List of livestock at LFS...talk about irresponsible

[Abominable Reef]

How many "Difficult" or "Expert Only" or "Better left in the ocean" animals can you find on this list? Yikes!:eek1:

CORALLINE ENCRUSTED SNAILS $1
PISTOL SHRIMP $4
UPSIDEDOWN JELLYFISH $7
FEATHERDUSTER WORM COLONY $10
HALEMITA PLANTS ON A CLAM $7
CARPET ANEMONES $12
CURLY QUE ANEMONES $8
SPINEY BOX PUFFERS $13
PORCUPONE PUFFERS $16
BLUEHEAD WRASSE $10
BLACK EDGE EELS $18
CHAIN LINK EELS $20
GRASS EELS $20
ROYAL GRAMMAS $8
YELLOWHEAD JAWFISH $20
FLOUNDER $9
ZEBRA FLOUNDER $15
SKUNK CLEANER SHRIMP $11
RED HIND GROUPER $32
INDIGO HAMLET $19
SMALL REDDI SEAHORSE $19
LARGE REDDI SEAHORSE $39
JUMBO REDDI SEAHORSE $49
WALKING BATFISH $14
ORANGE TOADFISH $11
SCORPION STONEFISH $12
SHARPNOSE PUFFER $12
CHAIN PIPEFISH $9
SEAHARES $15
GOLDEN SEA ROD GONIPORA $16
SEA BLADE GONIPORA $16
SEA FAN GONIPORA $20
SEA WHIP GONIPORA $16
SEA PLUME GONIPORA $18
FRILLY ARROW CRABS $5
MEDIUM HORSESHOW CRABS $14
RED SERPENT STARFISH $14
BASKET STARFISH $15
SMALL OCTOPUS $24 OURS ARE TENDING THEIR YOUNG
SCRAWLED COWFISH $10
BOSTON BEANS $8 MINATURE COWFISH THE SIZE OF A SMALL BEAN
SMALL PRINCESS PARROTS $16
MEDIUM PRINCESS PARROTS $32
PEPPERMINT CLEANER SHRIMP #3
50 POUND BOX FIJI PREMIUM ROCK $140
50 POUND BOX TOTOKA ROCK $180 (WEEKEND DELIVERIES)
SEBAE ANEMONES MEDIUM $15
FOXFACE $19
CHAMBERED NAUTILUS $39
TIGER SHRIMP $9
FALCULA BUTTERFLY $29
BLUESPOTTED JAWFISH $59
FLAME ANGEL $39
CARPENTERS WRASSE $19

 

[A.T.T.R]

i dunno but 59 bucks for a bluespot jaw fish! send him my way lol thats about half what they go for around here

 

[samtheman]

Who really cares? They will sell.

 

[RyanMKintz]

People do crazy things

 

[Freed]

SMALL OCTOPUS $24 OURS ARE TENDING THEIR YOUNG
This means that the octo are usually at the end of their life.

CHAMBERED NAUTILUS $39 Should never ever be collected or offered for sale. They are deep water/cold water inverts and will die in a matter of a few weeks.

 

[Jeff]

They have great prices. I wish they were around here.
Not everybody knows "whats best ". They may be ignorant of certain aspects of the hobby. I explained to my lfs about coldwater species being sold in 80 degree tanks and they took my advise and stopped buying that species.

 

[samtheman]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12404811#post12404811 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Freed
SMALL OCTOPUS $24 OURS ARE TENDING THEIR YOUNG
This means that the octo are usually at the end of their life.

CHAMBERED NAUTILUS $39 Should never ever be collected or offered for sale. They are deep water/cold water inverts and will die in a matter of a few weeks.

The US imports 2 million anemone's a year. Keep up the killing!

 

[Freed]

????

 

[samtheman]

??????????????????

 

[marmaladecat]

Yeah, "SMALL OCTOPUS $24 OURS ARE TENDING THEIR YOUNG" is like saying "Large Salmon - They Just Spawned This Morning!"

 

[Xeroxman]

Who is the Store?

 

[Justinandkrista]

what store thats almost worth a road trip lol

 

[GaryR1984]

Do they ship!?

 

[Æonic]

> CHAMBERED NAUTILUS $39

The LFS near me had 2 of these awhile back. Had "bad idea" written all over it :/

 

[The0wn4g3]

Wow look at those prices! Man, where's that at ?!
There are a few on there that just beg asking the question "What the h*ll were you thinking?!" but the vast majority of that list my LFS has kept with success.

I don't know why anyone would want a jellyfish anyway....

 

[zacharytrimble]

Wow...great prices...but yeah, a few things on the list that just shouldn't be on there...

The lfs in my area is pretty rough...there is cyano covering all kinds of hard corals...which keep dying...and they keep putting the coral skeletons in their live rock tank to sell as live rock...piece after piece after piece never gets bought and always dies...It's one of the top 2 reasons I quit that lfs by the way.

 

[zacharytrimble]

Quit working there that is...I tried to change some things...but can't beat the man sometimes...too much greed.

 

[silent saab]

oh man that is very sad.... sucks that people are that ignorant!!!!

 

[InsaneClownFish]

Alot of you missed the point here...oh well...

 

[jdieck]

If the store is serving an area with large fish only aquariums and good reefing ones I would say that the criters not suitable will be the nautilus, octopus (some are), basket starfish and the jellyfish.