I finally saw the worlds dumbest LFS

[krazekajin]

I was in Muncie, IN and I happened to pass by a LFS. I stopped to see what they had and when I walked into the small store, I saw lots of water. They had just had a tank bust. It looked to be about a 300g. That is not the bad part, I understand that those things happen.
Anyway I am looking around and I notice a four foot shark in a 75g. I ask what kind of shark it was. It was a nurse shark. So they proceed to tell me that they lost a big lepoard shark when the tank busted and that this nurse shark survived. Thus, they had a four foot nurse shark and a big lepoard shark in a 300g. Hmm, I wonder why the tank busted?
I am not into LFS bashing as I have four awesome LFS in Toledo that I go to all of the time and they have not given me any wrong advice. But to think that a LFS would have two HUGE sharks in a 300g is beyond me.

 

[josebob]

I got u beat. I saw a sailfin, yellow and powder blue tang in a 55 gal. All the tangs were as big as dinner plates. the powder blue could't turn around.

 

[krazekajin]

wow, I am amazed

 

[rykna]

I was in one of our lfs walked into the saltwater room. There was a really bad stench coming from one of the tanks. I go over to have a look see.....it was a dead plate coral dead beyond dead....it was covered in mold....it's tank mates were looking like they were soon to join their deceased buddy. I grabbed one of the guys working there and alerted him to the situation. He replied...oh no...it's not dead, and it isn't and plate coral...it's a sponge! :scared: He then proceed to try and sell me the dead plate coral for 35 dollars. I declined, and was left alone again. I began to check over the rest of the tank. There were several assorted anemones including a sebae anemone. The lighting for the tank was a compact, not at all bright enogh for the sebae. I love sebaes, and this little guy had seen better days he was deffinately on his way out(the little guy was half melted and had turned a sickly off yellow collor). As I checked prices, assorted anemones were 50, and the sebaes were 80, another guy comes along..I ask him why isn't this anemone under proper lighting? He replies, "it's cheaper, we just try to sell them as quickly as possible to keep housing prices down. The guy continues..."I know that one's probablly going to die, I could give you a discount if you like, I think the sebae is 50 so I could give it to you for 25." He then left to find the mananger and inquire about the discount. When the manager returned he had a different story...."There's nothing wrong with this sebae, sebae anemones do not like bright lighting that's why I put it in this tank with low lighting. Secondly, the sebae isn't 50 it's 80!". I thanked him for his time and left. That is the last time I have set foot in that store.

 

[stanlalee]

I've only seen one, and I mean one out of about 15 pet stores that use proper lighting for anenome's and that one happens to specialize in corals and only does aquatics. Most are just under regular flourescents. Like said the rational must be to sell quickly. Most fish stores I go to just about run out stock by the time the day their weekly stock comes in.

 

[cab211]

I was just in a lfs and they had a nano cube with a dottyback and 4 cleaner shrimp in it. Plus another nano cube had like 9 clown fish in it. I quickly left