i feel impulse buys have to be an in-person thing. online shopping is just a test in self control... cant call it an impulse if you were already browsing the stock list....
Impulse buys
- Thread starter Kelly_Aquatics
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After my tank crashed and I lost all of my bala sharks I had an impulse buy about 3 irridescence for my "huge" 150 two died pretty quick the other one somehow stayed small until I got my 450 then he spurted for 5 to 12 inches in less than a year now 13 years old and barely over a foot long his name is Gus the lucky runt
I was at petco today. They had a banded leporinus, if he wasn’t missing his tail I would have bought him in a second. Also there was an ornate bichir for only 10 dollars, if I had a big enough tank I would have it now.
Ugh so so many fish that I don't even remember. 1 that I do remember and still regret to this day was buying a 1.5in paratilapia polleni that already had the full adult coloration. Very nice solid black with the lil blue spots on it. It was honestly a gorgeous fish but sadly it died due to stress from being in the plastic bag from the store while it was acclimating to his new temp tank. Kind of broke my heart to see one of my favorite fish just die in the bag before I even had a chance to have it in a tank. Ever since then I've never found another one that looked like it so I just never got another one. Maybe some day I'll get another one but as for right now the store has only ever gotten these tiny lil tan babies that I just feel no interest for.
I love paratilapia polleni they're so adaptive to different water types i'm surprised, and saddened to hear it died during acclimation.
The thing that made me most upset about it was that I never even got it out of the bag before it died. That and it was gorgeous right from the start. There was no guess work involve for how it would look like once it colored up since it already had its full color. So far that's been the only fish that I've never gotten to take out of the bag. And just to make matters worse, they sold out on the rest before I could exchange it for a new one, best I got was a refund.
I'm sorry fro your round of bad luck. You had a true beauty....
