Personally i luv my fish as tho they were family, and i go to great lengths to keep them as well as i possibly can.....however, the local lfs's arnt so caring to there fish, and for me this really is the worst thing for me...example,
I went to 1 of my local garden centers 2 weeks ago, ive noticed dead fish before and have mentioned it several times to them (Discus being the last 2 fish i saw dead and fungified) but they jus dont seem to care...anyways....i went there and they had 2 beautifull 6inch clowns, iwas immediatley concerned for there well being and asked to buy them (i have a 130gl tank on its way, but they were to be housed in 30gl tank for a couple of mnths) i was refused saying they wld not be for sale and only for display i left very dissapointed.. :0(.
I was determined to check on those clowns again, so i went last wednesday.....oh my...... the first clown was on his side breathing rapidly with a mass infection of ich, the otherone was hid behind a stone, and i cld only see his tail, which must of had 50 or so white spots on it, my heart sank. As i gazed at the once magnificent fish, the lady who runs the acuatic section came to me and offered me them for 30pnds....in dismay i walked out without answering her, but i felt so sorry for them and me and my misses talked about it, and i returned later that evening with the intent of buying them, even if they died, i needed to try and save them, i cld not of done a worse job than them.
To cut a long story short i had a semi argument with a lad who had taken the ladys place (her shift was obviously up B**ch) i got the price down to 25 but he wld not release them and said he wld treat them himself, he had done it lots of times and it wasnt a big concern, he then proceeded to put a FULL DOSE of med in the tank....well, once again i was dismayed and realised that these poor fish wld not make it to the weekend...i went home disheartned....how people can treat life with such recklessness ANGERS me!!
I went the next day and spoke to the chap i argued with ( this was at 3:30 in the afternoon) he said he had not had chance to look at them so i went and checked for myself, there he was, floating in the water, with some kind of puss coming out its mouth, dead as a do-do, the other clown still in the same position it was the previous day. Well i wasnt happy, and walked rnd the tanks to cool down...i then noticed they had had a restock...and again to my HORROR they had put 6 fresh Discus in a tank where there was 1 dead and 1 dieing discus in-it form the previous week...but 1 discus caught my eye, a pumpkin 1, he was luvly but allrdy starting to show signs of stress...i played up...complained on how they had treated the clowns and bought the pumpkin (whos now called Pumpkin funnly enuf)...
Pumpkin had a few grazes and some white fur on him, i put him in thursday and started treating with garlic (my tank is heavily stocked with inverts, so pls no comments on garlic, i have my own opinions, and read to much to the point of my brain exploding). Today Pumpkin is swiming and feeding, he comes to see me at the glass to!! I really hope i can keep this chap alive!!
So there ya go, bit lengthy, but thats what i hate about fishkeeping, lfs that dont care, to be honest, i dunno if i can leave the death of those clowns alone, and am seriously thinking of reporting them!!! Jus because its not human does not mean it doesnt deserve a decent life, we are all animals on this planet!!
Thx for reading this, as i really needed to air that.
I went to 1 of my local garden centers 2 weeks ago, ive noticed dead fish before and have mentioned it several times to them (Discus being the last 2 fish i saw dead and fungified) but they jus dont seem to care...anyways....i went there and they had 2 beautifull 6inch clowns, iwas immediatley concerned for there well being and asked to buy them (i have a 130gl tank on its way, but they were to be housed in 30gl tank for a couple of mnths) i was refused saying they wld not be for sale and only for display i left very dissapointed.. :0(.
I was determined to check on those clowns again, so i went last wednesday.....oh my...... the first clown was on his side breathing rapidly with a mass infection of ich, the otherone was hid behind a stone, and i cld only see his tail, which must of had 50 or so white spots on it, my heart sank. As i gazed at the once magnificent fish, the lady who runs the acuatic section came to me and offered me them for 30pnds....in dismay i walked out without answering her, but i felt so sorry for them and me and my misses talked about it, and i returned later that evening with the intent of buying them, even if they died, i needed to try and save them, i cld not of done a worse job than them.
To cut a long story short i had a semi argument with a lad who had taken the ladys place (her shift was obviously up B**ch) i got the price down to 25 but he wld not release them and said he wld treat them himself, he had done it lots of times and it wasnt a big concern, he then proceeded to put a FULL DOSE of med in the tank....well, once again i was dismayed and realised that these poor fish wld not make it to the weekend...i went home disheartned....how people can treat life with such recklessness ANGERS me!!
I went the next day and spoke to the chap i argued with ( this was at 3:30 in the afternoon) he said he had not had chance to look at them so i went and checked for myself, there he was, floating in the water, with some kind of puss coming out its mouth, dead as a do-do, the other clown still in the same position it was the previous day. Well i wasnt happy, and walked rnd the tanks to cool down...i then noticed they had had a restock...and again to my HORROR they had put 6 fresh Discus in a tank where there was 1 dead and 1 dieing discus in-it form the previous week...but 1 discus caught my eye, a pumpkin 1, he was luvly but allrdy starting to show signs of stress...i played up...complained on how they had treated the clowns and bought the pumpkin (whos now called Pumpkin funnly enuf)...
Pumpkin had a few grazes and some white fur on him, i put him in thursday and started treating with garlic (my tank is heavily stocked with inverts, so pls no comments on garlic, i have my own opinions, and read to much to the point of my brain exploding). Today Pumpkin is swiming and feeding, he comes to see me at the glass to!! I really hope i can keep this chap alive!!
So there ya go, bit lengthy, but thats what i hate about fishkeeping, lfs that dont care, to be honest, i dunno if i can leave the death of those clowns alone, and am seriously thinking of reporting them!!! Jus because its not human does not mean it doesnt deserve a decent life, we are all animals on this planet!!
Thx for reading this, as i really needed to air that.
people eh.
Ok maybe it is a little consuming.
