Shark in a 55g

ncprowler

ncprowler

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I went to the worst fish store ever today! it was in Elizabeth City in NC. They had a foot long shark in a 55g tank. he just sat there in the corner of the tank. He can't even turn around if he tried. They have probably 6 tanks of saltwater with no live rock in any of the tanks. All they have are crushed coral bed, heater, and filter in the tank. all of the CC has brown filth all over the place and since he is the only pet store in the town everybody in that town is forced to buy from them. I feel really bad for all of the fish there!
 
jon321

jon321

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Originally Posted by Ncprowler
since he is the only pet store in the town everybody in that town is forced to buy from them
Thats why there are places like saltwaterfish.com

Jon
 
sharkboy13

sharkboy13

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Originally Posted by joojoo
I doubt it was a display... I'm sure someone will buy him and give him a better home.
or some newbie will go "hey cool a shark, i wonder if he'll do ok in my ten gal w/ my clown" or worse in his 30gal w/ tetras
 
martyna

martyna

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I was at a lfs today and they had 2 moorish idol's in a tank that couldnt have been much bigger then 15gal. Luckily for them they were already marked as sold, so they will be outta there
 
sharkboy13

sharkboy13

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Originally Posted by MartynA
I was at a lfs today and they had 2 moorish idol's in a tank that couldnt have been much bigger then 15gal. Luckily for them they were already marked as sold, so they will be outta there
lets hope they go to a 300+..
 
bill109

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my lfs just got in 2 morish idols.. i must say how beautiful of a fish they are but i doibt they will live. when peopl buy fish they dont care about tank size .. so you could walkin and say cani have yt.. they will say sure wich one.. you point one out and bring him home and into the 15 gal he goes.. .i feel bad since there arent 2 mnay people with large enough tanks areound here for 1 idol never mind 2.
 
sharkboy13

sharkboy13

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Originally Posted by bill109
my lfs just got in 2 morish idols.. i must say how beautiful of a fish they are but i doibt they will live. when peopl buy fish they dont care about tank size .. so you could walkin and say cani have yt.. they will say sure wich one.. you point one out and bring him home and into the 15 gal he goes.. .i feel bad since there arent 2 mnay people with large enough tanks areound here for 1 idol never mind 2.
requiem i know has two in his 1700 w/ the bonnethead, i wonder how hes doin.....
 
hatessushi

hatessushi

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Originally Posted by Jon321
Thats why there are places like saltwaterfish.com

Jon
Although, do you really know how Saltwaterfish.com houses their fish? You are assumming they are better then some of the lfs out there like ncprowler is talking about. It is a good assumption even though all we really have to go on is the good condition in which we receive the livestock from them and the design of the website. None of that tells us how SWF.com takes care of the animals. We just go on peoples word but none of us have seen their facilities, at least not that I know of.
I still buy my fish from SWF.com
 
jon321

jon321

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Originally Posted by HatesSushi
Although, do you really know how Saltwaterfish.com houses their fish? You are assumming they are better then some of the lfs out there like ncprowler is talking about. It is a good assumption even though all we really have to go on is the good condition in which we receive the livestock from them and the design of the website. None of that tells us how SWF.com takes care of the animals. We just go on peoples word but none of us have seen their facilities, at least not that I know of.
I still buy my fish from SWF.com

Does it make ANY sense wat-so-ever that consistently good quality fish would come from poor quality facilities?.... :notsure: Bad facilities = bad fish, good facilities = good fish.
Jon
 
hatessushi

hatessushi

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Originally Posted by Jon321
Does it make ANY sense wat-so-ever that consistently good quality fish would come from poor quality facilities?.... :notsure: Bad facilities = bad fish, good facilities = good fish.
Jon
No it doesn't make sense, but have you actually seen their facility? I could be that they don't keep a lot of stock.
We have a local salt water only store that is always filthy but their fish are very healthy. I would buy corals and fish, and inverts from them but I won't buy dry goods because they are way to expensive so I buy it from here.
 
bill109

bill109

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Originally Posted by Jon321
Does it make ANY sense wat-so-ever that consistently good quality fish would come from poor quality facilities?.... :notsure: Bad facilities = bad fish, good facilities = good fish.
Jon
QT them and you cant get a bad fish and make sure they are eating in the lfs..
 
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