gasman, I'd like to believe that, but I've been reefing and Fish Only-ing since I was around 12. Beverly's has been around for as long as I can remember, I used to go there when it was on the NORTHEAST corner, before they moved to the SOUTHWEST corner of Pines and Univ. First the positive, I agree, Steve is the most knowledgeable guy I've ever dealt with. That being said, I haven't talked to him in around 6 years when he really ticked me off. I had a show quality Salvinia cichlid that he said go ahead and bring in, we'll give you store credit for it... I was setting up a saltwater tank and was planning on spending around $1000 for the stuff to get it going. We came in, he acclimated the fish and dumped him in (way too soon) and said, okay, we'll give you $2 for it. I paid around $15 2 years before for a tiny fish, and this guy was much bigger (around 3"). He had done this for me a couple of years before that, with a huge oscar and pacu that had outgrown my tank, and they'd made me happy with that store credit.
Finally, I agree with the quality of fish, I've had around a 50% mortality rate from them. Haven't bought a fish since.... that's how I deal with poor quality. I still buy the occasional drygoods from them.
He seemed to be doing fine. We checked the parameters before we put him in there and after he died. They were fine. Never had a fish die on me so fast before.
