Hi All,
I have spent a bit of time reading through the forum…. too much actually....
Very good advice and interesting links – good work.
What disturbs me is some of the horror stories I read, some good examples are on the new members forums. Stories of nennies in two month old tanks and people trying to force a clown into a nenny. What is more disturbing is that when members ask for parameters and test readings all to often the response is “gee do I test for that” or they just don’t reply as they don’t have a test kit. One reply was the kit is too expensive – happy to spend money on an animal but cant provide a proper home. Not all people are that bad some make honest mistakes , it’s the people that just don’t care that get to me.
How do we stop this? How do we get people to do the research and get good advice. The LFS that helped me with my first setup gave me poor advice … he is actually out of the game now sold the business to this poor chap that does not have a clue. Spent a bit of time with the new owner explaining IMHO what was wrong with the shop setup – starting with the ICH on all the fish.
I had test kits before I had any fish , when my ammonia was still high after 3 weeks of cycling I asked the LFS if this was normal his response was “ mmm we need to find the source of ammonia” I thought that me telling him that the tank was cycling should be an indication – he then wanted to sell me a clown to speed it up and a nenny ( in a 3 week old tank ) as this is needed to keep a clown. I knew that ammonia off the charts and ph in the high eights = death !!
Enough complaining ….. hope this does not happen too often
I have spent a bit of time reading through the forum…. too much actually....
Very good advice and interesting links – good work.
What disturbs me is some of the horror stories I read, some good examples are on the new members forums. Stories of nennies in two month old tanks and people trying to force a clown into a nenny. What is more disturbing is that when members ask for parameters and test readings all to often the response is “gee do I test for that” or they just don’t reply as they don’t have a test kit. One reply was the kit is too expensive – happy to spend money on an animal but cant provide a proper home. Not all people are that bad some make honest mistakes , it’s the people that just don’t care that get to me.
How do we stop this? How do we get people to do the research and get good advice. The LFS that helped me with my first setup gave me poor advice … he is actually out of the game now sold the business to this poor chap that does not have a clue. Spent a bit of time with the new owner explaining IMHO what was wrong with the shop setup – starting with the ICH on all the fish.
I had test kits before I had any fish , when my ammonia was still high after 3 weeks of cycling I asked the LFS if this was normal his response was “ mmm we need to find the source of ammonia” I thought that me telling him that the tank was cycling should be an indication – he then wanted to sell me a clown to speed it up and a nenny ( in a 3 week old tank ) as this is needed to keep a clown. I knew that ammonia off the charts and ph in the high eights = death !!
Enough complaining ….. hope this does not happen too often
