Spaul302
New Member
I am always amazed at some of the information you can obtain at a LFS.....
Today I needed a bottle of Prime, so I stopped by an LFS that is close, usually has very good fish, but their prices are sky high. I had a coupon for 25% off supplies so I figured it was worth it to throw them some business. I go to get a 250ml bottle and they are out. I ask one of the girls working if they have any in the back. She goes and looks for it. While I am waiting, another girl asks me if I need any help. I told her that I was waiting for a bottle of prime from the back, and she proceeds to delve into a crash course in water chemistry with me. I figure that its icy outside, and I'm kinda bored, so what the heck, lets see how much she knows. She gets into water changes, and she asks me how much water I change (My answer is 50% weekly). She then becomes very agitated and tells me that I am killing my fish, and that they will not be alive in a month if I continue to change that much every week. Funny they have survived as long as they have, I guess it is a Christmas miracle! She then tells me that there is absolutely no reason that I should change more than 15% every two weeks to a month, for the good of the fish, as it would not be stressed out from the water changes. Another bullet point of hers was that by far the worst way to do a water change, resulting is sure death is right out of the tap with a python. Naturally, I then told her I dosed the whole tank then added water straight from the tap with MY python, and the fishies did not seem too bothered by the whole deal, especially since they try to swim up the python tube. I guess it is the fish version of a water park!
About this time the employee is ready to report me to PETA for the way I treat my fish, then the girl returns with my bottle of Prime. She somehow becomes engaged in the conversation and becomes equally as agitated- but at the OTHER EMPLOYEE. Oh yeah, did I mention my wife is standing one aisle over, giving me the "are you happy with yourself, look what you started now" look, lol. They become engaged in a heated debate that I think is going to end up in blows being thrown any second! I walked over and paid for my prime, walked over to the door, and the two were so engaged in their debate they had not even realized we had walked off! Note to self: make the trip across town to the other LFS next time!
Today I needed a bottle of Prime, so I stopped by an LFS that is close, usually has very good fish, but their prices are sky high. I had a coupon for 25% off supplies so I figured it was worth it to throw them some business. I go to get a 250ml bottle and they are out. I ask one of the girls working if they have any in the back. She goes and looks for it. While I am waiting, another girl asks me if I need any help. I told her that I was waiting for a bottle of prime from the back, and she proceeds to delve into a crash course in water chemistry with me. I figure that its icy outside, and I'm kinda bored, so what the heck, lets see how much she knows. She gets into water changes, and she asks me how much water I change (My answer is 50% weekly). She then becomes very agitated and tells me that I am killing my fish, and that they will not be alive in a month if I continue to change that much every week. Funny they have survived as long as they have, I guess it is a Christmas miracle! She then tells me that there is absolutely no reason that I should change more than 15% every two weeks to a month, for the good of the fish, as it would not be stressed out from the water changes. Another bullet point of hers was that by far the worst way to do a water change, resulting is sure death is right out of the tap with a python. Naturally, I then told her I dosed the whole tank then added water straight from the tap with MY python, and the fishies did not seem too bothered by the whole deal, especially since they try to swim up the python tube. I guess it is the fish version of a water park!
About this time the employee is ready to report me to PETA for the way I treat my fish, then the girl returns with my bottle of Prime. She somehow becomes engaged in the conversation and becomes equally as agitated- but at the OTHER EMPLOYEE. Oh yeah, did I mention my wife is standing one aisle over, giving me the "are you happy with yourself, look what you started now" look, lol. They become engaged in a heated debate that I think is going to end up in blows being thrown any second! I walked over and paid for my prime, walked over to the door, and the two were so engaged in their debate they had not even realized we had walked off! Note to self: make the trip across town to the other LFS next time!
