The LFSs in my town are USELESS!!!

[Beeker]

I just got home from shopping around for plants and fish. I have a certain list of plants and fish that I want. The stores here haven't heard of the fish I want, but, yet, they've "been in the fish business for 30 years." Idiots. They won't order the fish I want and they probably won't be able to get the plants I want either. :rant: :mad2

 

[FooF]

kill them all *shrug*

 

[Kasakato]

IME, my LFS will order any fish/plant you want. They always have good fish that are super healthy. And I have yet to see any fish that is sick, in there display tank.

 

[pl*co]

Sounds like you have a case for starting your own business there Beeker!

 

[Beeker]

Yea. Show them how it's done. Although, I'd rather know more about everything before I start the business. I don't want to be like them.

I just want to start my tank. I've been checking online. I haven't found much.

 

[pl*co]

Whatcha thinking about putting in the tank? Check out Dr.'s Foster and Smith yet?

www.liveaquaria.com

 

[Beeker]

It's a 10 gal.

I want to stock it with:

1 Betta Imbellis (aka "Peaceful Betta")
3 Trichopsis pumila (aka "Sparkling Gouramis" or "Dwarf Croaking Gouramis")
5 Impaichthys kerri (aka "Purple Emperor Tetras")
maybe 2 Viviparus Malleatus (aka "Japanese Trapdoor Snails")

The plants I want are:

Anubias barteri v. nana 'petite' - "Petite nana"
Limnophila sessiliflora - "Asian Ambulia"
Masilea augustifolia - "Clover"
Ludwigia ovalis - "Ludwigia ovalis"
Hydrocotyle leucocephala - "Brazilian pennywort"

These are all supposed to be common, or at least not rare, fish and plants. They shouldn't be this difficult to get. The people at the LFS are really getting on my last nerve.

 

[pl*co]

Yeah, sometimes it can get that way. That's when I end up ordering online. For plants and miscellaneous items, that is. I have not been able to get up the gumption to order fish online though. I just can't do it. Snails maybe, but I couldn't do it for even shrimp. I keep thinking about the trip they were already on just getting to where they are now and I don't want to add to it. I only live 30 mins from the LFS, so I've been sticking to whatever they have. Luckily, my tastes run pretty bland. Actually, I don't have the tanks for other types of fish or they don't go with what I already have. So, I just learned to be satisfied with what I could get. Common or otherwise. It's a pain when you get your tank all planned out though and you walk in the LFS and nothing is going with your plan.

 

[Beeker]

Where do you get your plants?

 

[Swimfins]

too many fish, too many plants, too many size issues, too many compatibility issues...in a perfect world ,