Here is Petsmart's educational literature....

[Burtess]

Petsmart has one of these pamphlets for a bunch of different families of fish.
Take a read, no wonder people get screwed up

The pamphlet is titled "South American Cichlids" and has a pic of a midas on the cover. Other interesting points I highlighted.

Burt

 

[ewurm]

If they follow those instructions, they will be buying many more fish to replace the ones that die. That's the idea.

 

[sabotage]

midas is semi-aggressive?? thats funny

 

[balton777]

They're using the 1" of fish per gallon rule on cichlids too. So a 15" South American (lol) Midas can comfortably live in a 15 gallon tank. That's good advice...NOT!!

Oh nevermind. I forgot that according to Petsmart, an adult Midas is only 3"-10" max.

 

[ewurm]

They're using the 1" of fish per gallon rule on cichlids too. So a 15" South American (lol) Midas can comfortably live in a 15 gallon tank. That's good advice...NOT!!

Oh nevermind. I forgot that according to Petsmart, an adult Midas is only 3"-10" max.

The 3-10 inch rule is the max size they wil attain if you folow their care sheet!

 

[Nova 8]

I don't see a problem with the 10% WC every week, the 25% per months seems worse. Beceides I have heard stores say that you should change 1/3 every 3 weeks and no more otherwise your tank would be 'to clean'. This store also believes that if you take a filter pad out and leave it in the sun for 8hrs it still has benifical bacteria in it. They told me that even after a year, if you don't wash it under tap water, the benifical bacteria is still there and ready to go.

 

[12 Volt Man]

I don't see a problem with the 10% WC every week,

this is not good.

for two reasons:

1. the average person overfeeds their fish

and

2. the average person overstocks.

you have seen some of the tanks of fellow monsterfishkeepers LOL


If I did only a 10% w/c on my 90 each week my giant fish would be dead within the month

 

[cichlid savage]

The midas is SEMI-AGGRESSIVE?!?!?!? And generally peaceful with fish of the same size and temeperment. Until they get tired of the other fish then it's CLOBBERING TIME!

 

[AngelicGreenTerror]

Those things made me laugh when I saw them. At least one of the staff members I know is actually knowledgeable and has done her homework. There's hope for other petsmart employees too. I still remember one time I went to petsmart and I met a guy who knows Jeff Rapps.

 

[Burtess]

And just remember, this is the "Care Guide - Developed and approved by PetSmart Veterinarians" ......

Burt