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gtdarock
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thanx
rara12
Member
i hate to tell you this but if you havent seen the fish eat chances are it isnt. Alot of times a lfs will say anything to get you to buy something. A lady came in with a fish covered in ich to my store and asked me to identify it. She was told it was a "spotted black platy" and it was really just a black molly covered in ich. So next time your there, even if your not going to buy it, ask them to feed it.
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gtdarock
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I was there today, and they have two, both were eating brine shrimp,mysis shrimp and bloodworms.
seannmelly
Active Member
Originally Posted by rara12
i hate to tell you this but if you havent seen the fish eat chances are it isnt. Alot of times a lfs will say anything to get you to buy something. A lady came in with a fish covered in ich to my store and asked me to identify it. She was told it was a "spotted black platy" and it was really just a black molly covered in ich. So next time your there, even if your not going to buy it, ask them to feed it.
LMAO
that's a new one!! lol, people never cease to amaze me!!
Melly
i hate to tell you this but if you havent seen the fish eat chances are it isnt. Alot of times a lfs will say anything to get you to buy something. A lady came in with a fish covered in ich to my store and asked me to identify it. She was told it was a "spotted black platy" and it was really just a black molly covered in ich. So next time your there, even if your not going to buy it, ask them to feed it.
LMAO
Melly
lion_crazz
Active Member
Definitely not! Moorish idols should not be purchased. If you buy this one, more will be collected and brought into the LFS because they are selling. It is a bad cycling that needs to broken. We, as the intelligent aquarists, need to break it.
miaheatlvr
Active Member
Originally Posted by lion_crazz
Definitely not! Moorish idols should not be purchased. If you buy this one, more will be collected and brought into the LFS because they are selling. It is a bad cycling that needs to broken. We, as the intelligent aquarists, need to break it.
Of course i agree but he sounds dead set on getting it anyway, so all you can do is pass along good advice and hope he takes it!
Definitely not! Moorish idols should not be purchased. If you buy this one, more will be collected and brought into the LFS because they are selling. It is a bad cycling that needs to broken. We, as the intelligent aquarists, need to break it.
Of course i agree but he sounds dead set on getting it anyway, so all you can do is pass along good advice and hope he takes it!
xdave
Active Member
My advice is leave it in the store so they dont order any more. Every time you buy 1, they have to catch at least 5 more to replace it because that many will die in the process. (actually it's more like 25)
He wont just be killing the one he buys, hes causing the death of the others as well.
This is the most difficult fish to keep of all available. If you dont have at least a B.S. in Marine biology and a tank over 8' that has been running for over five years, you will kill him and cause the death of at least 5 more.
He wont just be killing the one he buys, hes causing the death of the others as well.
This is the most difficult fish to keep of all available. If you dont have at least a B.S. in Marine biology and a tank over 8' that has been running for over five years, you will kill him and cause the death of at least 5 more.
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gtdarock
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Ok. Guys, thanx for the advice, I will pass on getting him.
lion_crazz
Active Member
Originally Posted by GTDAROCK
Ok. Guys, thanx for the advice, I will pass on getting him.
Glad to see there are still responsible aquarists out there!
Ok. Guys, thanx for the advice, I will pass on getting him.
Glad to see there are still responsible aquarists out there!
hatessushi
Active Member
True, there are some responsible aquarists out there. Hopefully no one will buy the Moorish but chances are someone will since they are such pretty fish. To bad we can't attach a sign to the tank that says;
"If you buy me I will most likely die and so will 5 others like me when they try to replace me"
"If you don't buy me I will still probably die but this store may not purchase any more of my kind so at least my death may save more of my kind and my death will not have been in vain"
"If you buy me I will most likely die and so will 5 others like me when they try to replace me"
"If you don't buy me I will still probably die but this store may not purchase any more of my kind so at least my death may save more of my kind and my death will not have been in vain"
miaheatlvr
Active Member
Originally Posted by HatesSushi
True, there are some responsible aquarists out there. Hopefully no one will buy the Moorish but chances are someone will since they are such pretty fish. To bad we can't attach a sign to the tank that says;
"If you buy me I will most likely die and so will 5 others like me when they try to replace me"
"If you don't buy me I will still probably die but this store may not purchase any more of my kind so at least my death may save more of my kind and my death will not have been in vain"
What reallly scares me is all the little kids who see FINDING NEMO and then want to get one and thier parents buying it because of the crying begging kid and then sticking it in a GOLDFISH BOWL because the LFS didnt even bother asking any questions, just getiing the sale. Do You Think This Happens? I DO!
True, there are some responsible aquarists out there. Hopefully no one will buy the Moorish but chances are someone will since they are such pretty fish. To bad we can't attach a sign to the tank that says;
"If you buy me I will most likely die and so will 5 others like me when they try to replace me"
"If you don't buy me I will still probably die but this store may not purchase any more of my kind so at least my death may save more of my kind and my death will not have been in vain"
What reallly scares me is all the little kids who see FINDING NEMO and then want to get one and thier parents buying it because of the crying begging kid and then sticking it in a GOLDFISH BOWL because the LFS didnt even bother asking any questions, just getiing the sale. Do You Think This Happens? I DO!
lion_crazz
Active Member
Maybe not as extreme as the goldfish bowl, but I do think a lot of them are sold because of the movie, unfortunately.