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It would not pay for me to own my own Fish store , I would go bankrupt because I would refuse to sell various fish and supplies to people who would not listen to me or take my advice . Here's why I say this ....
I was in a LFS looking at their stock , when in came this young woman . She asked the employee who was chatting with me if they had any full grown Oscars (which they didn't) . She stated that one of her three Oscars choked to death on one her young 2" Convicts she just introduced into the tank . I stared at her with my mouth agape . She asked , with a little attitude , if I had a problem ? So I ask , was these young Convicts supposed to be feeder fish because an Oscar will try to swallow any small fish that it thinks will fit in it's mouth . She stated that they were not feeders , she just wanted to fill out her , and now wait for this......., 45 Gal. aquarium ! I was livid by then , I asked her how she thought she could stuff three full grown Oscars in a 45 gal . tank and then put young convicts in with them and if she had studied up on Oscars or fish period ? She argues with me that 45 gal. is plenty of room for two or three Oscars and then walked off , with myself getting in the last word , I told her to do some research and read a DAMN book . The store employee told me she is always buying different cichlids to put in that tank , but the Oscars keep eating them or just beats them to death, and then she laughed . I asked her why the store continues to sell fish to her , just to die (or suffer as in the case of three, now two , Oscars) , she stated her money was good .
My wife tells me that I need to mind my own business when in situations like this , but I can not hold my tongue .
I was in a LFS looking at their stock , when in came this young woman . She asked the employee who was chatting with me if they had any full grown Oscars (which they didn't) . She stated that one of her three Oscars choked to death on one her young 2" Convicts she just introduced into the tank . I stared at her with my mouth agape . She asked , with a little attitude , if I had a problem ? So I ask , was these young Convicts supposed to be feeder fish because an Oscar will try to swallow any small fish that it thinks will fit in it's mouth . She stated that they were not feeders , she just wanted to fill out her , and now wait for this......., 45 Gal. aquarium ! I was livid by then , I asked her how she thought she could stuff three full grown Oscars in a 45 gal . tank and then put young convicts in with them and if she had studied up on Oscars or fish period ? She argues with me that 45 gal. is plenty of room for two or three Oscars and then walked off , with myself getting in the last word , I told her to do some research and read a DAMN book . The store employee told me she is always buying different cichlids to put in that tank , but the Oscars keep eating them or just beats them to death, and then she laughed . I asked her why the store continues to sell fish to her , just to die (or suffer as in the case of three, now two , Oscars) , she stated her money was good .
My wife tells me that I need to mind my own business when in situations like this , but I can not hold my tongue .