what do i tell her?

wfd1008

wfd1008

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lady that i work with got a 12-gal nano about three months ago and needed some help. so went over to give her a hand and checked her water parameters and such. at the time she had 3 chromis with a little bit of LR and some yellow polyps. we got to talking and she asked about getting a clown and anemone to put in there. told her that i didn't think it was a good idea. explained that the lights weren't right and that the bio-load might push the tank over the edge. that was about two weeks ago. so today she tells me that she went and bought a clown, anemone, and from what i could gather a scooter blenny. so now she has 5 fish and an anemone in her tank, and wanting to put in more.
so i told her that there was too much as is and that the anemone probably wouldn't make it. then she said that a lfs said everything should be ok. so what, do i keep trying to explain to her, or should i just let her do her own thing?
 
puffer32

puffer32

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Some people need to learn the hard way. Unfortunetly for the aniimals involved. Make sure you stress to her how wrong the lfs was to tell her these things. If you have access to a computer at work, next thing to do is show her this forum and ask her to read this thread!
 
wfd1008

wfd1008

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i'll try and tell her, but you're right, some people do have to go through the school of hard knocks.
 
fats71

fats71

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The sad thing is in my short eperiance is that her tank might take it while most others will not. I have heard of people doing things that are just not supposed to happen but their are isolated cases where it works out perfectly. It will soon enough crash though when she tosses just one little thing into it after all this works out for her and then wham everything is dead and she is out a bunch of money...
The next time she asked me anything about swf I would tell her sorry you need to speak to your LFS I gave my opinion you would not accept it then so no bother in wasting my time with it.
 
ophiura

ophiura

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Give her the address of this board.
Tell her you don't want her money, but that LFS does, so can their advice really be trusted?
Tell her an overwhelming number of hobbyists - perhaps the majority - get so frustrated after losing their fish that they give up and get out of the hobby. They start down the same exact path she is on.
 
gmann1139

gmann1139

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Tell her you were thinking of getting an anemone too (or if you have one, you're all set) and ask her a question that anyone with an anemone has to know.
When she can't answer it, say "Oh", look surprised & scared, and create an uncomfortable silence.
Just plant the seed that she's in over her head.
 
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