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freshwaterfishlover
04-15-2007, 07:38 PM
todays shopping list:

4 Marble Hatchets
4 Giant Gouramis
2 Silver dollars
1 Male Swordtail
1 Bronze Cory
1 Mystery Snail
4 ghost Shrimp
1 Cabomba plant
1 Milfoil plant
2 Anachoris Plants
1 Java Ferm
1 Bio load bag for a 40-70g Aqua Clear filter
Stress Coat.

Store #1

the biggest store in the area. I have been to this store many times. First time I have been treated Nasty. Only store that I have seen Marble Hatchets and they did not have them today. Also only one of two stores that I have seen Giant/Bannded Gouramis and they did not have them today.

I walk in and the store is Completely changed. The Filter Supples are in another part of the store and Stress Coat is behind the conter. I asked do you have Marble Hatchets. No. Do you have Giant Gouramis. No. I Then ask for a Snail and the Employee gets one for me, but leaves it in the holding container. Then asks me what else do you want? I say 4 Ghost Shrimp. Some while he is getting the Ghost Shrimp he drops the Snail out of the holding containerr on to the floor and tells me it's ok. I did not see the snail again till I go to pay. I then ask for Swordtail they have one. I ask for a Bronze Cory they have one. I then ask for 2 Silver Dollars they give me 2(At the time they look like silver dollars).

Then We go on to the plants. They had Java Fern, Cabomba, and Anachoris, but not Milfoil.

I go to pay and I say this snail does not look right(Dime Size of it's shell missing). He says It's ok it's ok. THen I notice the Silver Dollars have Spots. I ask why do theses Silver Dollars have spots? He tells me they are a diffrent types of Silver Dollars(It did not click till later they were baby Pirahnas. Same family as Silver Dollars). I tell the Guy I don't want the "Silver Dollars". I pay and leave.

Store #2.

This store I go to very offen. Very Friendly, but small. I ask about Hatchets they only have Silver Hatchets as always. And no Giant Gouramis. Also They only had 6" Silver Dollars not Small ones. I buy a Milfoil Plant and leave.

Store#3

Since I sill neede Silver Dollars, Giant Gouramis and Marble Hatchets. I decided to go to a store I naver been to, But many people that have been there talk about it. I look around and Find non of the fish I want. I ask for help and they only had Silver Hatchets. THey also did not have Giant Gouramis. Only thing I bought was 2 Silver Dollars a Little bigger then I want, but I buy them. The Guy Helping me does something I never saw before. He air tights the bag with a hose instead of just knoting the bag. By the time I get home 15minutes later the 2 Silver dollars are having a hard time swiming and are on their side.

Drumachine09
04-15-2007, 07:48 PM
todays shopping list:

4 Marble Hatchets
4 Giant Gouramis
2 Silver dollars
1 Male Swordtail
1 Bronze Cory
1 Mystery Snail
4 ghost Shrimp
1 Cabomba plant
1 Milfoil plant
2 Anachoris Plants
1 Java Ferm
1 Bio load bag for a 40-70g Aqua Clear filter
Stress Coat.

Store #1

the biggest store in the area. I have been to this store many times. First time I have been treated Nasty. Only store that I have seen Marble Hatchets and they did not have them today. Also only one of two stores that I have seen Giant/Bannded Gouramis and they did not have them today.

I walk in and the store is Completely changed. The Filter Supples are in another part of the store and Stress Coat is behind the conter. I asked do you have Marble Hatchets. No. Do you have Giant Gouramis. No. I Then ask for a Snail and the Employee gets one for me, but leaves it in the holding container. Then asks me what else do you want? I say 4 Ghost Shrimp. Some while he is getting the Ghost Shrimp he drops the Snail out of the holding containerr on to the floor and tells me it's ok. I did not see the snail again till I go to pay. I then ask for Swordtail they have one. I ask for a Bronze Cory they have one. I then ask for 2 Silver Dollars they give me 2(At the time they look like silver dollars).

Then We go on to the plants. They had Java Fern, Cabomba, and Anachoris, but not Milfoil.

I go to pay and I say this snail does not look right(Dime Size of it's shell missing). He says It's ok it's ok. THen I notice the Silver Dollars have Spots. I ask why do theses Silver Dollars have spots? He tells me they are a diffrent types of Silver Dollars(It did not click till later they were baby Pirahnas. Same family as Silver Dollars). I tell the Guy I don't want the "Silver Dollars". I pay and leave.

Store #2.

This store I go to very offen. Very Friendly, but small. I ask about Hatchets they only have Silver Hatchets as always. And no Giant Gouramis. Also They only had 6" Silver Dollars not Small ones. I buy a Milfoil Plant and leave.

Store#3

Since I sill neede Silver Dollars, Giant Gouramis and Marble Hatchets. I decided to go to a store I naver been to, But many people that have been there talk about it. I look around and Find non of the fish I want. I ask for help and they only had Silver Hatchets. THey also did not have Giant Gouramis. Only thing I bought was 2 Silver Dollars a Little bigger then I want, but I buy them. The Guy Helping me does something I never saw before. He air tights the bag with a hose instead of just knoting the bag. By the time I get home 15minutes later the 2 Silver dollars are having a hard time swiming and are on their side.


He fills the bag with air to keep the bag "inflated" so that the fish cannot get squashed. Most of my LFS do this, and its not why the fish were on their sides. That was stress

Rue
04-15-2007, 08:33 PM
Sorry you had such a bad experience at the first store! I think that warrants a complaint!

How is the snail?

freshwaterfishlover
04-15-2007, 08:44 PM
In my area I have 7 Stores and today was the 4th store I have been to and This was the first time I have seen the store air tight the bag.

The guys that dropped the snail I think was the owner.

I new the Silver Dollars I bough were bigger then the ones I already had in the tank, but did not realise how much bigger. The ones in the tank are 3" and the ones I bought today are like 4"-4.5"

I bought Stress Coat today and used it in the tank with the Silver Dollars for the first time.