Reefcherie
Premium Member
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6826296#post6826296 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mikersx02
in my opinion- pretty much every pet shop wont give you accurate advise. People get burned at every pet shop.
Every fish I have bought from this place has made it- they have a huge viariety of fish that other stores dont- and they treated me well when I took the fish back. What store would give a 100% refund on a fish that a customer brought back? Im the fool for letting my fiance talk me into getting 2I knew it could be done, but not the best case scenario.
The tang is doing great now- hes not terrified of much besides the magfloat or people or dogs moving quickly in the room. But hes eating- playing- and hiding in the rocks now.
Fishers angel seems to be doing great too- both fish are getting cleaned regularly by the skunk shrimp.
My method that has worked well for me so far is to frequent the LFS w/ the best buying practices (cherry picking from wholesaler, fish quarantine, well cared for tanks) and I don't worry about their advice because I do my own research. In the early days in the hobby, my LFS owner got me off on the right foot - insisting on my buying a book first and taking my time. 90% of the time since I researched first. The 10% that I succumbed to impulse buys..... almost always sorry! Over time I've purchased a nice collection of reference books (still growing) and sites like Reef Central have been wonderful sources of information.
