I just got back from a lunch break Walmart run. I stopped in the fish aisle for the fun of it. A woman was there buying some sort of fish, I didn't pay attention to what kind, and she and the Walmart employee were chatting as they went. I was just getting ready to turn around and go on with my errands when I heard this horrendous screech. I turned and the customer was leaving with her fish, rather quickly, and the poor older lady who worked for Walmart was screaming and dancing around...a ropefish had just worked its way out of the tank and was squirming around on the little rug in front of the tanks.
It was hilarious.
She was dancing around and screaming, so I grabbed two of the nets from the counter and scooped the poor thing off the floor and put it back in the tank. It gave me the chance to explain to her that all things eelish are a bit hard to keep in the tank, for all the good that will do. Hopefully, at the very least, she might be able to advise someone against a bad purchase in the future.
It's amazing, of all the fish they could sell, Walmart sells some of the hardest fish there are for beginners: ropefish, dragonfish, dwarf puffers and cichlids that must be stocked very carefully. Geesh.
It was hilarious.
She was dancing around and screaming, so I grabbed two of the nets from the counter and scooped the poor thing off the floor and put it back in the tank. It gave me the chance to explain to her that all things eelish are a bit hard to keep in the tank, for all the good that will do. Hopefully, at the very least, she might be able to advise someone against a bad purchase in the future.
It's amazing, of all the fish they could sell, Walmart sells some of the hardest fish there are for beginners: ropefish, dragonfish, dwarf puffers and cichlids that must be stocked very carefully. Geesh.
