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Green Seahorse

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  7. Went to some LFS today

    in General Aquaria Discussion

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    It was not the fact he was handling the fish with his fingers,

    It was the way he handled them, roughly! :chair: The fish were out

    of the water I would say at least a minute or more. Like they were

    not worth enough to bother being relatively gentle or kind

    They are alive and do deseve some respect!

    What everyone feeds their animals is up to them

    I just wish that employee had used a bit more respect

    for the fish he was handling. :bang1: ..........Yes I will complain.

  8. Ethics of live food

    in General Aquaria Discussion

    Posted

    Well since I kinda started this complaining about a store

    employee roughly handling feeder fish, I guess I

    should say I have nothing against feeding live foods

    as long as it is done with respect for that animal,

    and as Vapor said not as a form of entertainment.

    As long as we respect and treat these feeders with

    respect . They too are animals left in our care, so

    we should take care of them and treat them fairly.

    We feed live crickets, but the crickets have there own

    cage and a good food source,egg carton, dirt to dig in

    and cricket gel, and it is cleaned often. The reptiles

    they feed make short work of them and they are

    cared for in a favorable environment before being

    used as food.

    What everyone feeds their animals is up to them

    I just wish that employee had used a bit more respect

    for the fish he was handling...........Yes I will complain.

  9. Went to some LFS today

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    Posted · Edited by Green Seahorse

    We went to Edmonton today, had to go look at fish...........

    We were really appauled by the way an employee at the one LFS handled the fish! :cry:

    He was catching feeder goldfish and netted a bunch, held them out of the water while he picked them up and put them in the bag with his fingers....................... there were fish hanging from the net by there gills when he went to release the rest and he just ripped them off and tossed them in the tank!

    The fish were out of the water way too long and flopped about in the tank and some were on their side at the surface. :cry: :chair:

    We also watched him catch feeder guppies, he netted then took them out of the water, counted thirty fish with his fingers,and tossed the rest back in. By the time he got them bagged two were dead! When asked about it he said there were more than thirty so it did not matter. When asked about the fish travelling with dead fish in the bag and fouling the water, he said four hours or less they should be fine. :boom:

    He also counted and caught other fish with his fingers! Netting them and holding them out of the water for a unreasonable amount of time.:bang1:

    Cannot believe they allow him to work there! One of the head people saw the dead fish in the bag and scowled at us for our questions.

    There were quite a few floating dying fish in the store.plus some tanks were full of ick.

    We had been to this store before and had way better exsperiences.

    No I will not name the store, but I am very dissapointed and kinda feel sad for the fish. :cry:

  18. My big tank keeps shifting and once again is unlevel

    in General Aquaria Discussion

    Posted

    And why do you think a 7foot tank will be any different shifting wise?

    I don't it just fits better into my plans............... I also bought a unit with two 100 gallons, and the 230 will no longer fit in the main part of the house, hate to shove something like that into a bedroom, we have no basement!! Plus the 7 foot is :D Acrylic!!! Always wanted one of thoes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -ham-

    Hey if it doesn't sell, I can reconsider putting it in a bedroom, just going to take up a lot of room!! :)

  21. Lost my oldest fish

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    sorry to hear she passed on :cry: ...............you had her a long time.

    We are very attached to ours too....................... we brought home

    10 baby Angelfish and they were all white with a little color,

    the kids know them all and named them........................

    Hope you can find another, she must have been so happy

    living such a long life, RIP little Angelfish.

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