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Fish Dealers to Avoid
Fish Dealers to Avoid
One of the best ways that you can start out as a beginning hobbyist and fish owner is to develop a great relationship with a local tropical fish dealer. A quality fish dealer can help you to make informed decisions about your pet. They can help you make decisions on the right choice for an aquarium, the proper equipment that you should purchase, and also the best species that will get along with your Neon Tetras.
A great fish dealer can also locate products that are hard to find, such as a filter or a lid that you need for a tank that is not a standard shape or size. They can also help you with water testing supplies and methods.
You will want to take great care when choosing the place where you will be buying your fish. Do not look at this as a one-time purchase; you need to look at this as the beginning of a lifelong business relationship that you will have for the well-being of your pet.
You will need to take great care to locate a fish dealer that has a location that is clean and pleasant. You will also need to take notes of the attitude of the staff. Be sure to ask questions so that you can find out not only how knowledgeable the staff is, but how willing they are to answer your questions.
Make sure that you feel comfortable making your purchase. You want to make your purchase from someone that you would feel welcome about talking to if you have a problem with your fish or any of your equipment.
You should be wary of any dealers that have the following characteristics:
1. They are willing to tell you that you need to leave their store if you question the quality of their service or the quality of their stock.
2. They will allow you to walk around the store and will not offer help in finding what you need.
3. They spend a great deal of time on the phone taking calls, and they will leave you waiting until they finish with their telephone call.
4. If you ask them a question and they are not sure of the answer, they will try to bluff their way out of it instead of simply saying that they do not know but they will find out.
5. They try to sell you a bunch of equipment that you don't need just because they believe that you don't know any better and that you will buy it anyway.
6. They don't keep regular store hours and are very unprofessional as they show up whenever they feel like working.
7. They have filthy aquariums, and a dirty store.
8. They will use the same net to catch fish in different tanks without sterilizing it between uses.
9. They will refuse to go out of their way and order any type of special equipment that you might want.
If you find a shop that displays any of these characteristics, you need to take your business elsewhere.
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