They Did It Again

[noshybabs]

Im afraid Tong Garden centre is to be avoided like the plague for fish. The staff there couldnt give a toss and the fish are often mixed with wrong species which gives an uneducated buyer the wrong impression.

Point in had, male bettas in with gourmais!

I would have bought the little chap, but having bought bettas from there before and had them all die, i decided not to. I have also tried to advise them when i see things wrong in there and you just get looked at as is to say, " hey i work here, what do you know!"

If they aint careful, they will end up with the same rep as Dying World in Leeds......

Noshy, If you want some swordtails, i have some lovely pineapple swordtails you can buy. bung us a £1 a piece for em if you like. Just an idea, dont matter if you dont want to, but theres plenty of people around your area, like me Alice, Ian, Paul (although he dont drive LOL) who can advise you on where to buy and where not to.

Ide love a few females if you have em, but i have to deal with these ones first, Have you ever taken anything back to Tong, Im expecting them to tell me to get fooooooo-ked

 

[Sp00ky]

Ide love a few females if you have em, but i have to deal with these ones first, Have you ever taken anything back to Tong, Im expecting them to tell me to get fooooooo-ked

never taken anything back im afraid mate... its never lived that long !

I believe they have a returns policy though, it should be shown on the bag they came with.

Sort your tanks out first mate and gimmie a shout when they have settled down

 

[fenwoman]

I agree why get stressed over it, take them back and if you have no other shops near you what about buying over the internet from a reputable dealer, i have done this several times with no problems or is there anyone near you that has fish and drives so that you could perhaps share expenses and go off for a buying jaunt.

I agree about buying online, or even catch a bus to the next nearest lfs. I would never buy twice from somewhere who sold diseased fish. By the time you have lost fish and spend ££££ buying medications, you are better off paying twice as much and buying healthy fish, or paying for bus fares or even taxi fares and going elsewhere. Your money is keeping poor lfs in business.

 

[Miss Wiggle]

they should be fine with taking them back, if they're not then just leave them there and walk off.

yes it probably will be the end for the poor fishies but it means that 1, your not gonna kill/make poorly any of your other fish so no extra deaths. 2, Tong don't get your custom and the less people that shop there the better.

and please stop bloody shopping there!

 

[noshybabs]

they should be fine with taking them back, if they're not then just leave them there and walk off.

yes it probably will be the end for the poor fishies but it means that 1, your not gonna kill/make poorly any of your other fish so no extra deaths. 2, Tong don't get your custom and the less people that shop there the better.

and please stop bloody shopping there!

I wont