Scotts Pet shop, Seriously I am Disappointed

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I haven't seen one bristle worm ever since I added darn bicolor pseudochromis. Anohter reason I want him out of my tank (I want some bristle worms to clean house)

Hmmmmmm...... I wondered why I never see too many in my display but have quite a few in my fuge... Im guessing my fridmani pseudochromis now ??
 
I was out in La Grange this afternoon and decided to stop by.

All I can say is nice plumbing. This place is setup to be a great shop and the tanks look terrible. My 6 year old daughter liked the shark tank, but I could only hold her up so long to look into the tank. The salt water tanks were either cloudy, had purple filamentous algae, or both in them. My daughter also was fascinated the sally light foot crab eating the yellow striped maroon clown.

I stopped by last week. The cloudy tank was from a film on the outside of the tank, not from the water. They were also working on cleaning up the algae while I was there.

I think Mitch is a great guy who worked hard getting the store going and I feel bad that he left. On the other hand, I have had nothing but good encounters when I've been at Scott's (the original) and all fish I purchased from there were healthy and well priced, though there stock was the lowest I had ever seen it when I stopped in the original last week.

I do think that Mitch would do well opening up a shop in the Naperville area, though. The only decent place is in North Aurora (Reef Plus). Petland and Petco are the competition, so there really isn't much. Besides, Petland's prices are much higher than other stores, so there the market is there for a good place with good prices.
 
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i do think that mitch would do well opening up a shop in the naperville area, though. The only decent place is in north aurora (reef plus). Petland and petco are the competition, so there really isn't much. Besides, petland's prices are much higher than other stores, so there the market is there for a good place with good prices.
 
I strongly feel Oak Park would be a much, much better location.
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I stopped by last week. The cloudy tank was from a film on the outside of the tank, not from the water. They were also working on cleaning up the algae while I was there.

I think Mitch is a great guy who worked hard getting the store going and I feel bad that he left. On the other hand, I have had nothing but good encounters when I've been at Scott's (the original) and all fish I purchased from there were healthy and well priced, though there stock was the lowest I had ever seen it when I stopped in the original last week.

I do think that Mitch would do well opening up a shop in the Naperville area, though. The only decent place is in North Aurora (Reef Plus). Petland and Petco are the competition, so there really isn't much. Besides, Petland's prices are much higher than other stores, so there the market is there for a good place with good prices.

It was not a film on the glass and it was more than one tank.
 
I rubbed on the glass and it cleared up. I don' think they are cleaning the outside of he acrylic tanks correctly.

Please do not attempt to tell me what I saw, when you where not there with me. The tanks were cloudy and there was junk blowing around in the tanks.
 
last time i was there mostly all the tanks were cloudy and i got to say a never seen fishes twitch berfore or chase there own tail.L.O.L. but on a serious note the super over crowded yellow tang tank was horriable all the fins on these fish were torn to shreads because they were fighting for territory not only are they trying to open all these stores theyre acting like the big chain stores by not caring about the little fishy's or the customers. when you walk in there all the employees will keep walking by you ignoring you kind of hoping that you dissapear. In order to get someones attention you nearly have to tackel someone to attend you. I will never shop at scotts again. Especially after the stunt that they tried to pull on mitch.(He wasn't the first guy they tried to do that to) thats uncalled for. Great thing about here is we all stick together big o happy reef family and support one another.
 
I had a chance to stop in on Thursday when i went to the Zoo, and i will be honest what a huge let down. half the shelves were empty. the only thing i said to myself is i want that BIG tank off to the left when you walk in lol and the rest was lets get out of here haha
 
A few pics

A few pics

These pis were taken the day I returned to work after a 6 week "vacation"
Items I found in a operating sump
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A sponge I pulled..They all looked like this.Thats dead fish by the way.
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700 gallons of death.I asked "what happened?" the answer was ......"the skimmer was overflowing so we unplugged it"
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I have another 100 or so pics of this crap.......Like nitrate test in the 200s
 
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It was not a film on the glass and it was more than one tank.

I was told I needed to come in on a Sunday{my day off} to stir the sand{with no pay}.I told the doc that all that crap floating around would not be good for business on a Sunday,and I needed to be payed for the overtime.He said I was no longer needed........ No that was "not" a film on the glass!!!!!!!!
 
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A True Pet Peeve Of Mine Is The UN-Ethical TreatMent Of Humans! I Can't STAND Ppl Who Thing They're Superior Than Others! Our History Had SomeBody Like This With A Mustache The Width Of Nose, Just To Name One! This "doc" Was A Know It All That Just Had No Clue! When Mitch Would Try To Ensure The Healthy Living Of These Sea Creatures, He Would B Shut Down With Simple Ignorant, Stubborn Orders!
 
I am not being rude.... I just can't say here. See...... one day,a very long time ago,beerguy went high on a moutian. There he spoke with the god of RC. Together they set forth a long list of rules. This was to become the RC User Agreement.I don't want to violate it's presepts. Telling you which presept, I would be violating,would in and of it's self be, violating the presept. This is why I can't say.
 
i am not being rude.... I just can't say here. See...... One day,a very long time ago,beerguy went high on a moutian. There he spoke with the god of rc. Together they set forth a long list of rules. This was to become the rc user agreement.i don't want to violate it's presepts. Telling you which presept, i would be violating,would in and of it's self be, violating the presept. This is why i can't say.

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