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oscaroo said:
Wait I just remembered my favorite LFS story!!!! The person at petsmart said that she had a 20 inch cichlid. right after she said that I asked if it was an umbee a dovii or a peacock bass. She said that she did not now those aquarium terms. Then she said that it was a Texas cichlid and it was in a 55 gallon aquarium with 3 silver dollars. The person at petsmart made me think she was a :spam:!!!! She said that it was thriving I thought oh a 20 inch Texas cichlid thriving in a 55 gallon aquarium with 3 silver dollars!!!! there had to be something untrue about this. Even if it was 20 inches it would not thrive in a 55 gallon aquarium. if it was smaller than that she would of had to lied about it's size so there is something wrong here.:confused:
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are you sure it wasn't 20 cm, aka 8 inches. most non americans I know of use centimetres over inches, I had to wean myself onto inches for this site lol
 
aclockworkorange said:
I prefer to practice self control by not overstocking my tanks. I am completely happy to help new hobbyists, but when they turn around a week later and give advice to other new people on the forum that don't know who is behind the computer screen, it really just hurts the forum.



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I don't overstock my aquariums anymore.
 
aclockworkorange said:
I prefer to practice self control by not overstocking my tanks. I am completely happy to help new hobbyists, but when they turn around a week later and give advice to other new people on the forum that don't know who is behind the computer screen, it really just hurts the forum.



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Its not even worth it, your more of a kid then he is.....

And no, im more for sociology, i prefer not to know why a person is so messed up.

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I was on youtube and some guy there kept showing off his 'dwarf' bala shark. It was in a 2 gallon bowl with a heater and filter. I feel so sorry for that fish. I wonder what happened its been 2 years.
On Friday I was at my lfs and they had a baby Florida Gar in a 20 gallon. A mom had her 6 year old child there and she was asking about keeping one in her son's 5 gallon tank. I was ready to step in but worried they would ask me to leave and I'm 14 so. I had urgent supplies I needed. I feel SO bad for these fishes.:(

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mr.bigglesworth said:
I was on youtube and some guy there kept showing off his 'dwarf' bala shark. It was in a 2 gallon bowl with a heater and filter. I feel so sorry for that fish. I wonder what happened its been 2 years.
On Friday I was at my lfs and they had a baby Florida Gar in a 20 gallon. A mom had her 6 year old child there and she was asking about keeping one in her son's 5 gallon tank. I was ready to step in but worried they would ask me to leave and I'm 14 so. I had urgent supplies I needed. I feel SO bad for these fishes.:(

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Just talk to her right before she leaves and convince her to return the fish.
 
mshill90 said:
Petco, or Petsmart could care less about what size tank I have, so they have no right to be asking me.. That's why I tell them big enough.

I have tanks from 5gallons to 300 gallons. And I don't get fish that I can't house full grown to begin with.
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Yeah ok. BUT your profile says you have a 6,000 gallon koi tank. I'm guessing that's not true? And 1,600 gallon quarantine is much bigger than 300 gallons aswell. *suspicious*
PS: IM NOT FLAMING IM CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT HIS RESPONSE IS GONNA BE!! Don't take this the wrong way though.
And from the 'sound'(yes I know its text) of your condescending tone its like you came from a royal heirarchy and you think your better than everyone.
So what's going on here?

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A few of the recent posts reminded me of this one.

Short but Scary:

Stopped into a local Petco or Petsmart, I don't remember which. While poking around I saw that they had a few RTC's for sale, healthy looking & decently priced. However as I am NOT crazy and don't have a tank bigger than 200g I wasn't interested.

The little "tag" in from of the tank had the potential adult size listed more or less accurately at 5'2". The place was empty so I struck up a conversation with a friendly staffer. When I asked her how many RTC's they sell given their size requirements she replied: "Its not a problem, they only get to be about 5.2 inches long."

Although I can be a snarky B@stard just like anyone else I gently and indirectly corrected her in the hopes those fish actually go to people who can handle them.

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