A small rant

[smmscott]

Well I wanted to mod a Maxi jet for my tank. I ordered the kit from mjmods.com which is awsome and looked all over town for a maxi jet. The only place I found it was Aquarium Adventure. I saw on the big sign on the front that they would not be beat price wise. I tried to get them to price match the Marine depot catalouge and they wouldn't do it. I will never shop there again and I see why others have complained. I figured if they price matched it was worth it to get a good price and not drive around or wait for it to be shipped. Oh well lesson learned. Thanks for letting me rant.

 

[fade2black]

We feel your pain I go there just to laugh at the prices!

 

[shawnz28]

Most brick and mortar stores be it aquarium or electronics will not pricematch online vendors. Many have rules even then they will only pricematch to stores within a certain distance. You cannot go to best buy and pricematch to newegg.com but they will match circuit cityfor instance. It is just a fact that B&M stores have much more overhead to cover than an internet retailer.

 

[ChickenCannoneer]

Salty critter will price match if you show them and I think pish business will too. Granted their prices are not a huge leap of a difference.

Tim

 

[MJAnderson]

Including shipping and tax, I've found Salty Critters prices compare pretty well to internet prices unless you're spending a ton on dry goods. A brick and mortar store will never be able to be profitable at internet prices. But I can't roam Marinedepot for an hour plotting my next coral.

Oh and I got this pretty thing there today:

 

[stevestank]

Hey MJ... Is that a blue pseudochromis basslett? I'd like to get one of those for my tank. My friend has a little hot pink colored basslett. That little fish beats the *&%^ out of his royal gramma. The gramma stays in the rock caves like Osama Bin Laden. Is that your experience?

 

[shawnz28]

Here is a little info on that fish http://www.meerwasser-lexikon.de/eng/35/2013/Pseudochromis fridmani /x Pseudochromis sankeyi..htm

 

[MJAnderson]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8183674#post8183674 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by shawnz28
Here is a little info on that fish http://www.meerwasser-lexikon.de/eng/35/2013/Pseudochromis fridmani /x Pseudochromis sankeyi..htm

What he said...

Very pretty fish. Mine is about 2" and it might grow another 1". I was looking for a blue fish to add and this fit the bill perfectly. Like the article said, they are ORA bred and when they first hit the market they were around $80-$100 each. They are coming down from that.

BTW, I got the last one although Dan at SC said another pair is coming soon.

I've only had her/him for 12 hours and she is still hiding in the rocks except to eat so I can't really say about the hiding. Ask me again in a month.

 

[Kreeger1]

thats a bad arse looking fish man, good grab

 

[EYESEEU]

Im not one for bashing a local store on a public forum as it can hurt relations with the club in the future for sponsership,donations and the posting of a club flyer please keep that in mind. That being said I like the fish I had my eye on it the other day.