People are stupid

[BuggyNutt]

I was out shoping for fish one day and found a fish I had not seen before. I asked 4 people in the lfs what it was and they decided that it must be a some type fish. Wow this was just the answer I was looking for. I asked them how much it was and since they had no idea what it was or what the price was they said it must be free/donated. I said bag it up. I guess I was not that smart either because I put it in Qtank with some danios until I could figure out what it was. The next day I found out it was some type of pike and that it really liked the taste of those danios. I ended up giving it to a friend and it seems to be doing great. I guess the lesson is to not buy the unknowns, from the the unknowing.


Jason

 

[Vitaliy]

Does not make you much smarter than those people in the store, eh?

 

[Oddball]

Welcome to MFK!!!

Nice story. But, this thread is worthless without a pic of the mystery pike.

 

[USMCtanker]

let me guess it was like petco or petsmart or something

 

[guppy]

It does happen, Pike cichlids or pike characins are great fish but they think that danios are great snack food. As a future rule of thumb, fish that have a long, cigar shape and longish mouth are often predators. Most decent fish shops keep an Axelrod's fish atlas or something similar on hand, or have a book section, you can always try to look it up there. Of course now that you are here you can snap a picture of any "unknown" fish and post it, someone will be able to give you an ID.

 

[qumqats]

Any fish that is small enough to fit in the mouth of another fish is potential food and is in danger becoming a feeder.

 

[Tongue33]

 

[remy]

hehehe

 

[marke14]

Ha, nice reply. I love you emoticon.

I always quarantine new fish by themselves, if I am unclear on how voracious its appetite is.

 

[Mourinho18]

I love you emoticon.

wait, what were we talking about