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Well, thanks alot for the input guys, and please continue, I work at a LFS, called Pet Pros II in Cocoa, FL. And there is only two stores in existence so I wouldn't say we are a chain. But we do take very good care of the fish tanks, I clean/touch up on them just about everytime I'm in, and in my opinion, unless we're really busy, the tanks should be sparkling all the time. Its the same reason they have jobs at car dealerships where all they do is clean cars. If you can't make what you want to sell "nice looking" then how do u expect to sell it?
But again, thanks for the input, and please continue!
But again, thanks for the input, and please continue!
I don't mind seeing a little algae or mulm, I look first for healthy, happy fish. If I see dead fish I won't purchase fish from the tank, no matter what.
There's one store where I shop that has plants in most of the tanks, and driftwood/decorations for fish that need hiding places (brownie points!). Some of these tanks are a bit cluttered looking and have a bit of mulm/algae, but the fish are well kept and look healthy.
My local Big Al's usually has only gravel in 90% of the tanks and they're kept VERY clean with daily water changes and glass cleaning. Even though the tanks are pristine, I often see dead or stressed fish and pass those tanks by.
There is another store in my neighborhood where the tanks are genuinely dirty at times, and to me that just says the owner doesn't care enough about his stock. The plants don't receive adequate light and are usually languishing in tanks of green water, fish are frequently diseased and live in bare-bottom tanks where the build up of waste is all too evident. Even the store's carpeting is grubby looking - I have purchased supplies there on occasion because it's close to home, but won't even consider buying fish.
Bottom line, it's the way the fish look, not the tanks, but it is important to me that the tanks look reasonably clean - I can't tell if the fish are healthy if I can't see them through a haze of dirt or algae
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There's one store where I shop that has plants in most of the tanks, and driftwood/decorations for fish that need hiding places (brownie points!). Some of these tanks are a bit cluttered looking and have a bit of mulm/algae, but the fish are well kept and look healthy.
My local Big Al's usually has only gravel in 90% of the tanks and they're kept VERY clean with daily water changes and glass cleaning. Even though the tanks are pristine, I often see dead or stressed fish and pass those tanks by.
There is another store in my neighborhood where the tanks are genuinely dirty at times, and to me that just says the owner doesn't care enough about his stock. The plants don't receive adequate light and are usually languishing in tanks of green water, fish are frequently diseased and live in bare-bottom tanks where the build up of waste is all too evident. Even the store's carpeting is grubby looking - I have purchased supplies there on occasion because it's close to home, but won't even consider buying fish.
Bottom line, it's the way the fish look, not the tanks, but it is important to me that the tanks look reasonably clean - I can't tell if the fish are healthy if I can't see them through a haze of dirt or algae
.Dead fish in a tank is a big put off for me. I mean who would buy their groceries from a place that had dead cows lying around.
I don't mind a bit of algae in tanks as long as the fish are ok.
I don't mind a bit of algae in tanks as long as the fish are ok.
What realy matters to me is seeing ich in tanks that are not quarentined...tanks with dead fish, tanks with stressed ill liiking fish. IN my area, that would be walmart, petsmart and one local. LFS.
My kids won't walk down the fish isle at Walmart. We were at one pet store that we stopped by to pick up dog treats and wandered back to the fish section. I had to get my daughter out...she was talking rather loudly about how she would never by fish where they looked as sick as the ones here
The good LFS had a tank with ich..and was under quarentine and no fish were being sold from it.
My kids won't walk down the fish isle at Walmart. We were at one pet store that we stopped by to pick up dog treats and wandered back to the fish section. I had to get my daughter out...she was talking rather loudly about how she would never by fish where they looked as sick as the ones here
The good LFS had a tank with ich..and was under quarentine and no fish were being sold from it.
