but you had better be willing to QT any livestock purchased here. Only fish store I have ever seen have a "Fish Have Ich Sale"
This is more along the lines of why I dropped the map more than the effort of keeping up with closings / openings.
There were many reports of items like this - or stores that had AEFW infestations from the community here. I had my own story too. I bought a frogspawn from a local store and a few months later I had a severe outbreak of vermetid snails. Being new, I blamed the store and considered removing it from the map when in fact it was my own husbandry practices that caused my problems.
This became an ethical dilemma for me on several fronts.
Do I remove a store from the map because of unfounded rumors floating around this board? What if the rumor is nothing more than inexperienced hobbyist?
What if the rumor is nothing more than a person trolling or vendetta?
If it's true - do I really want to be promoting a store that's going to harm a fellow hobbyist?
So the answer to my own ethical question was - no more map.
If you all want to start up a new map - feel free. I wont be doing it or involved in it. Directions on how to do this can be found on Google.
I feel however that it's a hobbyist's responsibility to do this on their own. Get a feel for the stores in the area that you feel comfortable dealing with and frequent those stores. As always, the only pin I would have on my map is FAOIS. I dont care if I can find something less expensive somewhere else - I trust FAOIS and the livestock they sell.
