watermelon said:
Go to Wal-Mart, you can buy a complete 55 gallon with stand for about $235.00..That is the price plus you get the filter, heater, lights and everything..If I remember correctly it is $158.00 for the tank with everything in it and the stand is $76.00...Having a much bigger tank is a lot better than a smaller one like a 30 gallon..
I would love a 55, but only have room for a 30 and I can't get a 30 in a kit. Also, I want a HOT magnum filter so buying the kit wouldn't exactly work for me. Down here, the 29 gallon kits are about $110 and a decent "wood" stand is about $100 so even though I won't be getting a filter and heater with my package deal, I think I'm still getting a good deal.
watermelon said:
Yes, it is a solid wood painted black..Very attractive..
LOL for a minute there I thought that you were talking about the stand that comes with my tank. I was thinking to myself, I didn't mention that it was black...how in the world? Then it clicked that you were probably talking about your stand lol :duh:
WrittenLyric said:
Hrmm, tough call. The tatt'd fish LEAVE ALONE! I think purchasing those would definitely be promoting the practice. I would try to go back at a different time and see if someone else is around that you could possibly speak to ..almost put a bug in their ear about the mislabeled tanks and see how they react...or if they even are still mislabeled. Giving the benefit of the doubt that maybe they're in the midst of moving fish around?? I don't know. It's your call, a tough one, but yours none the less. I think if I were in your shoes, I'd still purchase the fish that I was having difficulty finding at other area shops.
Yeah definitly leaving those monstrosities (sp?) alone. I noticed a woman looking at them and made a comment to my beau about "how terrible it is that they would do such a horrible thing to a fish" and made it a point to say it loud enough for her to hear. She looked at me, looked back at the fish, and then left.
I did notice a few other people around the store that spoke perfect english and seemed to know what they were talking about. The man that helped me wasn't completly clueless; I happened to be looking at the bettas and a customer came up to me and tried to convince me that male and female bettas can live in total harmony together. When the man that helped me heard this, he immediately whipped around and went into detail about breeding bettas and told the still unconvinced (and probably drunk) man that males will not only kill other males, but females as well....yada yada yada. So he at least has some fish knowledge. I think the incident with the yoyo/CAE may have just been a misunderstanding.
As for the mislabeled tanks, its not that they are mislabeled, they're just not exact with their labeling. For instance, instead of labeling the tank "Zebra Loaches" or "YoYo Loaches" they just label it "Loaches". I kinda have a feeling that they do this to avoid having to change the labels all the time. Some of the tanks were labeled exactly. All of the saltwater tanks had exact labels and let me just say that their selection of saltwater fish is amazing! And absolutely gorgeous!! This is really tough... :huh: