In my experience that store was more eager to make money than do the right thing. When i started out in the hobby i made 2 fish purchases there. First was a Mandarin Dragonet, i told the guy my tank size, asked if it was reef safe and asked what it eats, he said mysis and pellets like most other fish, ummm. Poor thing starved in my tank for a while before a fellow reefer with a proper pod population rescued him.
Second was a Toby Puffer. Same questions same story, it was cute. Is it reef safe? Sure is... Not!
Off to J+L that cute little guy went for credit, i had him for 2 hours max before removing him from the tank with a mouth full of coral.
In hindsight i should've done the research first, impulsive purchases are often mistakes in this hobby.
Koodos to those vendors at least making the recommendation to potential buyers the requirements for them. Just noticed the other day J+L has several life size photos up on the wall of Blue Tangs showing how large they can get
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