Bmb and Frank I like both your posts, what got me going on the rant was misinformation and the second factor is people that will only see things to be 1 way. I chose to go with sea chem reef blend and called around to find some here in Denver. I used seachems page to find the retailers of their product. I called several places. Todds didn't even know what it was, Aquamart had it but was the wrong direction, Ki's said they had it, but was 20% more than aquamart, and few others didn't have it, or didn't know what it was. I chose to go to Kis which is literally 5 minutes from my shop, walked in only to find that it was the marine blend (should have cost less than the reef mix also)...thus being lower in CA and MG than I was looking to have with my reef. When I asked him about the reef mix, he stated that they were the same, and basically walked off. He shrugged off a customer. (not the first time this has happened in that store), I got both of my largest irritations in this hobby in one place. Store didn't know the difference between both salts, argued that there even was a reef blend, then backtracks trying to say that they are the same in order to save a sale. I walked away disgusted,thinking about my rant on here lol. I was able to find the salt (Thanks Rob) and also found a local guy to deal with in getting it in the future, but the thing that gets me going the worst is that he could have learned something had he taken the time to research it on his www connection, and saved face with a customer. Its actions like this that prevent me from feeling bad when they shut the doors. Its more business for places that actually care about the hobby and its best interests; as well as the ability to take in new information and change as our hobby does...back to work for now
