RESEARCH PEOPLE!!! PLEASE..

[piggy67]

I see Piggy learned from his own experience!

http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=159756&highlight=giant+gourami

Actually i did research, the blue gourami would have been perfect for a 29g with a few other fish..but nooooooo he turned out to be a GG...I would have researched before hand if i wanted a GG...However i did buy a freshwater lion fish before researching first, only to find out they are brackish.. An example of me not researching first and impulse buying. One of the reasons for starting this thread..

 

[packer43064]

It happens to everyone at least once. The big thing is do you learn from your mistake or do you keep getting fish that will outgrow your tank or fight with the fish you already have. Learning is key here, some people never learn though.

 

[Patatl3]

Look you cant tell anyone anything. they do what they want. I have personally told people the dangers of introducing certain species in their already establish system, and guess what they go behind my back and buy the species anyway. then what happens. Mayhem.. and they come back to me for a refund, credit or advice and i say NOPE... WTF

 

[ballinouttacntrol]

I'm lucky enough to have an awesome lfs nearby that wont sell you a fish just because you want it. If they know you're going to put a fish that gets 12" in to a 20g tank then they will refuse to sell it, even if they are losing a $300 sale from a single tang.

I doubt they're legally allowed to refuse business like that. Your money should be as good as the next persons. however, there's tons a ways around not ordering something for you but to just flat out say no you can't have it to something in a tank right in front of you?

 

[Patatl3]

They can say no just because when something happens with that fish you warned them about they come back for your blood crying foul when something does happen... but if they must have it you tell them no guarantee and make a note of it. youd be surprised how many actually try and say he/she never told me they blah blah blah. lol

 

[ballinouttacntrol]

They can say no just because when something happens with that fish you warned them about they come back for your blood crying foul when something does happen... but if they must have it you tell them no guarantee and make a note of it. youd be surprised how many actually try and say he/she never told me they blah blah blah. lol

upon a lil research...(thank you google) which is what this thread is about...i've learned that stores do infact have the right to refuse a sell.

Kinda seemed like a double edged sword to me.

 

[MonsterMinis]

I've pretty much done it all over the years... the one thing that rings true if you will.. is I did my best by the animal once I aquired it. It's the people who don't care about the life they take into their hands that research helps the most for imo.. but then if they cared they'de do it before/dureing/after the purchase wouldn't they?.. Hence why forums like this are great.. it educates the people wanting to learn. Always ticks me off when people get flamed on here for asking a question... "There are no stupid questions, Just stupid people." Implyign it is better to ask a question you don't know the answer too, then to make assumptions or flat-out lie.

As for the rest.. well You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.. I've given up on helping people who just don't want help. I'de rather waste my energies on someone who actually wants to learn. I can't say how many peopel I've refered now over the past few years to this site when I haven't known an answer or know they are truely into the hobby.

 

[Yanbbrox]

upon a lil research...(thank you google) which is what this thread is about...i've learned that stores do infact have the right to refuse a sell.

Kinda seemed like a double edged sword to me.

Responsible stores should ask the question, of course you could just lie when buying a pacu and say you've got a 500gal tank and they will still sell it.

The issue is why would any good LFS stock and sell any fish that could end up with no space to swim, dead or sold on when they get to big and then still end up dead, or worst still get released into the wild?

Everyone makes mistakes when buying fish normally early in the hobby, but if the fish weren't there in the first place then the mistakes are nullified.

Then again, if you truly had a 50k tank and wanted to stock it with pacu(or just about anything else for that matter) you should be able to buy them for that sort of tank.

That is the double edged sword.


Even still I like the premise/story behind this thread, someone buys a little blue gourami for a 29g(if my memory is working), turns into a GG and then upgrades the tank to care for the miss sold fish, dedication on a level that was not planned for but either way a story that new members need to read.

 

[packer43064]

I doubt they're legally allowed to refuse business like that. Your money should be as good as the next persons. however, there's tons a ways around not ordering something for you but to just flat out say no you can't have it to something in a tank right in front of you?

Their business their rules. Obviously to a point, but still.

 

[jlnguyen74]

Actually i did research, the blue gourami would have been perfect for a 29g with a few other fish..but nooooooo he turned out to be a GG...I would have researched before hand if i wanted a GG...However i did buy a freshwater lion fish before researching first, only to find out they are brackish.. An example of me not researching first and impulse buying. One of the reasons for starting this thread..

If you did research, you should tell the different between a blue gourami and a GG. Lionfish is marine, not brackish...