Darn it !

[Raf]

Originally Posted by TheReefGeek

Very few stores, meaning some do quarantine their fish properly. There is a store in Edmonton that I buy from, they are much more expensive but I have never lost a fish from there, and never had a single outbreak of ich or any other disease. That is a pretty good track record. The only fish they do not quarantine are fish they cannot feed properly, like mandarine gobies, and pipefish, these you have to take your chances with.

I do blame the stores, I hate stores like BA's that throw their fish into tanks as soon as they come in, and hope to sell them off before they die. They don't actually care about the fish and the hobby, they just want to make $$$. It makes me sad when i can walk in there any day of the week, stroll past their tanks and see at least a half dozen dead fish.

well yeah, i hate that too, but afterall, BA is not the only store that does this...not by far....stores like the one you mentioned are the exception, not the rule. For stores like BA, I simply ask them to hold a fish for at least a week....if it looks good after that week, i still throw it in my quarantine....can never be too careful.