Very Naughty Fish Shop.

[Joviella]

Whilst out and about visiting fish shops yesterday, we visited a shop that we don't often go tn one tank in which there were some small birchirs,and they had labelled the tank saying "these fish will eat small fish",which was fair enough.In the tank above this,they had about 8 small silver arrowanas,with no mention of the size they will grow and that they will also eat other fish!Then,round the corner we discovered a tank with about 15 small red tailed catfish,also with no mention of potential size! These fish were all in 18inch tanks,and I really couldn't believe what I was seeing.Then,around the next corner were 2 oscars,that were8-9inches each in one of these little tanks.
I would have gone and spoken to the "boys" behind the counter,but it seemed like they were more interested in their plans for their saturday night.
Needless to say,I really doubt we will be going back to this shop!!

 

[demonmagus]

thats really not good in any way. Shame there isn't much you can do

 

[helsekia]

I had the same experience a week back in a lfs.

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=140292ts

disgusting what some shops get away with

 

[CFC]

The really bad thing is the shop Chali mentions is owned by a huge and very well known english aquarium supplies company (i'll give you a clue, they make protozin). A few years ago i visited the shop and found them to be selling injection dyed glass fish and were fully aware of how they were created as they even had it on the lable "these fish are dyed with a chemical and the colour may fade over time"!!

I wouldnt visit the shop at all but they have a very good reptiles/herps shop on the same site which my fiance likes to visit so when i'm there i go in to see if there is anything i can provide a better home for before they kill it.

 

[Qays]

waterlife?!

im gonna have too boycott them if this is true.

 

[Joviella]

Did my man tll you about this then CFC? I forgot to mention that they had some dyed parrot fish in a tank above the oscars!!
All in all, a very bad shop!!!!!

waterlife?!

im gonna have too boycott them if this is true.

Its very true..... not good eh?

waterlife?!

im gonna have too boycott them if this is true.

Its very true..... not good eh?

 

[Dorkhedeos]

isnt protozin like viagra or something?

 

[CFC]

Protozin is a whitespot/ICH medication that is probably the most popular with fish keepers in England and is indeed produced by waterlife. I have long boycotted their products and always recomed the use of Interpet medications (which are actually better) wherever possible.

 

[Gr!m]

hi i was reading a few of your posts and i saw that you said that they had dead fish in the tanks i have seen this as well in a pet hsop as well i saw 3 dead clown loaches and five dead black mollys and 1 silver shark dead a albino red tail black shark (but that one was in a different shop ) but all in all i think it is bad when you go there to get healthy fish and then you look in the tanks and find 1 or more than one dead i think this is irrisponsible and that it shouldnt be a thing to crop up coz in the second pet shop where i found the albino was prob just one of coz that was the first time i have seen that in that shop sonce i have been goin thee which is round bout 7 years or more.
but the first shop i saw fish dead that werent the first time that i have seen that in that shop all the time i have gone in there and looked at there tropical fish at least in fish tanks there is more than 1 or 2 of the fish dead.

 

[shaunza2010]

i have been to a fishshop in glasgow and i told the guy that there was dead fish in a couple of his tanks and he look at me as if to say (what do you want me to do about it) but what he said to me was "well that will feed the rest of the one's that are still alive and save me some food" well that made me just leave the shop and someone else and we spoke about it outside and felt that this shop sould be reported or something done about it, well am not that type of person that would go to that extreme but i will not be return nor will my friend and family

 

[catxx]

which shop is this chali? whereabouts in london? so i know not to bother with it...

 

[jarmado]

which shop is this chali? whereabouts in london? so i know not to bother with it...

is it waterlife?
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[catxx]

where is waterlife?

 

[CFC]

They are based in Colnebrook which is near Heathrow airport.

 

[Bloo]

I know Wholesale Tropicals are probably the same - as in they do not mark the tanks (with all the tiny fish that grow into monsters) but whenever someone wants a fish from one of these tanks or has an enquiry, their size and nature are always discussed and warned about. Could this not be the case here too ?