pnavarro170
S.T.A.R.S PRESIDENT
well while i was at a local fish store, a guy and a girl, apparently co workers were in there talking to the store owner about what they need to get a saltwater fish tank going, and to my surprise i over hear that they need salt, live rock, and live sand, and they can come in the following day to come get a fish. well i wasnt going to say anything since i do like this store and especially one of the owners saying this. so they were ready to buy a 20lb bag of live sand, a hydrometer, a 50 gallon bag of salt, and some live rock. so i said hold on cuz they were going to buy nemo tomorrow and gonna look to find a light to add corals also.
well i had to say something so i told them please dont put anything into the tank for a month, and they got confused, i said yes there are one or 2 fish that could technically make it but i dont recommend it.
well next i ask them what size tank is it, and they tell me its a 5 gallon in their office. i said yeah there is no way you guys will be able to do much with it or even survive in this hobby for more than a month or 2.
i tell them look i have a 20 gallon i took down a couple of days ago, ill let you have it, and ill sell you the light thats basically new for half price. so they follow me to my place and i show them the stuff, i included the 20g long, heater, thermometer, regular filter, koralia nano, and the t5HO 30" for $75. i find that to be fair, thats over $200 worth of stuff if you had to buy new. anyways im explaining the basics of what they need now because they were on their way to mix the salt with some tap water. i told them to get a text kit, and set the tank up. I also told them or him really to get on here to our forum for real advice not that i wouldnt help them if they called me. i also told them i have fuzzy mushrooms and zenia and probably something else to give them when the tank is ready, that we try to help each other out and pay it forward here at stars.
although i was actually busy as hell, i couldnt let them go down that road.
well i had to say something so i told them please dont put anything into the tank for a month, and they got confused, i said yes there are one or 2 fish that could technically make it but i dont recommend it.
well next i ask them what size tank is it, and they tell me its a 5 gallon in their office. i said yeah there is no way you guys will be able to do much with it or even survive in this hobby for more than a month or 2.
i tell them look i have a 20 gallon i took down a couple of days ago, ill let you have it, and ill sell you the light thats basically new for half price. so they follow me to my place and i show them the stuff, i included the 20g long, heater, thermometer, regular filter, koralia nano, and the t5HO 30" for $75. i find that to be fair, thats over $200 worth of stuff if you had to buy new. anyways im explaining the basics of what they need now because they were on their way to mix the salt with some tap water. i told them to get a text kit, and set the tank up. I also told them or him really to get on here to our forum for real advice not that i wouldnt help them if they called me. i also told them i have fuzzy mushrooms and zenia and probably something else to give them when the tank is ready, that we try to help each other out and pay it forward here at stars.
although i was actually busy as hell, i couldnt let them go down that road.
