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1bigdovii

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A lfs near me actually has ID sharks listed on their tag as growing to 8" thats just a little off. Sad thing is the tag has been there since i was like 15 im 29 now. I have told them about that and many other mislabelings. I guess they would not sell as many fish if they told their true size.

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Lfs w/ uneducated employee said goldfish dont need wc at all only tropical fish do......

At petsmart i saw a guy netting and packaging two medium sized oscars for a family, both oscars flopped out of the net 9' to the ground and the customer happily took them still.... i thought i was tripping

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NCStateFisher

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kind of an opposite story... today i was the customer.. Last fall I was going to the LFS and they had these really nice phillipine blue angelfish, some the size of a quarter others a little bigger than a half dollar but they only had two of the bigger ones left. I had asked how much they wanted for the bigger ones and the dude told me $26 but they wouldnt sell the bigger ones until they got more that size. I was like okay, whatever. I went back between then and now 3 or 4 times and always the same story. I go in today and they had probably 12 or 13 of the bigger ones. So i asked okay, are these still $26? and this is what I got "Uhh, no the guy that breeds them is done so now these are our last ones and now they are $65 each"... so basically i waited and waited and waited for 7 or 8 months and now they want $65 for a 3" angelfish. Really wish a GOOD freshwater LFS would open up here they're all crap
 
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NCStateFisher said:
kind of an opposite story... today i was the customer.. Last fall I was going to the LFS and they had these really nice phillipine blue angelfish, some the size of a quarter others a little bigger than a half dollar but they only had two of the bigger ones left. I had asked how much they wanted for the bigger ones and the dude told me $26 but they wouldnt sell the bigger ones until they got more that size. I was like okay, whatever. I went back between then and now 3 or 4 times and always the same story. I go in today and they had probably 12 or 13 of the bigger ones. So i asked okay, are these still $26? and this is what I got "Uhh, no the guy that breeds them is done so now these are our last ones and now they are $65 each"... so basically i waited and waited and waited for 7 or 8 months and now they want $65 for a 3" angelfish. Really wish a GOOD freshwater LFS would open up here they're all crap
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Ohh that sucks. I would have been so mad lol I'm offically done with angels for a while until I can setup a huge angel tank but would have snagged them in a heartbeat. Would love to have a few blues.

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dani_starr

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I love this thread! Here's one of mine from going to petsmart (I know, but their fish are often healthier than at my LFS, and they have a wider selection sadly)

Me: Hi, I was wondering if you have any Senegal bichirs (I pronounced it correct too, the guy at petco told me how it was pronounced :)
Employee: No, we don't carry any biker fish. (gives me a dumb look)
Me: I'm pretty sure you do, they are listed online. I think it as dinosaur eels it was?
Employee: No, we don't have dinosaur fish (gives me another dumb look)
Me: Are you sure? Senegal bichir, part of the polypterus family with the ropefish? Long, snake like look with the spiky looking fins? Kinda tannish?
Employee: Oh ya we have those! The dino eels!
Me: Ya, they are also called Senegal bichirs!
Employee: Ya we have dino eels, but not biker fish, whatever those are..

Or another time I went in to petco
Me: Do you think it would be okay to keep female bettas with male fancy guppies in a 55 gallon planted tank? I'm worried about fin nipping.
Employee (certified aquatic specialist, with a degree in marine biology and what not)- No, they should BREED together, although there is a chance that they will produce offspring.

Or at an actual LFS
Me: I want to get a couple of the feeder guppies. I'm going to choose them, so I know they are 50 cents each.
Em: Okay, just show me which ones.
Me: Okay. That boy right there (pointing to a bright yellow male with a visible gopodium(sp)
Em: That one, okay but that's a female.
Me: No I'm pretty sure that's a boy. He has the long, thin modified anal fin, the females have the triangular fins
Em: No, that's the boys that have triangular anal fin
Me: (confused) oh okay.

So I come home with 5 "males" surprise surprise, ALL are females. And I was right.
 
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