Black Community Fish Please
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dwarfgourami
Fish Connoisseur
Most lfs, even the best run, are occasionally going to end up with dead fish in their tanks. Fish do die, and the fish in the lfs have just been through a very stressful journey. Bad signs are:
when the fish are clearly long dead, half decayed and surrounded by a cloud of fungus, and have still not been fished out
when you can see that there is infection in the tank and the not-for-sale sign has not gone up
when you point it out to an assistant and they refuse to fish the dead fish out "because it is natural for fish to eat their dead companions"
when dying fish are being harrassed by their companions and the assistant refuses to do anything about it
Needless to say, I have come across all these. But I have also come across the opposite: a shop where you hardly ever see any dead bodies; shop assistants who thank you for pointing out the dead and fish them out immediately, shops with a proper quarantine system. I now try to point out problems as gently as possible, to make it easy for assistants to change their ways without too much loss of face. Two years of negotiating life for a handicapped daughter has turned me into a much more wily person than I used to be. These days I'm interested in getting results, not in venting my feelings.
when the fish are clearly long dead, half decayed and surrounded by a cloud of fungus, and have still not been fished out
when you can see that there is infection in the tank and the not-for-sale sign has not gone up
when you point it out to an assistant and they refuse to fish the dead fish out "because it is natural for fish to eat their dead companions"
when dying fish are being harrassed by their companions and the assistant refuses to do anything about it
Needless to say, I have come across all these. But I have also come across the opposite: a shop where you hardly ever see any dead bodies; shop assistants who thank you for pointing out the dead and fish them out immediately, shops with a proper quarantine system. I now try to point out problems as gently as possible, to make it easy for assistants to change their ways without too much loss of face. Two years of negotiating life for a handicapped daughter has turned me into a much more wily person than I used to be. These days I'm interested in getting results, not in venting my feelings.
anywho.. back to the original topic..
i recon a couple of black angelfish would do beautifully in your tank. i have a tank similar size to yours, and the angelfish make great hosts. Such gracefuly appealing animals!
P.S i tend to find LFS' owned by an old couple [like a couple near me], who have run it most their lives, usually give good advice. However, on the weekend, you get your part-time crew. Employed to stack the shelves and deal with customers. However, these part-timers most of the time don't have a clue.
The way people talk about LFS' on here makes my local kwik-fit look good. They can't really be THAT bad can they? or are you just asking the wrong employee for advice?
i recon a couple of black angelfish would do beautifully in your tank. i have a tank similar size to yours, and the angelfish make great hosts. Such gracefuly appealing animals!
P.S i tend to find LFS' owned by an old couple [like a couple near me], who have run it most their lives, usually give good advice. However, on the weekend, you get your part-time crew. Employed to stack the shelves and deal with customers. However, these part-timers most of the time don't have a clue.
The way people talk about LFS' on here makes my local kwik-fit look good. They can't really be THAT bad can they? or are you just asking the wrong employee for advice?
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