystem occassionally I
get bitten. Most of my fish live for years but I just lost a tomini tang
(beautifull fish which I've only seen once in a pet store) that came down with
some sort of bacteria infection that I just couldn't eradicate no matter what I
tried. I've been brooding about that all week.

Bob

www.reeftopia.com has some good deals as well.

Best thing to do is get a group order together to save on or get free
shipping.



wrote in message
...
"Susan" wrote:
That's sad the some fish are caught with cyanide I don't know how
many
times I've been in a local fish store and I've heard someone tell an
employee I just set up a fish tank and I want one of those pointing to a
mandarin. It just makes me sad that people don't educate themselves on
any
livestock before purchasing. It makes me real sad whenever I loose any
kind
of livestock myself as I try to provide the best environment. Sounds
like
you have a nice fish store Wayne Wish I lived closer and I'd support
you


Susan




Unfortunately not all stores are honest or more frequently they have
employees who don't know anything about what they are selling. Kind of
like
Radio Shack where you have one tech whiz in the store and two or three
others
who usually say "huh?" when you ask a question. Usually my experience is
there
will be a couple of experts who know marine life inside and out and then a
few
other employees who tell you alot of gobbily-gook, probably not to cheat
anyone
but because they don't know any better. I have a store I support locally
(Tails
and Scales, Chesapeake VA) but I know which salespeople to talk to there.
I'm
rather ashamed to admit that I didn't do nearly enough independent
research
when I started salt water. I relied on the store's personel for advice
(not
Tails and Scales). With my first tank they were right on in telling me
how to
cycle a tank and did free water perameter checks..BUT....they also told me
a
yellow tang was very comptatible in a community tank (so I bought it
FIRST...ouch!!) and that a madarin dragonet ate brine shrimp. So I
learned the
hard way (and expensive) about mixing the right type of fish. It takes
time
and research and you pretty much have to do it on your own. Even so
everytime I
get cocky enough to think I understand how to run an ecosystem
occassionally I
get bitten. Most of my fish live for years but I just lost a tomini tang
(beautifull fish which I've only seen once in a pet store) that came down
with
some sort of bacteria infection that I just couldn't eradicate no matter
what I
tried. I've been brooding about that all week.

Bob