Maybe I missed something here, but the fish in the link was a salvini not a trimac. At anyrate the petsmart here was selling low grade FHs as trimacs a while back. I pointed that fact out to the manager, but he seemed to care less.
Selling FH as Trimacs?
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thatcichlidguy;2066204; said:
Image link from Aquabid from the auction.
Definitely not a Salvini.
Irresponsible fish labeling is a big problem in the hobby...and it applies to both "pure" and hybrid fish.
LFS and chains routinely mislabel fish or mix fish (in the same tank) that are easily confused. Happens all the time.
Think that big name wild importers of African cichlids are 100% correct on the peacock females that they sell?
Is the solution to stop selling peacocks? Condemn any seller who - intentionally or un-intentionally - mis-labels something?
LFS and chains routinely mislabel fish or mix fish (in the same tank) that are easily confused. Happens all the time.
Think that big name wild importers of African cichlids are 100% correct on the peacock females that they sell?
Is the solution to stop selling peacocks? Condemn any seller who - intentionally or un-intentionally - mis-labels something?
I sold a lfs some Fry a while back that are pure trimac thay labled them trimec flowerhorns? for some reson these guys went online and came up with trimacs being flowerhorns.
dogofwar;2066286; said:
Obviously this should be done on a case-by-case basis. If the seller accepts his/her mistake, takes the fish back/replaces it, you can have confidence in your further transactions with the seller. If this happens repeatedly however, you need to rethink where you get all your fish from.
This happened with TUIC 1-2 months ago - a few board members here got hybrids when they wanted a Trimac. The follow up as I understand, was that Jeff replaced these with pure Trimacs. That was, to me, the right way to deal with it.
Trimacs have suffered a great deal due to the mis-labeling though. At smaller sizes, its too tough to determine whether they are pure blood or not. Almost every pure trimac that has more than typical-3 "eyes" on its body is open for attack for being impure.
Its very frustrating to say the least.Simply buy your fish from reputed breeders/keepers. That way, if by mistake, you got a hybrid, atleast they will be ready to take it back/replace it.
Aphilophus;2066383; said:
That's a real shame. They probably thought they would sell faster labeling them this way
TheOscarGuy;2066469; said:Obviously this should be done on a case-by-case basis. If the seller accepts his/her mistake, takes the fish back/replaces it, you can have confidence in your further transactions with the seller. If this happens repeatedly however, you need to rethink where you get all your fish from.
This happened with TUIC 1-2 months ago - a few board members here got hybrids when they wanted a Trimac. The follow up as I understand, was that Jeff replaced these with pure Trimacs. That was, to me, the right way to deal with it.
Trimacs have suffered a great deal due to the mis-labeling though. At smaller sizes, its too tough to determine whether they are pure blood or not. Almost every pure trimac that has more than typical-3 "eyes" on its body is open for attack for being impure.
Simply buy your fish from reputed breeders/keepers. That way, if by mistake, you got a hybrid, atleast they will be ready to take it back/replace it.
I completely agree, very well put.
I was one of the guys that bought Trimacs (7) from Jeff that turned out to be flowerhorns. He replaced them in a timely mannor with pure Trimacs which were bred by him in his facility. The way he handled the situation, I wouldn't hesitate to buy from Jeff again in the future. Things happen sometimes in every business that need to be resolved and how you handle them makes the difference between keeping a customer or loosing one.
As for the auction, I've seen it and IMO it doesn't look like what a pure Trimac would look like at that size. Kinda reminds me of the flowerhorns I received the first time around, just smaller.
Well I just received a reply to my email.
"Sold to us from shipper in Tailand as tri mac. Entered the country as tri
mac. Have to take the shippers word."
I'am in no way trying to bash seller or anything but the fish in picture still looks too much like a FH to me.
"Sold to us from shipper in Tailand as tri mac. Entered the country as tri
mac. Have to take the shippers word."
I'am in no way trying to bash seller or anything but the fish in picture still looks too much like a FH to me.
