Favorite LFS "CUSTOMER" STORIES ...

[snyder810]

What really annoys me is the people who come in talking about fish "mysteriously dying" or not living longer than a few months. I ask them how they care for the tank and get descriptions as mentioned above. I explain to them what is wrong with their methods and they respond with "that's how I've done it for 20 years without any problems". ?????? How is fish living 1/10 of their normal lifespan not a problem?

to add on i get a lot of "o we've had this fish forever now, it's been like 6months"

 

[Adhlc]

Bogwoodbruce has anyoe ever come back into the store and said "you were right, my fish died..."?

Those people usually don't come back in my experience.

 

[coeus]

Those people usually don't come back in my experience.

even if they did they wouldnt readily admit they were wrong

 

[hmoobvwj]

Not technically a LFS story but more of a Public Aquarium story...

I was at Underwater Adventures in the Mall of America. I was looking at their SA exhibit with all the different types of fish and such and this guy next to me sees a "Black Pacu" and starts bragging and talking nonsense! He told a lot of people there that all the "Black Pacu" in there were actually Piranhas!

I got a good chuckle but yeah right a 2-3 foot long pygo!

 

[Bogwoodbruce]

Those people usually don't come back in my experience.

I hate it when people are like that.
If water is discolored by anything besides driftwood tannins theres a problem.

Bogwoodbruce has anyoe ever come back into the store and said "you were right, my fish died..."?

I dont always see them back in the shop again or if i do they probably dont wanna admit it. He may have been ok to a couple more fish and its his choice but why risk it in a new tank.

 

[Plec123]

but why risk it in a new tank.

exactly.

i was in my fav LFS aa few days ago and this guy was in there askin the manager if she could set up a big SW tank at his house and have the store maintain it. he didnt wanna touch anything and get his hands dirty lol. i had a good laugh listening to their conversation when i was there.

 

[ktluvsfish]

I was stocking my African Cichlid tank about a year ago, and the LFS worker recommended some haps that got way to big for my 3 foot tank. I told him I didn't want anything larger than a yellow lab (about 6 inches) and he told me that yellow labs get up to 3 feet long in the wild. I told him that he was wrong and his response was "Yes they do... haven't you ever been to Sea World?".

 

[Plec123]

In places with not-so-knowlegable, or just plain ignorant, employees, youve gotta go there already knowin. Everything you need to know about what fish you want...

 

[Bogwoodbruce]

exactly.

i was in my fav LFS aa few days ago and this guy was in there askin the manager if she could set up a big SW tank at his house and have the store maintain it. he didnt wanna touch anything and get his hands dirty lol. i had a good laugh listening to their conversation when i was there.

So many people want fish as ornaments rather than pets

I was stocking my African Cichlid tank about a year ago, and the LFS worker recommended some haps that got way to big for my 3 foot tank. I told him I didn't want anything larger than a yellow lab (about 6 inches) and he told me that yellow labs get up to 3 feet long in the wild. I told him that he was wrong and his response was "Yes they do... haven't you ever been to Sea World?".

What an idiot.

 

[Plec123]

ornaments rather than pets

i know... Terrible isnt it? If people could see how much personality fish have, they would think differently...