So, I went to one of the only two "non-chain" LFS yesterday. It isn't the best LFS I have ever been to but they have a variety of SA/CA cichlids and had a couple things I was interested in.
I was about to ask to grab a red hump geo until I noticed... it had white spots. And then I watched more carefully and the entire tank had ich.
Now, Ich isn't a really big deal for anyone that has dealt with it before, but none of my tanks have heaters at the moment so I can't properly treat it.
I look around at some other fish in the same system (there are like... 6 different systems I would say on their own filtration) and they had ich too. Some of the tanks even had salt in it so I know they were aware of the problem.
Is it right for them to try and sell the fish still? Less experienced fish keepers would come in and unknowingly take home an ich infested fish. A simple sign should have been up IMO letting people know and letting newbies know how to treat it if they still wanted the fish.
It seemed kind of shady to me and put me off to the shop honestly.
I was about to ask to grab a red hump geo until I noticed... it had white spots. And then I watched more carefully and the entire tank had ich.
Now, Ich isn't a really big deal for anyone that has dealt with it before, but none of my tanks have heaters at the moment so I can't properly treat it.
I look around at some other fish in the same system (there are like... 6 different systems I would say on their own filtration) and they had ich too. Some of the tanks even had salt in it so I know they were aware of the problem.
Is it right for them to try and sell the fish still? Less experienced fish keepers would come in and unknowingly take home an ich infested fish. A simple sign should have been up IMO letting people know and letting newbies know how to treat it if they still wanted the fish.
It seemed kind of shady to me and put me off to the shop honestly.