Favorite LFS "CUSTOMER" STORIES ...

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townzen;4459279; said:
I do not work in an lfs either, but I am in them very often. Best one ive ever heard is.... I walked in and asked the lady at the counter if they had any frontosas, and she says hold on let me check. She proceeds to ask every other freaking employee in the building, and then comes back and says are they saltwater? I respond. No come with me. As i'm walking down the aisle i see black convicts, jack dempseys, and then brundi frontosa on the top shelf. I said these are the ones. So she grabbed a bag and a net and started to grab my fish. She turns after catching 1 and says how many. I said I'd like 3 please. She responds... Oh well these fish only live in groups of 6 or bigger. How big is your tank. I said 75. She says 6 would be suitable. After a 20 minute argument i finally through out to her. "Now look hear you idiot, you didn't know if you carried the fish, if so where they were at, and to top it off you didnt know if they were salt or freshwater." Now i need 2 please. So she scooped my fish out and went to the register. While at the register she tried to force upon me tropical fish flakes and xl floating cichlid sticks for the 1.5 inch fronts i had just bought. Then when i told her it was okay i had new life spectrum and baby pellets at home she responds no they dont like eating that kind of stuff. This is the kind of lady i expect to see working in the fish section at a local walmart not a local fish store.
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GOT IT!! The best story IMO :ROFL::ROFL:
 
I like many of you with years of experience have many of these. My favorite is a former customer that I had when I worked at a very popular fish store in the Ann Arbor area. He had a 300 gallon reef tank which had been set up for years with thousands of dollars in corals and fish. He found this stupid sea apple one day at another shop and asked me what I thought. I explained that it was just a matter of time until it died and poisoned his water when it regurgitated it's digestive system. We used to call them colorful hand grenades or tank bombs. He bought it anyways and came back a few weeks later and bragged how he got it anyways and it looks great. Months later he was still talking smack about it. Every time I told him that he is only going to be lucky so long and that it was only a matter of time. Then one day he came in with his head down. I asked him what was wrong, he said "I guess you should say I told you so now." Needless to say the inevitable happened and he lost everything. All told it was over 7k worth of fish and corals and one of the most beautiful private reefs I have seen. He thought he was too experienced to have such a catastrophe. Just goes to show you, anyone can make the wrong decision and wipe out a tank.
 
Just thought of another one that is really sad, but is a must share. A friend of mine who owns a shop where I now live had a customer come in while back to trade in a silver aro. It was 36 inches long, and had lived it's entire life in a 30 gallon hex, swimming in circles. It's back was permanently curved and it could only swim in clockwise circles. He was so proud of how big he grew it, but left nearly in tears after we told him how he had mistreated such a beautiful animal. It just goes to show you, these fish are resilient.
 
coyotethug;4479226; said:
I like many of you with years of experience have many of these. My favorite is a former customer that I had when I worked at a very popular fish store in the Ann Arbor area. He had a 300 gallon reef tank which had been set up for years with thousands of dollars in corals and fish. He found this stupid sea apple one day at another shop and asked me what I thought. I explained that it was just a matter of time until it died and poisoned his water when it regurgitated it's digestive system. We used to call them colorful hand grenades or tank bombs. He bought it anyways and came back a few weeks later and bragged how he got it anyways and it looks great. Months later he was still talking smack about it. Every time I told him that he is only going to be lucky so long and that it was only a matter of time. Then one day he came in with his head down. I asked him what was wrong, he said "I guess you should say I told you so now." Needless to say the inevitable happened and he lost everything. All told it was over 7k worth of fish and corals and one of the most beautiful private reefs I have seen. He thought he was too experienced to have such a catastrophe. Just goes to show you, anyone can make the wrong decision and wipe out a tank.
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Wow, that had to suck. :eek:

That's probably the worst attitude to have in this hobby, "It'll never happen to me, I'll make sure of it.". For most it's not that costly though, 7K had to hurt.
 
God that's terrible
@Ben Chlorine is toxic on all levels for fish, some just take getting their gills burned better than others.....

I had a guy and his daughter come to the register with two platys and a Rapheal Cat, I get to talking to them and they thought the Rapheal was an algae eater:ROFL: I told them it wasnt and they went back and got themselves an Otto....

Also on a mention pertaining to waiting for the inevitable/keeping cool had a lady buy 9 goldfish for a 30gal. I tell her she'll need a bigger tank etc...Two days later two of the goldfish were dead and the other 6 had fin rot and fungus.
Me: put mela/pima in the tank to kill the infection(a band aid really)
Her: No I'm going to wash out the tank completly
Me: it'll kill your bb
Her: I want it super clean

Anyway I tell her to not use soap and just hot water and to add Stability let that sit for a week or more...(really it would have been better for her to treat the tank with meds and do big WC for a few days but)

Also don't you guys love total noobs to the hobby that have 0 knowledge in it so as you can tell them how it's really done?
 
coyotethug;4479233; said:
Just thought of another one that is really sad, but is a must share. A friend of mine who owns a shop where I now live had a customer come in while back to trade in a silver aro. It was 36 inches long, and had lived it's entire life in a 30 gallon hex, swimming in circles. It's back was permanently curved and it could only swim in clockwise circles. He was so proud of how big he grew it, but left nearly in tears after we told him how he had mistreated such a beautiful animal. It just goes to show you, these fish are resilient.
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Shocked after reading this... 36inches is nuts in a 30g hex... any pics?
 
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