When not to buy a fish

Well played

 

Agree with ya, we always ask to see the fish eat. Weather they feed or not, the fish still at the least pick at it.

 

I do that with all fish purchases. I would have walked out too.

 

Another joint that with a little attention they could do one hell of a salt water business. They choose to do the bare minimum. Still I tend to stop by for a few dry goods hoping that one day they will turn the corner. Well played Aussie

 

I've only bought 2 fish from pets playhouse but I asked the older lady instead (I think she is the one that takes care of the salt water fish?) and she fed them for me before the purchase. Next time you would ask her instead.

 

He should have at least countered with "I just fed them, but if you can swing by later today I'll feed it for you - or you can stop here tomorrow"

Guy lost a sale because he didn't think for a few seconds about it.

 

They always have the best fresh water in the state you can drop in and they always have something cool you can't get anywhere else. they have never been to great at saltwater

 

You should go back to try again. Even if it is not to buy the fish but to see if they give you the same excuse. Would be good to know if we can trust these guys.

 

The funny thing is my fish will eat 10 times a day if they could

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Maybe that's why I had to buy that big skimmer

 

They used to be ok at saltwater 3 years ago with their big frag tank but they tore it down. Still super awesome at freshwater.
It depends who you ask, my best advice would be the older lady and older guy are the store owners and they are very helpful when you ask them.
I got a purple tip fat tentacle torch coral and two true percula clowns from them last month and they are super healthy.
Its a hit or miss. It depends how they arrived after delivery.
Although, their saltwater systems are on minimum side, it is still better compared from Petco in my area.

 

I would disagree. I was looking at a tang and asked if I could see it eat. I talked to the older guy who is the owner. I was told "no, they throw up". I said ok and stood there kinda looking at it. I dont know if he thought it was the price that I was stuck on, which it wasnt it was only around $40. But he goes on to say that people have a hard time buying expensive fish and compared it to taking your family to the movies. His idea was "you take your family to a movie and get a couple hours enjoyment, you get the fish and get a couple weeks enjoyment before it dies, you got more out of the fish than the movie". I didnt exactly agree with that. I also bought multiple fish at once and was looking at a $100 clown, I asked what price he could do and he seemed almost mad and says "what it says on the tank, I dont do deals thats how you go out of business." I get deals everywhere I go and all of them are still in business.

 

He has had that $100 clownfish for a few months now. I'm surprised he wont make a deal to move old product out and get new product in. I've also noticed they mislabel fish or forget to put the fish/price on the tank.

 

It was last year when they had a bunch of flurrys and midnights. I think they are down to 1 midnight now and just got a bunch of baby snowflakes. One of which was almost dead on the bottom of the tank.