| Re: Who is responsible; the individual or the LFS? One thing I do like about Petco and Petsmart is the fact that they provide some basic info on their fish, like the red & green dots by the fish name telling you this is a community or agressive fish; a Petco I used to go had printed papers on how to setup a tank and some fish requirements, but like Charlie97L said, people will still put a tang on a small tank!
What I like to see is newbies get responsible and try to learn, so many come in to the hobby thinking they know what they are doing when the reality is they do not; this is why that tang is on that 20gal.
I know you have seen that member with that fish in his avatar, and some other ones that continually get told not to do a certain thing and they still do get this Mandarin or anemone on their 2 month old tank.
When I do not know what I am doing I listen to advice, then I try to make an educated desicion, but not everyone does and this is why some people will "blame" the LFS when things don't go right, it is easier to do so than to admit they were wrong.
The way we can help change this is by educating every newbie that comes to RS and help them out, but even then we can only do so much, they need to want to be helped, if not is a loosing battle.
A while back I desided I was going to be more friendly with new reefers so once in a while I do go to the Meet & Greet forum to say hello and try to be more proactive with the new people. Hopefully more and more correct info gets out there.
Peace.
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Little Luey
20Gal, 30 lbs. Live rock.
1 yellow goby
1 firefish
1 rainsford goby
5 turbo snails
1 feather duster
1 devil's hand leather
1 sea grass colony
2 Zoantoids colonies
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