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[lilfishie]

well heres some piccys of him and his bubble nest. (pics are a bit crappy cause theres hardly any lighting on his tank)

Meet Blaze
Seems he is protective of his nest or maybe just hates the camera:

His nest in the Background:

His bubble nest :

Blaze and his nest:

And finally his tank:

 

[Jaded12]

Hes adorable! and I love the tank set up!!

 

[Nick Bramley]

Meg and Rugby, im 18 and a tree surgeon, for the sounds of it youv got to have grey hair and have lost several fingers before you get respect in my trade, good luck!!

well done for rescuing the little fella!!

Nick

 

[VampirePlec]

yea im 19 cumin up 20, and apperantly dont know nothin ( yet know more than the people who think this), n then when i do know somethin its not worth listening to lol

 

[fishlette]

i had a trip to the LFS today to pick up some white spot treatmentbut i couldn't help but go have a peek at the fish, the tank straight opposite the door is where they keep there females, so i went over to have a look at them and was quite horrified to see a male in there with them, he just sat in the corner, i thought he was dead at first but then he swam to the front as if to say help, i told the guy they should never be kept together except for breeding and he would either end up with a dead male or dead females, but all he said was he's fine he can stick up for himself so he came home with me, he is now exploring his 2.5 gallon bowfront
will get some pictures for you later

oh and hes a red VT

awful attitude for an lfs!!!!!!!!!!! glad you saved him good job

 

[fishlette]

why is it that folk who work in pet stores think they know it all and that customers dont have a clue.

i was just in pets at home and saw a gorgeous plackat male in with a bunch of girls, i waited ages to get served, wanting to buy him and a couple of the girls, but was told the tank was under treatment for whitespot and it could be a month till they are on sale again. they said to try the specialist aquarium store a few miles away and when i told em that ive had problems with the bettas ive been getting from there she tried to give me a lecture on the nitrogen cycle and ammonia levels.
gets up my nose those pet shop assistant "think they know it alls"

sorry, rant over

So do you want the employees to stand there and not tell you anything? GOD, people complain that these people don't know #### and are idiots, then when an employee DOES know something and tries to educate the customer, they are called "know it alls". Why don't YOU try working at a fishstore, and have to put up with all the idiots who come in knowing absolutely nothing, then when you give advice they shrug it off and get 8 goldfish for their 2 gallon anyways....
RANT OVER.

this i have to agree with as well. i work at an aquarium shop and have to deal with so many @#$holes and know it alls its unbelievable. now i dont pretend to know everything myself as there is a lot i am still learning but when it comes to this fish we stock, ther products we stock etc i know what im talking about and there are a lot of people who come in thinking they know what they are talking about and often dont. having said that, some people have come in who do have knowledge and point out osmething we havent noticed etc like the time someone came in and said we shouldnt keep our axolotles in a tank with gravel as they can eat it and it can kill them. hadnt heard of this before but on research etc i found this can happen.

i personally cop a lot of flack about being an lfs employee but at the end of the day i provide much needed info for people...this doesnt mean im perfect but also deosnt mean i need flack about it. i once tried to tell someone who wanted a 28L tank, an axolotl, a bn plec, 2 goldfish, 2 mollies, 2 platys, 6 neons and 4 phantom tetras that the tank would be overstocked and because they didnt understand the biological aspect of tanks etc she said she thought i was wrong. i refused to sell her the stuff and lost out on a 200 dollar sale all up and she walked out ranting about me and the shop but HELLO...most of the time we do know what we are talking about. sometimes we dont but hey...i didnt get my job because i knew nothing...i beat 13 people to the jopb becuase i did know and no one understands grrrrrrrrr

anyhoo my rant over hehehehehehe