Big Al's??
It does look to be some kind of leather I think. To ID it better though I guess I'll need to do some homework.. [img]smile.gif[/img]
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About Big Al's. I don't know what to say about their tank maintenance. Some days it looks not too bad, other days though ... but to be fair I have this complaint about just about every LFS I ever visit. Who wants to look at dead or dying or sick livestock? I mean, sheesh. Ok, so I recognize that unfortunately, stuff dies whether it's out in display or hidden. But if it does, clean it up before something spreads to the other tankmates! And if you're trying to revive something because "maybe it has a chance to recover" that's fine and cool and all, but do in a proper hospital environment, not a "all displayed livestock is for sale" environment. But like I said, I haven't really seen any LFS that isn't guilty of this. I was so embarrassed when Jon & I took Rob Toonen to Wai's and there in one of his tanks were two dead spider crabs floating at the surface of one of the tanks. I was just there a couple of days ago and was horrified to see lateral line on several fish, several dead or dying fish making their last few gasps, and a floating horseshoe crab. Who wants to buy from a store like this? And Wai's is one of the better reputations for "nice stuff" in town. <shudder> If that's one of the "good ones" then what utter horrors must be happening in the "not so good ones" ?? :eek:
Oh my, this has turned into quite a rant. I do apologize. This is something I just wanted to get off my chest. Thanks for reading this all the way, if you haven't given up on this post already ... ;)
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