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nigle · 02-24-2004, 08:01 PM

Oi!

IMO unless there is NO PLACE TO BUY fish locally and you HAVE TO buy on line, then OK, otherwise I can't see ANY benifit to do so.

Fortunately there are probably 15 stores with an hour drive of my house and probably more than that I don't even know about where you COULD buy fish. Now the question is weather I WOULD buy from most of them, and the answer is probably NOT!

My 'nice' LFS in Hobart, is run by people in the business that have had salt water for over 15 years BEFORE they got into retail, and the reason why I keep with them is not only the fish or coral, but the INFORMATION that comes along with. Other places in the area will sell 'product' as if it was a burger and fries, 'Just get it out of the store!' If the places that you have are like that then 1. sorry for that, but 2. MAKE THEM TALK TO YOU! If you know about the fish you want, and you ask questions that you know the answers too and they can't answer them then you 'politely' tell them they are idiots. If they are going to sell the product then they should KNOW THE PRODUCT!

One of my biggest 'beefs' with this [salt water] industry is that many of the stores still treat it like fresh water......you buy , it dies, you buy more! Salt water fish can live for decades, even $4.00 chromis.

I'm getting excited again, sorry.

Cheers!
nigle
!~!

02-24-2004, 08:01 PM	#19 (permalink)
nigle Tuxedo Urchin Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Gary, Indiana Posts: 292 View Gallery Karma Komment	Oi! IMO unless there is NO PLACE TO BUY fish locally and you HAVE TO buy on line, then OK, otherwise I can't see ANY benifit to do so. Fortunately there are probably 15 stores with an hour drive of my house and probably more than that I don't even know about where you COULD buy fish. Now the question is weather I WOULD buy from most of them, and the answer is probably NOT! My 'nice' LFS in Hobart, is run by people in the business that have had salt water for over 15 years BEFORE they got into retail, and the reason why I keep with them is not only the fish or coral, but the INFORMATION that comes along with. Other places in the area will sell 'product' as if it was a burger and fries, 'Just get it out of the store!' If the places that you have are like that then 1. sorry for that, but 2. MAKE THEM TALK TO YOU! If you know about the fish you want, and you ask questions that you know the answers too and they can't answer them then you 'politely' tell them they are idiots. If they are going to sell the product then they should KNOW THE PRODUCT! One of my biggest 'beefs' with this [salt water] industry is that many of the stores still treat it like fresh water......you buy , it dies, you buy more! Salt water fish can live for decades, even $4.00 chromis. I'm getting excited again, sorry. Cheers! nigle !~!