Horrible Sight at my LFS

[Preme]

In my opinion this is not bad what so ever. Ok yeah we all get a tang should not be in a 10 gallon tank. But why would a store have 6 125 gallons if they could have 30 10 gallons. This is done with many other animals besides fish in pet stores. Because as every business owner they want to make a profit not loose money. If you had a ton of 10-20 gallon tanks you can have way more fish which means way more profit. As others said this is temporary it'd be one thing if they put 2-3 full grown tangs in that tank. Also most of us QT our new fish. Let's say we wanted to add a tang to are DT we'd QT it first right? And our DT is 180 gallons. Are we going to set up another 100+ gallon tank to provide 6 feet of swimming space for the fish? No. Very similar... the average QT is 30-50 gallons. None of those gallon tanks are 6 feet, meaning yes the fish is a bit crammed but it's temporary... plus it makes it easier for us to observe a fish in a smaller tank than a huge tank. Same thing for the LFS if they have a fish in a smaller tank people can observe it better, make sure it's eating and other various things. It'd be one thing if this tank was going to be its permanent home... just my two cents

 

[AcroNem]

That fish is also much more susceptible to disease being crammed in that tank. It's an Achilles it's disease prone as is. So it kind of defeats the purpose.

 

[BoomCorals]

That's incorrect, the majority of stores in my area use racks of 55g and 90g as their holding systems. Seriously though I'm not saying we need bigger holding systems for every fish, some just don't need it, but this one does. I do actually, I have a 30g a 55g and a 125g available for quarantine purposes. Itjust isn't responsible to do something like that. If you're shelling out the money for a fish you better be paying the money to treat it better.

I'm glad you and your LFS are so well off they can afford 6' QT tanks. While I agree a 10g is too small, there is nothing wrong with temporarily putting a tang into something like a 40B or 55g QT tank.

 

[AcroNem]

Ha I'm not loaded I work at a non profit public aquarium. Also I totally agree. I wouldn't be saying what I am if it was in a 40breeder or 55g.

 

[Ted_C]

I feel like this is turning into more of an argument instead of a discussion where we are all saying the same thing in our own words. Putting a 3-4" Achilles Tang in a 10 gallon tank is not a good thing.

Feel free to take your business elsewhere then. You obviously know more than your LFS and 80% of respondents in this thread that disagree with you.

 

[maroun.c]

was actually thinking about this a few days back. A very good LFS I go to with many larger tanks, places all of his higher end fish in smaller cubicles as part of his quarantine system and they stay for 2-3 weeks there before they ship out or sell and we're talking about Gems, achilles, wrasses, dwarf angels. weirdly they all look great and most of them eat pellets while in those small cubicles.
Even when quarantine is done those fish stay there although he has many other larger fish tanks.

 

[d2mini]

Itjust isn't responsible to do something like that. If you're shelling out the money for a fish you better be paying the money to treat it better.

Says who? People on the internet?
So I rescue an animal that was ripped from it's natural habitat and my end goal is to put it in a box that someone out there deemed "appropriate", where it will live out the rest of it's life in captivity.
You're telling me that several weeks, even a couple months, in a less than "appropriate" QT is really going to matter all that much to this fish?
I don't think so.

 

[AcroNem]

I cannot believe a staff member just talked like that. Maybe I care more because I'm at a conservation facility every day, that's probably it. You know how I feel, but I'm stepping away from this conversation now. Too much respect lost from this. Carry on.

 

[BoomCorals]

Talked like what? Like they disagreed with you? Yes, how awful...

d2 was not disrespectful in any way, and to be honest kinda hit the nail on the head.