Do you think this is dumb?

[cichlid savage]

I was at my fav LFS today and I saw a guy at the register with some pretty cool fish. Thinking he was a monster fan I struck up a conversation. He had 3 Buttercoferi, 3 RD's 2 GT's and 1 JD. So I say, You got some real killers there your'e going to need a referee. He said, Yeah but I got big tank they'll be okay. So I ask, "What size tank?" He says quite proudly "180 gallons". So I ask "Do you know how big these guys get?" he says yeah, But my tank is big enough, and I am going to buy an electric cat, he'll control the tank" So I say the RD's will outgrow the GT's and the JD's in no time" He says, "I'm only going to feed them flake food so they will be okay" At this point I realize who I'm talking to and I decide to end the conversation. The man then asks me what kind of fish I have. So I give him a brief stock list. He gets a look of disbelief on his face and when another clerk comes by and asks me how my rays are doing he just drops his head. He pays for his fish and leaves.

I say to the clerk that tank wont last 6 months, the clerk says "no 3". We . And I leave shaking my head.

Sorry for the long post but didnt think it would be this long.

 

[crashinc25]

You can't correlate to those who can't comprehend. Besides, if you have any space between your fish, electricity builds up and they shock each other when they touch, at least that's what I was told.
Derrrrr

 

[milkman407]

I love these stories.

Went into petsmart and saw a girl with her dad, he had a 10gallon tank in his arms, than a oscar and a betta in the other. I asked is he gona put those in together and he said yea... so i walked away laughing.

Nice story though, Would have loved to be there when it happend.

 

[WayneSB]

poor betta

 

[cichlid savage]

poor betta

But the oscar was thinking LUNCH!

 

[Angel51087]

Yep I'm in the employ of Pets At Home, and these stories are unfortunately commonplace, I've posted this story but the worst so far has been 2 oscars and 2 plecs in a 60 litre BiOrb--- would like to point out it wasn't PAH that sold these to him it was another local fish store.
I'm kinda past the point of disbelief though, Joe Public rely on us to worry for the health and happiness of their fish cause the sure aren't going to

 

[sncboom]

If I had a 180 I wouldn't get fish that are so common anyway.

 

[Onion01]

lol, I like these stories. I can't believe he thought he would get away feeding the tilapia flake food. That tank=pure fish testosterone.

 

[CTU2fan]

Ya that's dumb. Though if he left out the buttis and the GT's he might be OK...in other words half the fish he was buying haha.

Oh and savage I miss yer old avatar...

 

[amehel0]

lol, I like these stories. I can't believe he thought he would get away feeding the tilapia flake food. That tank=pure fish testosterone.

when i first got my tilapia all it ate was flakes and he grew quick as .(tripled-4x size in 5 months.but eventually when i got more challenging fish(naemly so fish that would not eat flakes lol,) i used bloodworms and now thats all he eats.