Order Tiny Juvenile and Got a Medium Adult

[kboogie]

Two fish in my wish list for my 300G FOWLR are a Harlequin Tusk and a Clown Trigger. I’ve had success keeping Clown Triggers passive in community tanks if you raise them from juvenile and never feed them silver sides or feeder fish. I waited for my favorite online retailer to get 1” to 2” “Juveniles” in stock and jumped on it. I was excited to receive it today. I was surprised when I opened the box and found a 3 to 4” Clown Trigger. Normally I’m happy to get more than I paid for but this time I disappointed. What would you do if you were me?

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Ask for another fish... all they can do is say yay or nay. If they do ship you the correct size fish you paid for and requested than I'd take the medium guy to a lfs for another person to purchase.
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[Who me?]

Two fish in my wish list for my 300G FOWLR are a Harlequin Tusk and a Clown Trigger. I’ve had success keeping Clown Triggers passive in community tanks if you raise them from juvenile and never feed them silver sides or feeder fish. I waited for my favorite online retailer to get 1” to 2” “Juveniles” in stock and jumped on it. I was excited to receive it today. I was surprised when I opened the box and found a 3 to 4” Clown Trigger. Normally I’m happy to get more than I paid for but this time I disappointed. What would you do if you were me?

If your concern is mostly his temperament based on diet, why not call the vendor, explain the situation and inquiry as to his diet and go from there.

 

[bruno3047]

Nothing irritates me more than this. Not even DOA. I would call the shop and voice my displeasure. Respectfully, of course.

 

[mdb_talon]

I would contact them and explain the situation. Hopefully they will either give you credit or send the size you ordered. If they do nothing then they would stop being my favorite if i were you. If they can send you a new one then hopefully you can get some credit from the LFS for the larger one for your troubles

Having said all that i dont think this was an egregious error and they probably just made a bad estimate when classifying size. My guess is in order to please customers(who generally want larger) they error on the side of describing it smaller rather than larger.

 

[Who me?]

Two fish in my wish list for my 300G FOWLR are a Harlequin Tusk and a Clown Trigger. I’ve had success keeping Clown Triggers passive in community tanks if you raise them from juvenile and never feed them silver sides or feeder fish. I waited for my favorite online retailer to get 1” to 2” “Juveniles” in stock and jumped on it. I was excited to receive it today. I was surprised when I opened the box and found a 3 to 4” Clown Trigger. Normally I’m happy to get more than I paid for but this time I disappointed. What would you do if you were me?

Isn't it possible they grew a little since being listed on the site... Triggers can have 1 inch growth spurts over the matter of days... 1 inch longer than described seems acceptable, no?

 

[kboogie]

I would contact them and explain the situation. Hopefully they will either give you credit or send the size you ordered. If they do nothing then they would stop being my favorite if i were you. If they can send you a new one then hopefully you can get some credit from the LFS for the larger one for your troubles

Having said all that i dont think this was an egregious error and they probably just made a bad estimate when classifying size. My guess is in order to please customers(who generally want larger) they error on the side of describing it smaller rather than larger.

The online retailer did nothing. The trigger has been a good citizen. He is not the most aggressive eater. My Niger Trigger who has a much smaller mouth is happy to chomp down on large krill, chunks of clam, etc. The Clown trigger who is bigger and has a much larger mouth only eats things which it can swallow whole with the exception of crab clusters.