Star fish ate my anenome

"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message
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Yep, they eat your corals too.

There is one pet store near by that keeps chocolate chip star fish in
with their cony anemones. They then tell the customers that they can buy
and put chocolate chip starfish in with their anemones and corals, see
they do :-)

The customer then buys the star and it eats their corals and anemones,
and they then go back to the same store, and spend more money on corals.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Outrageous. Someone should complain to the better business bureau.

George

The BBB is a joke. They see themselves as an advertising
agency, and when a person complains to them about one of
their paying members, they don't take action against them
because they don't want to lose those membership fees.
Instead they just play mail carrier with the complaint.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



George wrote on 10/28/2006 2:00 PM:
"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message
ink.net...
Yep, they eat your corals too.

There is one pet store near by that keeps chocolate chip star fish in
with their cony anemones. They then tell the customers that they can buy
and put chocolate chip starfish in with their anemones and corals, see
they do :-)

The customer then buys the star and it eats their corals and anemones,
and they then go back to the same store, and spend more money on corals.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



Outrageous. Someone should complain to the better business bureau.

George

George wrote:

Outrageous. Someone should complain to the better business bureau.

The BBB will do nothing unless the complainer 1) has been injured and 2) will
settle for something "reasonable."

I think it unlikely that the BBB will handle a case in which the only acceptable
settlement is to make them stop keeping starfish in the same tank as anemones. I
could be wrong.

IMO, the most effective cure is publicity, such as that which Wayne is
providing. It may not be very effective, but it's the best we have.

George Patterson
All successes in conservation are temporary. All defeats are permanent.