yellowwatchmen
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There was a guy in my LFS who wanted to buy the trofs where they kept thier corals in so he could use it to keep a komodo dragon in it.
ATTN: LFS employees
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scaryperson27
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I remember A guy came into my store wondering, if he put the live rock thats been sitting dry in his back yard for six months, back into his tank, would it become live again... I told him live rock is not like sea monkeys.
A woman used to ask questions for hours about setting up a salt water tank and when it came time for her to buy a skimmer, the only piece of equipment she needed to buy from the store considering she had everything else ahead of time, i advised that she get a Coralife super skimmer. She approved so i put it on order for her. So she comes in the next day and she starts asking questions again. I told her the skimmer should be in stock in a couple days... she tells me she bought it at another store (our main competitor) where it costs more. I sarcastically said thank you and and walked away. I must have spent a half hour trying to get her little head to conceive the idea of a skimmer.
A woman used to ask questions for hours about setting up a salt water tank and when it came time for her to buy a skimmer, the only piece of equipment she needed to buy from the store considering she had everything else ahead of time, i advised that she get a Coralife super skimmer. She approved so i put it on order for her. So she comes in the next day and she starts asking questions again. I told her the skimmer should be in stock in a couple days... she tells me she bought it at another store (our main competitor) where it costs more. I sarcastically said thank you and and walked away. I must have spent a half hour trying to get her little head to conceive the idea of a skimmer.
RichConley
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O c'mon. I dont even have $3K in my 72. You can set up a 10g with clowns for $200 easy.
RichConley
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Thats the greatest part of this thread: 2/3 of the LFS employee responses are flat out wrong, and not only are they wrong, but theyre arrogant.
Yeah, live rock WILL become live again. It just takes some time.
Live rock will become live again if there is some substrate or other live rock in the tank, essentially if there is some live bacteria then the dead rock (ie, now base rock) will become live again. (might not regain the diversity of the macro life if it's not present in the tank) but if the tank was left empty, or untouched w/ no live rock or substrate, then theres is little, if no chance, of the rock becoming live again.
Sorry, but don't really have any interesting LFS stories...
Sorry, but don't really have any interesting LFS stories...
RichConley
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Theres no need for any other live rock to be added. Nitrogen processing bacteria are common, and very versatile. You can literally fill a tank up with sterilized salt water, sterilized rock, pour a cup of ammonia in, and you'll end up with live rock.
Rich, you must be a LFS employee, because 2/3 of your responses on this site are Arrogant!!
Also, explain to me how dead dry rock will become live again with out being seeded.
Also, explain to me how dead dry rock will become live again with out being seeded.
Musho3210
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RichConley, this thread is for jokes, if you want to go on about "scientific" stuff, make your own thread about how everything people say is wrong. Were all having a laugh except you, try and grow some humor or just leave this thread. Maybe we could laugh at you though, since you are quite a know it all and i think know it alls are funny.
Well put Musho. Thank you for helping to keep this great thread on the lighter side. I apologize for side tracking things but that guy really gets under my skin with his know it all attitude.
RichConley
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Yeah.
Life is amazing..isnt it?
Try it, set up an empty tank with saltwater, put some ammonia in it, and it WILL cycle.
RichConley
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No, this thread isnt about jokes, its about how stupid LFS patrons are.
The problem is, it looks like a lot of you aren't much better. Some of the stuff in here is really funny, but a real lot of it is just examples of LFS employees who have no idea what they're talking about being arrogant jerks.
kathainbowen
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Which current or former LFS employees love children as much as I do?
Because, see, I don't like children in the LFS when I'm working. And it's not because I don't love answering the questions and wowing them with cool stuff. In fact, for good kids or kids that seemed really into it, I'd let them feed certain tanks like the koi and an open-topped African cichlid display, and go nuts watching the kids squeal and jump around in delight.
This was.... of course.... until two children ruined it for me.
See, I was running water and styros up to the front register for a guy who was starting his first SW tank. There was a 12 year old girl and her 10 year old brother in the back, but I thought nothing of it. All the tanks were shut, and these kids had been back there for a little while without any issues that day.
When I came back, however, the two were hiding in a corner, giggling, and my net dip bucket was a huge mess.
I turn to address a client on the other side of our open-topped reef tank and noticed that there were mollies just dumped in there. Now, I know, I know, mollies are tough and can be acclimated up to full SW without an issue.... but we never kept mollies in there. And, then, in the next tank up, I spy a kenyii, an electric blue johanni, and a red zebra. To make it worse, there are african clawed frogs in the upper section, with our coral catshark looking at them like these were a new, delightly snack.
I freak out, scramble, and try to get everything back in their original tanks before we have any averse effects from the quick SW dip. The little girl comes over to me while I'm doing this.
Little Girl: "What are you doing?"
Me: *desperately trying to be diplomatic and simplistic enough for a kid to understand* "Well, somebody put these fish in this tank where they don't belong. These are all freshwater animals that can't survive being just dumped into saltwater like this."
Little Girl: "Will they die?"
Me: "They might." *turns to them pointedly* "Did you see who put them in this tank?"
Little Girl: "No."
Me: "You can be honest. I won't be mad, but I need to know who put them in this tank because I need to speak with whoever did this to let them know why you can't move fish and animals around like this."
So, I get all the critters back into their tanks, and, fortunately, they're all hardy enough to not have any averse reactions to their quick, saltwater adventure. Even the coral cat was pretty easy dissuade from the froggy snacks. This is all forgotten.... until.... a week later, I spy these children entering the store again.
Well, I was up at the front register at the time, so I finished with my client and headed back to the fish room, just in time to notice the little girl and her brother running towards the back wall nets in hand! I suddenly snap to furious mode, recalling what had happened the week before with the frogs, mollies, and africans.
Me: "PUT MY NETS DOWN AND STOP RIGHT THERE!"
Little Girl: "We weren't doing anything!"
Me: "Did I ask you if you were doing anything? No. I told you to stop right there and put my nets down." *sternly goes up to them and gets back the nets* "Now, I want to know what you two were doing back here."
Little Girl: "We didn't do anything!"
Me: "What were you going to do?"
Little Girl: "Nothing."
Me: "So, then, why did you feel the need to pick up nets from across the fish room and come back here to the mollies and guppies?"
Little Girl: "We didn't do anything!"
Me: "I didn't ask you what you did. I asked you what you were going to do."
Little Girl: "But we didn't do anything!"
Me: "Did you move those frogs and those fish last week?!?"
Little Girl: "We-"
Me: "Did you move those animals last week and lie to me about it?"
Little Girl: "Yes."
Me: "Get out of this fish store and do not return unless you want me to call the cops."
Or, my favorite kid story of all time.....
It's a busy Saturday, and I can here someone just whailing on the tanks. I mean, slapping these tanks and hitting them SO hard that I can hear them clean across the fish room as though they were right next to me. And this is over the noise of a packed house in the fish room and all the pumps running. I go around the corner, and there's a five or six year old girl just smacking away at the tank filled with clownfish that I foolishly put on the mid level (since we ordered 50 percs from ProAquatix that week).
I had been getting tired of the "Nemo" thing, so, instead of approaching, I loudly asked her not to hit the tanks, but not loud enough to be shouting. I try to help another client, but I can still hear this little girl just smacking away at the tanks. So, as I pass the family by, I ask them again, not to allow their daughter to hit the tanks. The smacking continues, and my tangs are going absolutely insane, smashing into the walls of the tank and the rocks. As I pass again, the saltwater tanks look empty along the entire wall from this little girl.
I had to try something else. The family looked hispanic, and we had several families that only spoke Spanish. With the mother's seeming lack of concern for my request for the daughter not to hit the tank, I assumed they didn't speak English like so many other clients. I told them in clear, crisp Spanish "Please, do not hit the tanks." But, as I continue about my business this doesn't stop.
After fifteen minutes of this, I went up to the little girl and put my hand in front of her face, flat and palm down in a non-threatening way and gave it a little shake back and forth to say "no."
Me: "No, no, sweetie, you can't hit the tanks. It hurts the fishies." *spanish* "Please don't hit the tanks. It hurts the fish. They don't like it."
The little girl stops and looks at me with a wide-open mouth. I walk back to the bagging station to finish what I was doing. As I turn to give the fish to another client, the mother stops me at the end of the tetra wall.
Mother: "You know, you didn't have to scare her like that!"
Me: "Excuse me?"[/B]
Mother: "You didn't have to scare my daughter like that. She said, 'Mommy, mommy, the mean lady scare me.' You didn't have to do that."
Me: "Well, your daughter didn't have to repeatedly abuse my fish despite repeated warnings not to hit the tanks."
Mother: *flustered* "Whu-what?"
Me: "Hitting the tanks like that. It hurts the fish. Didn't you see them swim away when she hit the tanks? Didn't you but two and two together? I mean, it's pretty obvious."
Mother: "But..."
Me: *interrupting* "By the way, there is a strict policy that all children must be supervised in this pet shop. If you are not going to supervise you children and heed warnings intended for both the safety of our animals and your family, I'm going to have to ask you to leave."
Because, see, I don't like children in the LFS when I'm working. And it's not because I don't love answering the questions and wowing them with cool stuff. In fact, for good kids or kids that seemed really into it, I'd let them feed certain tanks like the koi and an open-topped African cichlid display, and go nuts watching the kids squeal and jump around in delight.
This was.... of course.... until two children ruined it for me.
See, I was running water and styros up to the front register for a guy who was starting his first SW tank. There was a 12 year old girl and her 10 year old brother in the back, but I thought nothing of it. All the tanks were shut, and these kids had been back there for a little while without any issues that day.
When I came back, however, the two were hiding in a corner, giggling, and my net dip bucket was a huge mess.
I turn to address a client on the other side of our open-topped reef tank and noticed that there were mollies just dumped in there. Now, I know, I know, mollies are tough and can be acclimated up to full SW without an issue.... but we never kept mollies in there. And, then, in the next tank up, I spy a kenyii, an electric blue johanni, and a red zebra. To make it worse, there are african clawed frogs in the upper section, with our coral catshark looking at them like these were a new, delightly snack.
I freak out, scramble, and try to get everything back in their original tanks before we have any averse effects from the quick SW dip. The little girl comes over to me while I'm doing this.
Little Girl: "What are you doing?"
Me: *desperately trying to be diplomatic and simplistic enough for a kid to understand* "Well, somebody put these fish in this tank where they don't belong. These are all freshwater animals that can't survive being just dumped into saltwater like this."
Little Girl: "Will they die?"
Me: "They might." *turns to them pointedly* "Did you see who put them in this tank?"
Little Girl: "No."
Me: "You can be honest. I won't be mad, but I need to know who put them in this tank because I need to speak with whoever did this to let them know why you can't move fish and animals around like this."
So, I get all the critters back into their tanks, and, fortunately, they're all hardy enough to not have any averse reactions to their quick, saltwater adventure. Even the coral cat was pretty easy dissuade from the froggy snacks. This is all forgotten.... until.... a week later, I spy these children entering the store again.
Well, I was up at the front register at the time, so I finished with my client and headed back to the fish room, just in time to notice the little girl and her brother running towards the back wall nets in hand! I suddenly snap to furious mode, recalling what had happened the week before with the frogs, mollies, and africans.
Me: "PUT MY NETS DOWN AND STOP RIGHT THERE!"
Little Girl: "We weren't doing anything!"
Me: "Did I ask you if you were doing anything? No. I told you to stop right there and put my nets down." *sternly goes up to them and gets back the nets* "Now, I want to know what you two were doing back here."
Little Girl: "We didn't do anything!"
Me: "What were you going to do?"
Little Girl: "Nothing."
Me: "So, then, why did you feel the need to pick up nets from across the fish room and come back here to the mollies and guppies?"
Little Girl: "We didn't do anything!"
Me: "I didn't ask you what you did. I asked you what you were going to do."
Little Girl: "But we didn't do anything!"
Me: "Did you move those frogs and those fish last week?!?"
Little Girl: "We-"
Me: "Did you move those animals last week and lie to me about it?"
Little Girl: "Yes."
Me: "Get out of this fish store and do not return unless you want me to call the cops."
Or, my favorite kid story of all time.....
It's a busy Saturday, and I can here someone just whailing on the tanks. I mean, slapping these tanks and hitting them SO hard that I can hear them clean across the fish room as though they were right next to me. And this is over the noise of a packed house in the fish room and all the pumps running. I go around the corner, and there's a five or six year old girl just smacking away at the tank filled with clownfish that I foolishly put on the mid level (since we ordered 50 percs from ProAquatix that week).
I had been getting tired of the "Nemo" thing, so, instead of approaching, I loudly asked her not to hit the tanks, but not loud enough to be shouting. I try to help another client, but I can still hear this little girl just smacking away at the tanks. So, as I pass the family by, I ask them again, not to allow their daughter to hit the tanks. The smacking continues, and my tangs are going absolutely insane, smashing into the walls of the tank and the rocks. As I pass again, the saltwater tanks look empty along the entire wall from this little girl.
I had to try something else. The family looked hispanic, and we had several families that only spoke Spanish. With the mother's seeming lack of concern for my request for the daughter not to hit the tank, I assumed they didn't speak English like so many other clients. I told them in clear, crisp Spanish "Please, do not hit the tanks." But, as I continue about my business this doesn't stop.
After fifteen minutes of this, I went up to the little girl and put my hand in front of her face, flat and palm down in a non-threatening way and gave it a little shake back and forth to say "no."
Me: "No, no, sweetie, you can't hit the tanks. It hurts the fishies." *spanish* "Please don't hit the tanks. It hurts the fish. They don't like it."
The little girl stops and looks at me with a wide-open mouth. I walk back to the bagging station to finish what I was doing. As I turn to give the fish to another client, the mother stops me at the end of the tetra wall.
Mother: "You know, you didn't have to scare her like that!"
Me: "Excuse me?"[/B]
Mother: "You didn't have to scare my daughter like that. She said, 'Mommy, mommy, the mean lady scare me.' You didn't have to do that."
Me: "Well, your daughter didn't have to repeatedly abuse my fish despite repeated warnings not to hit the tanks."
Mother: *flustered* "Whu-what?"
Me: "Hitting the tanks like that. It hurts the fish. Didn't you see them swim away when she hit the tanks? Didn't you but two and two together? I mean, it's pretty obvious."
Mother: "But..."
Me: *interrupting* "By the way, there is a strict policy that all children must be supervised in this pet shop. If you are not going to supervise you children and heed warnings intended for both the safety of our animals and your family, I'm going to have to ask you to leave."
Musho3210
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i dunno, ive laughed at quite a few things here, maybe you wouldnt understand things with a sense of humor. Really, if you think something is "wrong" pm them (i am hypocritical here, im sure you are thinking that and want to say something about that), do you call bio-balls that has bacteria on them "live", if i bought live rock and all i got was bacteria i would be pretty ****ed, i want other life, stuff thats from the animal kingdom. Sure bacteria comes from the air and stuff but you dont want only bacteria in your rock. Dried out rock for 6s months wont be what most people call live rock, it will just be rock with bacteria in it. Why cant people just have fun around here without some know it all coming in and saying "your all stupid, especially lfs employees, because you see this is why your wrong blah blah blah" You have a grudge against everything and you think everyone is wrong except you so you find a way to say something bad about them. Wow, you get bacteria, do you get hitchhiking corals, worms, starfish? Do those magically come in the air and go into the tank in a day?
Oh and about the post about crappy kids, good on you, take those kids down and kick them out of your store lol
I always love to hear the argument about a new fish dying. They bring in a water sample after losing fish, the pH is normal but the NH4 will be off the charts. You kindly inform them that you can not replace their fish, but would be happy to advise them on how to fix their water before more death happens. They insist quite aggressively for a replacement fish stating that 'my pH is fine, so it has to be your fish'
I had one lady way back that kept killing her fish. Every and anything died. We tested her water and everything was fine including the salinity. After a couple of visits she brings up a large bag of pond salt.
me: oh - you have a pond at home as well?
her: no, I use this for my saltwater tank cause it's cheaper.
me: are you in a rush today, because we need to talk....
me: oh - you have a pond at home as well?
her: no, I use this for my saltwater tank cause it's cheaper.
me: are you in a rush today, because we need to talk....
thecichlidpleco
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I ask a guy for three zebra legged hermits, I get three bumblebee snails.
heres another story:
Lady comes in with a dead pleco, asks us to test her water. checks out, she didnt buy the pleco from us, so we show her where our small plecos are. Well she comes across the saltwater damsel tank, just your average cheap $2.99 damsels. Her kid is with her and immediatly points out oh i want these! now she asks for help from one employee, and he shows her some stuff that she needed (forgot what it was) and then she asked another employee to catch her a damsel.
So the first employee rings her up, and she pays for the stuff she bought, never mentioning to the man at the counter she got a damsel. So she walks back to the other kid, gets her fish, puts it in her bag,and leaves.
Next day she comes in all upset that her damsel died, saying that her kid is really hurt by this and blah blah blah. She asks for a replacement, and we say well sorry thats not our garentee. At this time we didnt know she didnt even have a saltwater tank, otherwise we wouldnt have sold her it to begin with. (when told it was a saltwater fish the first time she said she knew and it was ok).
So she had come into out store, "stole" a damsel, when it died the next day, she came back asking for a replacement damsel for the one she hadnt even bought. Well we still didnt know she just had a freshwater tank, so when we got her a new damsel, but when we rung her up we charged her for 2. She was pretty ****ed at having to pay for a replacement damsel as well as the one that died, but reluctanly she did.
Well she came back in with a water sample a few days later, as well as with the dead fish, and we figured out she had a freshwater tank. we told her this, and she hasnt been back.
some people just dont learn.
Lady comes in with a dead pleco, asks us to test her water. checks out, she didnt buy the pleco from us, so we show her where our small plecos are. Well she comes across the saltwater damsel tank, just your average cheap $2.99 damsels. Her kid is with her and immediatly points out oh i want these! now she asks for help from one employee, and he shows her some stuff that she needed (forgot what it was) and then she asked another employee to catch her a damsel.
So the first employee rings her up, and she pays for the stuff she bought, never mentioning to the man at the counter she got a damsel. So she walks back to the other kid, gets her fish, puts it in her bag,and leaves.
Next day she comes in all upset that her damsel died, saying that her kid is really hurt by this and blah blah blah. She asks for a replacement, and we say well sorry thats not our garentee. At this time we didnt know she didnt even have a saltwater tank, otherwise we wouldnt have sold her it to begin with. (when told it was a saltwater fish the first time she said she knew and it was ok).
So she had come into out store, "stole" a damsel, when it died the next day, she came back asking for a replacement damsel for the one she hadnt even bought. Well we still didnt know she just had a freshwater tank, so when we got her a new damsel, but when we rung her up we charged her for 2. She was pretty ****ed at having to pay for a replacement damsel as well as the one that died, but reluctanly she did.
Well she came back in with a water sample a few days later, as well as with the dead fish, and we figured out she had a freshwater tank. we told her this, and she hasnt been back.
some people just dont learn.
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