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Amongst the many tanks at an LFS, there were two tanks with baby catfish. In one tank they had dozens of 2.5 inch babies labeled iridescent sharks for about $4. In another tank they had about 4 baby catfish (many less than in the ids tank and clearly done on purpose to convey a sense of scarceness ) which were the same exact fish. However, these ids were labeled "Paroons" and were $20 not $4 dollars.

I put my blind trust in the woman who owns the store and had her bag one of the paroons up for me without really taking a close look at them...as they were all hiding behind the sponge filters and I was in a bit of a rush.
Needless to say...I haven't had a chance to go back to the store...but when I do, I am looking forward to seeing whether she actually believed she was selling Paroons or if she was just scamming her clients...Not Cool
 
After I finished reading your last post in your ID thread I thought of this thread and how it might be a good idea to share your thoughts here.
 
After I finished reading your last post in your ID thread I thought of this thread and how it might be a good idea to share your thoughts here.

Yup, you read my mind. And since I haven't been around the Lounge as of late...because I did a :nono:...It was nice to be able to vent a bit here, lol. Speaking of which...how are things going there?
 
You should check out the Ebola thread over there.
 
I can't access it if I am logged in, so I can only view it as a visitor...but can't comment. I got in some trouble a few weeks back...so until then....only window shopping, lol. But I will definitely take a look and see what you all have been talking about. Thanks for the heads up, lol.
 
That's okay,just view it as a visitor.Interesting reading but everything that needs to be said there has already been said a few times already.
 
One of my lfs emailed me saying they have 4" datnoids for 15.99
The picture is if a ST... I called and described the tails to help positively ID.

They said yes definitely ST.

I get there and of course they're indos.

:banghead:

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I had a worker at Petsmart tell me that I can't keep Angels with cichlids…because cichlids are too aggressive. I was like…you know Angels ARE cichlids right?
 
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