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[Westie]

They made the trip from Armadale no doubt....

[aajvcad]

3cm 7bar frontosas being sold as demasoni. Got heaps for $8 each :-)

[Androo]

Aww don't get me started on labelling and correct identification of fish in some stores

[Westie]

^ go on Androo, do it! I dare ya!

[sajica]

I saw Melanchromis mangarno for sale once.

[Michael the fish fanatic]

I once bought 10 Ryukin goldfish for $5 each at 10cm as the worker thought they were the fantails that were on special.lol

[Westie]

And you didn't tell the worker they were a fancy variety? Naughty boy!

[Michael the fish fanatic]

It wasn't at a sponsor it was at pet barn (I wasnt getting fish I was getting dog food, then I saw them)

[Androo]

Well one example is 'N. Elongatus mpanga'

N? N? Only thing N elongatus could be is Nemadoras elongatus, well from what I can tell. And it's a stinkin catfish, not a blue black striped, yellow tailed cichlid

If someone knows better by all means let me know. My research can be sloppy at times

[Riggers]

I work in a couple of pet stores, mainly in the fish section and the biggest thing I'm always asked is,

Now I've just bought my new tank can I take 20 fish home today?

I don't think people understand that a tank is a biological system....

[Link2Hell]

now gone LFS had a customer ask one of the staff about Aulonacara

 

the answer was only the males are different the females are the same

[LexAgate]

I once got a F1 otter point (rare) and it was labelled as f1 Cichlid, I think it was a bit of a broad name for it! And it was $13.50 I sold it straight away for $60 it was around 13cm!

I got asked by a man what fish I was keeping? I said cichlids, then they said is that freshwater? Yes! He said are they from Africa? Yes (seems like a smart fella) Till he asked why don't you have a nemo? I said because I have freshwater and nemo is saltwater! Then he says no he can't be he is in a freshwater lake in the movie! MEGA-FACEPALM!!! I was going to tell him but I thought he can keep that idea running for a while!

Once at City farmers I was told that silver sharks could go with red empress', found out they didn't when 5 sharks were dead in my tank!

Once saw a guy carry a clown loach into a LFS in a plastic cup! It had a average sized clown loach, the man then found that they don't go well with tap water!

Finally to top it off once I was told any fish will go with any fish as long as they are the same size! Yeah right!

I will have plenty more but that's for another time!


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[Westie]

I popped in to a shop today near my local Bunnings and was greeted by a shop full of fish tanks covered in algae and dead fish. When I told the sales assistant at the front of the shop, she said that it wasn't a problem......

[bigjohnnofish]

today - do aquarium snails clean the water ? no actually they make the water dirty when they crap... lol....

oh do bristlenose clean the water then ? um no they make the water dirty too when they crap... !!!!!

 

the filter helps to clean the water.... oh really...... doh [ shaking my head ]

[Mattia]

I could write 20 pages of this stuff that I hear everyday

[chrishaigh82]

I could write 20 pages of this stuff that I hear everyday

 

I'm fearful of you revealing the stupid questions thrown at you from newbies to the hobby Mattia 

[Delapool]

When I first started out I had water back flow into an external air pump. Rode the push bike over to fish shop and showed the owner with a guilty look. He took pity on me and said he had seen worse, he got a lot of them where people thought they were meant to work from inside the fish tank....

Edited by Delapool, 06 June 2016 - 08:42 AM.

[Pchmb]

If this is heading down the "when I first started..." post , I was about 13, picked up a second hand tank and air pump. Filled tank, rocks etc then submerged air pump in tank. Turning it on, it didn't work but made a humming sound (funny that- I had submerged the whole pump under water!), each time I placed my hand in the water, I got a massive shock of electricity. Being 13 and living on a farm with electric fences, I kind of should have realised sooner. I think I electrocuted myself another 4 times before I decided the pump was faulty and this just wasn't right. I never told anyone, even to this day, but once I unscrewed the bottom of the pump, seeing the water inside with the motor, exposed wires and diaphragm, I put two and two together and realised the pump was meant to go on the outside, to pump air into the tank. Lucky I didn't kill myself, but the thought of that story still makes me laugh.