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lol i went to the pet shop today and the guy who was working told me that someone came in and said that the oscar he bought looked like he was doing bad. they bought an oscar from wally world and whoever was working at the time told him that he could keep it in a fish bowl. The guy also had no idea that they could grow to about 14 inches. poor fish

Ya like I said before some of those guys do a little too much HAYHAY!!:slash: LOL!!!! Most of those guys don't know what the hell they're talking about anyway. That sucks for people that "buy their fish fish" or so to say. That's why it's sometimes better to go to the more expensive places where the people know their sh*t.

More than knowing what they are talking about, caring for the customer is more important. There's a local reef shop in town, and I was in there talking to the guy about my first salt set up. He knows I have NO experience with salt water, and when I ask him what the smallest set up that I could probably be able to take care of myself would be, he says we have a little 8 gallon nano set up that I bet you could handle. Fortunately, I knew better by this point. As hard as a 10 gallon can be to manage in freshwater, can you immagine how hard a salt 8 gallon might be?

Its not al about knowledge, man. Its about caring to get return business.

True that!LOL!!! I was thinking of setting up a salt water my self, mostly because of the kick a*s fish that you can get!! But the I looked into it and you have to add chemicals in every day...and that's too much money going down the drain for me!!!

I'm settin up a salt tank as we speak. Its a long process, and I wasn't ready for it back then. I am now though. Its going to be a 29 with a 20 gallon sump, so it'll be a bit easier to maintain than a 10.

Well good luck with the salt water tank!:) And get some of those kick a*s salt water fish the have big a*s teeth that can rip your arm off when you go to syphon the tank!!!LOL!!!You've gotta post some pics when you get your new fish!!!!!Salt water fish BY FAR look way cooler than any fresh water fish in my opinion!! If i had the time to set up a salt water tank I would!! Sting rays look paritty cool too!!! Good luck again with your tank!

Yeah, I'm not ready for rays. I'm gonna go with a pair of some type of clown (possibly Clark's Anenomefish) and a Dwarf Zebra Lionfish. I'm totally psyched.

i'm going to pick up a fresh water sting ray, those are cool looking, and my next project is going to be brakish water. I can't waite

Fresh water sting ray?what!? I've never heard of those. Thats pretty cool though.

*Goes off to do some research*

One employee at a the LFS said that my africans needed all the plants you could find. It just shows that some people are just retarded.

Hannah
LOL

i know that oscars arn't good with plants, but the plants are good for water quality. I went to the pet shop to look for floating duckweed because oscars will only eat it by accident, and they don't sell it beacuse it is illegal.WHY!?
completly off the subject of wal-mart

Good question...Try the plants forum.
Plants with Africans...thats funny. Next time you see him, tell him to try it with something nice and expensive.

I've only seen a fresh water ray in a fish store colse to my house, but they're expensive though!! I was checking them out and they are $150.00 and up!! that's way above my price limite for fish!!! I had put a plant in my 20 with my koi and feeders nd within a week the plant ws stripped of al the leafs!!! Within a month the whole thing was gone!!! I know now never to put plants in any kind of Goldfish tank!!LOL!!! And this is way off topic i mean way way way off topic but does anyone know how to get pond water from pea soup green o clear water cuz i've got a 1,000 gallon pea soup pond! i was thinking of just emptying the water and filling it up again.....

Yeah, I suspect just changing all the water won't entirely fix your problem. Post to generall freshwater, and they ought to be able to help.

the fresh water sting ray i'm getting is $45 dollars here