Ban from Fish Stores?
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This is a very depressing issue and I agree with pretty much all sides. I hate going into LFS and seeing tanks with like 30 baby RTCs and wondering if ANY of them will actually be put in a proper tank and live to maturity.
Heres one for ya - I was at Petsmart today, I read the label on a tank full of "iridescent sharks"...apparently the only grow to EIGHT INCHES. Funny I guess all those 3 ft. ones I've seen are a different subspecies or something.
Heres one for ya - I was at Petsmart today, I read the label on a tank full of "iridescent sharks"...apparently the only grow to EIGHT INCHES. Funny I guess all those 3 ft. ones I've seen are a different subspecies or something.
cenecker said:
thank god somebody said it I work in a small lfs in a college town and walmart and the other larger chain store print out these tags that are totally wrong biggest examples are the bala catfish (not black fin shark... it has whiskers for gods sake) that only gets 8" and the rbp's that only get 10" at the end of the year we have responsible people that are misinformed and had a proper tank for a 10" fish and once they start getting over a foot they freak and try and give them to us cuz the other stores won't take them back... and then I regretably give advice on humane euthanization that could be avoided if the other pet stores actually cared enough to do just a lil research...
my petsmart has pacus about 1in and it says they grow 22'' and minumum tanks size at 125gal
i dont get the minimum thing, its not right for the fish, i think its just to go easy on the people who buy them.
also seem people get over confindent when buy a baby monster, and they cant seem to grasp the reality of how big they grow and the care they need.
one last thing, i think when they label the fish in petstores they should label the TRUTH about them, that way it will drive away dumbasses and noobs and draw in committed aquarist willing to give their monsters what they really need.
thats just IMPO.
i dont get the minimum thing, its not right for the fish, i think its just to go easy on the people who buy them.
also seem people get over confindent when buy a baby monster, and they cant seem to grasp the reality of how big they grow and the care they need.
one last thing, i think when they label the fish in petstores they should label the TRUTH about them, that way it will drive away dumbasses and noobs and draw in committed aquarist willing to give their monsters what they really need.
thats just IMPO.
fish store should also have Ginormous tanks to hold these gigantic dudes incase they dont get sold right away, that way they dont end up getting stuck for life or a long time in a 55 gal tank.
come on guys. i have worked in 3 large well known lfs's in san diego. you get used to it. but theses things breed by the hundreds or thousands, so thats the way it goes. if they get too big eat em. if they didnt sell all these fish to all these people, we'd all be paying much more for our fish. they have to make money. and it seems like a lot of you are fish racists. feeders are born to die by your monster fish, but your poor monsters getting too big for the 55 gallon is cruel. you gotta look at it as all things die, some have it better than others, and
if they didnt breed better than rabbits we'd have a much fdifferent hobby. i know it sucks to thinkof things dying, but it happens to us all. i used to throw out dead fish all the time, some neon tetras just dont fare to well, some baby arowanas with egg sacs just dont make it. so what can ya do. if there are buyers there will be sellers. you guys want people to start taking our monster fish and making them illegal to own because they get too large? I HOPE NOT. cause if so you guys are in the WRONG fish forum. happy fish keeping
if they didnt breed better than rabbits we'd have a much fdifferent hobby. i know it sucks to thinkof things dying, but it happens to us all. i used to throw out dead fish all the time, some neon tetras just dont fare to well, some baby arowanas with egg sacs just dont make it. so what can ya do. if there are buyers there will be sellers. you guys want people to start taking our monster fish and making them illegal to own because they get too large? I HOPE NOT. cause if so you guys are in the WRONG fish forum. happy fish keeping
