red pacu

[jm1212]

The same is true in any area of pet hobbies. Dogs get have needs that aren't met by every dog owner, macaws are kept in cages intended for conures, burmese pythons are sold to 13 year old kids with earnings from their paper routes. Education is what needs to be pushed, not regulation.

and they break out of them too! their beaks are like wire cutters and probably twice as strong.

back on topic
there are numerous places in Florida and other places in the southern US that have ponds full of tropical fish, probably because the owners didnt do their reasearch and didnt realize that their black pacu and common pleco would get to big for their ten gallon tank.

 

[Marinemom]

While it is unfortunately true that some employees of the lfs do not know thier stuff and either give the wrong information or no information at all, it is also true that some or more of the resposibility for obtaining the info is on the consumer. I cannot stress enough how important reserch before purchase is. I have also run across several customers in the lfs that no matter what you tell them, they do what they want anyways. Case in point when I was at work last night I told this one couple that they were in the middle of a cycle and they would have to wait before adding more fish. I also told them based on the info. they gave me to bring me a water sample in and we could see where in the cycle they were. They said that was fine and walked away only to go to someone else in the place and unbeknowest to him got the fish they wanted. There are usually two sides to every coin and tell me this is not frustrating.

Marinemom