BUyers or TRaders REgret!!!!

[To(meany)Tang]

Hey fellow reefers. I had a great topic I wanted to bring up.

Do any of yal every have or had buyers regret or remorse? Let me clarify. I'm not talking about spending a crazy amount of money that you wish you didn't... or bought a fish or item you immediately want to return. I have a couple examples.

I had a Toby puffer that was 100% parasite. I loved my girl. One day I decided to introduce corals into my system which was never the initial plan. Ms. Toby went after them and I gave her multiple chances even put her in timeout lol. Long story short I fished her out and took her to the only lfs that would buy fish from customers.
My problem or regret comes in where I knew for a fact my lfs tanks were full of parasites just by looking at the other fish in the tanks and from previous purchases. And I decided to leave her there because I had nowhere else to put her.

Another way to ask about this is with selling and trading fish and coral.

Does any coral or fish seller feel any remorse or regret selling live animals to someone they don't know? What if their parameters are crap. What if they just want to use it as bait. Do yal ever feel bad knowing you had a super healthy happy specimen and that his/her next destination might be a jail cell or a swamp?.

I would love to hear yals thoughts or any experiences yal have had with having something super healthy in your possession and letting it go to a location with worse conditions given your circumstances.

 

[1112-425XL]

I've returned problem fish to my lfs, never had regret but was always curious where they ended up.
I don't believe sellers of livestock (coral, fish, inverts) are concerned with the whereabouts, just business.

 

[exnisstech]

If they are fish I hate and am glad to finally catch them for removal it doesn't bother me. When I take fish in that I care about, like when I tore down my freshwater that had fish I had raised from 2" juveniles to 10" adults I make it a point to stay out of the store for a month or two so the fish are gone and I don't have to see them in the store.
Some of us form an attachment even tho they are just fish so a feeling of guilt/remorse is normal IMO

 

[To(meany)Tang]

I've returned problem fish to my lfs, never had regret but was always curious where they ended up.
I don't believe sellers of livestock (coral, fish, inverts) are concerned with the whereabouts, just business.

I can agree with this. It's definitely just business. Otherwise I doubt any money would be made

 

[To(meany)Tang]

If they are fish I hate and am glad to finally catch them for removal it doesn't bother me. When I take fish in that I care about, like when I tore down my freshwater that had fish I had raised from 2" juveniles to 10" adults I make it a point to stay out of the store for a month or two so the fish are gone and I don't have to see them in the store.
Some of us form an attachment even tho they are just fish so a feeling of guilt/remorse is normal IMO

Great input. I know there's an essence of remorse but we mostly try to forget about it so we don't have to think about it. On the attachment part yes I've seen lots of genuine attachment on people places and things. My conversation stems from someone like me who is in tune with nature and life itself.. I nurture nature not attatch to it so therefore the remorse comes off in a different spectrum if that makes sense lol.

 

[PeterErc]

When tangs would grow to big for the 150g, would find them a new home before taking to LFS. Was hard to let them go but hoped they would be better off than stressed out. They did not have a price tag either. It was for the benefit of the fish. I did the best I could.

I have also taken in fish and corals that people no longer wanted.

As far as people killing coral, I don’t mind as much. I would give people starting out frags to see how they do before making purchases. The odds of a coral living a long healthy existence..
How many clownfish and anemones do the LFS sell? Where are they all?

 

[To(meany)Tang]

When tangs would grow to big for the 150g, would find them a new home before taking to LFS. Was hard to let them go but hoped they would be better off than stressed out. They did not have a price tag either. It was for the benefit of the fish. I did the best I could.

I have also taken in fish and corals that people no longer wanted.

As far as people killing coral, I don’t mind as much. I would give people starting out frags to see how they do before making purchases. The odds of a coral living a long healthy existence..
How many clownfish and anemones do the LFS sell? Where are they all?

Fortunately I haven't been in the hobby long enough to rehome a fish that outgrew his home. I can only imagine how it feels but your absolutely right. We do the best we can given the circumstances. Similar to our furry friends. We buy with intention without thinking about the end of the road. People selling fish or coral to unknown sources could also be an early end of the road. How long is that road is , is the question.

P.s. my lfs has tons of clowns and anemones if your looking lol.

 

[fish farmer]

If they are fish I hate and am glad to finally catch them for removal it doesn't bother me. When I take fish in that I care about, like when I tore down my freshwater that had fish I had raised from 2" juveniles to 10" adults I make it a point to stay out of the store for a month or two so the fish are gone and I don't have to see them in the store.
Some of us form an attachment even tho they are just fish so a feeling of guilt/remorse is normal IMO

Back when I was younger, my first hobby fish were piranhas. I would grow them from babies and get rid of them at 3 inches. Maybe get $5 credit. I had gotten a pair, two for one since one was missing an eye. The good one jumped out in a couple of weeks, so I raised "one eye" until i was time to bring it in.

They took it back, gave me credit, then realized it had one eye. It went into a tank with slightly bigger piranhas. About a week later it had gotten a little nip from one of the others. I felt bad, thought it over and went back the next day to buy it back. Someone else felt bad too and bought him right after I left.

 

[exnisstech]

Back when I was younger, my first hobby fish were piranhas. I would grow them from babies and get rid of them at 3 inches. Maybe get $5 credit. I had gotten a pair, two for one since one was missing an eye. The good one jumped out in a couple of weeks, so I raised "one eye" until i was time to bring it in.

They took it back, gave me credit, then realized it had one eye. It went into a tank with slightly bigger piranhas. About a week later it had gotten a little nip from one of the others. I felt bad, thought it over and went back the next day to buy it back. Someone else felt bad too and bought him right after I left.

Thats funny. I took 4 big clown loaches in that I raised from small. The next day I decided didn't want them seperated as they were raised together and do better as group. When I went to get them a guy was buying all 4. Yay