wisdom from the LFS

[IceDragon]

here are just a few of the wonderful tidbits of information i got from a clerk at a LFS last sunday

1) no algea is photosinthetic so running your lights will not cause an algea bloom

2) If you had just bought IO from us you would not need to check your salinity

3a) a 2 degree tempure flux fom day to night is too much (buy a new heater)

3b) no the temperature in the ocean dosn't change moe than 2 degrees from day to night sunlight dosn't do that

4) no you dont need to seed you fuge with amphipods and copapods ... just get some merical mud that is all you need

5) no mandrine gobies will not depleat the pods in yous main tank 75G is tomuch space for them to eat

6) no tang can live in a 75G tank

7) i dont really know why the 260$ skimmer you bought from us is not making foam sorry

wow all this new unpublished data ... kinda makes you head want to explode

[Witfull]

learn something new every day!

[IceDragon]

i wonder if he has any findings to back this up :-P

[Maxx]

Well,
That explains whta I've been doing wrong....
Reminds me of a great line from "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"

"Morons, I've got morons on my side."
Nick

[cheeks69]

Unfortunately that is what you'll get at most LFS'

[BoomerD]

wisdom from the LFS

Sounds like another fairy tale to me...

[sincityreefer]

i once saw a LFS attandant drop a fish from one of the top tanks (probally around a 10ft fall including the little jump he did, pick it up and bag him telling the customer, oh dont worry, i do that all the time... inspires confidence in me, what can i say. that fish died within 72hrs i came to find out....
Ive also walked into the fish store and saw the whole store flodding, that manager was having an "extended cigrette break" and managed to flood around 250gal of water out into the vegas desert. oim sure that wastn good for the salinity....
Once i saw a customer buy two fish, and they were placed into a bucket for transport, the water in that buket came out of the "fish only" part (so it had redicluous ammounts of copper in it).. he then decided to buy around 90$ worth of shrimp and inverts, and the attendant just chucked them in to the bucket with all the copper watter, closed the lid and sent him on his way... sad.... im sure they were all dead before he made it home. gotta love the LFS...

[IceDragon]

damn sin ... you LFS is almost as bad as mine

oh btw i went shopping today ... but not for gear or livestock .... i found a new LFS ... i talk to the owner and he seemed to shoot pretty straight, his shop was clean and well maintained, all but one coral looked heathy and the fish where gorgious vibrant and playfull, the invert selection was by order only and a little pricy but i guess you cant have everything

[Craig Manoukian]

Unbelievable, yet believable!

Thank goodnes the only LFS here in Reno is a good one!

[Curtswearing]

Yup....looks like you got a winner there Ice Dragon.

I'm glad you found a better store.

[IceDragon]

oh i forgot to mention his corals started as low as 19.99 and ther where more than just leathers and shrooms in this price range

[Witfull]

wow!!...a keeper!!!!

[nigle]

Oi!

These kinds of posts sickens me to no end, probably because I have a very good LFS that I go to, it was the one that got me started with reefing. They are very concerned with everything that goes on and in and OUT of their store, not to say that that is the norm here in NW indiana, there are stores that are just as sad as the one that IceDragon started off with. It is really sad that there isn't some kind of standard knowledge base that all the stores and EMPLOYEES have to attain BEFORE they can sell.

They were talking about this [generally] at IMAC this year,, mostly about the distributers and suppliers, but they did mention some horror stories like this about dealers.

I feel for any of you out there that have to put up with this cr*p. It doesn't do a thing except "push product out the door".

"Would like fries with order?"

Cheers!
nigle
!~!

[IceDragon]

hey nigle could you throw the name of you store out (phone too plz) ... i am down in ky and already planning a reefing trip to indy for supplies so i might have to make a stop up there

and as for a "standard knowledge base" i think i would settle for common sence. the sun doesn't warm the ocean my arse ... and if you drop my fish i sure as hell aint buying it.

[Ladipyg]

Now Now...I'm sure the guy that dropped that fish is just going by his own life experience...I mean I am dead sure that guy was dropped on his own head more than once....