When I was starting to keep fish as a wee young'un, a fairly unscrupulous fish shop sold me a fresh-water crayfish, claiming it was perfectly fine to keep in a community tank. First night, it caught both my angel fish via the handy dangly down bits, then climbed into the breeding trap and eviscerated a gravid guppy. Apparently, the fish shop had lied to me.
( Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too, Wed 8 Sep 2010, 17:53, 6 replies)

alright....
theres no need to carp on about it...



sorry
(Studentken is looking for motivation on, Wed 8 Sep 2010, 19:12, closed)

Stop badgering him
Oh, err, hang on...what's the fish equivalent of a badger?
(MrOli is ugly, but in the morning you will be sober, Wed 8 Sep 2010, 19:35, closed)

Stop with the fish puns
They're giving me a haddock
(Don't tell him Pike i'll probably just stay in, Thu 9 Sep 2010, 12:00, closed)

This just isn't
the right plaice to complain.
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Wed 8 Sep 2010, 19:31, closed)

Aye
With some fish shops you might as well plaice your sole in the trust of cod.
( jim_bob can herd cats., Wed 8 Sep 2010, 19:44, closed)

LOBSTER

(Falstaff's Spiritual Successor, Wed 8 Sep 2010, 19:51, closed)

You should have tried
whiting a letter of complaint, just for the halibut.
(posthumous mince is tiptoeing through the tulips, Thu 9 Sep 2010, 2:53, closed)

A lot of shops are just out there for the profit unfortunately
mainly the ones in garden centres (that are owned buy the GC, not the aquatic retailer) and Stapeley 'We don't give a shit what you buy of us as long as we make some money' water gardens.

And crayfish are a prime example of bad sellers, also if you see any in a shop with more than 1 per tank, walk straight out again, they haven't got a clue.

Same applies to Dyed/painted fish: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Painted_fish
(Kip, Thu 9 Sep 2010, 8:56, closed)