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Posted by Tynk on February 12, 2008, 10:16 am
Please log in for more thread options Hello fishy folks.
Bolingbrook, IL's Aquarium Adventure (Petland) is running a great
sale.
All fish (fresh and marine too), live plants, and inverts are all 50%
again.
Sadly, their new angels have are sick again. They came in nice, just
like the other 2 batches, but after a week or 2 they come down with
the same illness that I've been seeing and hearing about in chain
stores across the country (US).
I did, however, pick up 5 bunches of compact Amazon plants.
They look lovely in the 75g.
Saturday the 9th they had 2 dealers there. One from Hagen and another
one (forget company name).
The deal was from 11 am to 6 pm you can bring in an old power (HOB)
filter and get a brand new Aquaclear or Aqueon filter of same size (or
as close to it as possible).
They didn't even have to be working filters, and it didn't matter how
old they were. You got to trade it in for a brand new, completely free
one!
I traded in my broken Wisper40 for an Aqueon 30. I didn't care about
10g difference, as it'll run a 20g fry grow out tank.
There was one lady in line that was holding a filter that I swear,
must have been 2- 2 1/2 feet long.
10g filters were the smallest you could trade though. I had brought in
a 1-3 gallon HOB filter that the top had broken off of and they didn't
have one that small. Oh well. No biggy. The thing works fine, it just
doesn't have an attached top anymore.
My daughter fell in love with one of the baby Ball pythons. One of the
workers took it out for to hold.
She was in heaven!
Of course the next Q out of her mouth was "Mom....can I have a ...." I
cut her right off...NO, your father's scared to death of snakes" and
she knows that. Hehe, little stinker.
So off we went with a free filter and 2 bags of plants. = )
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Posted by expat on February 12, 2008, 2:22 pm
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> Hello fishy folks.
> Bolingbrook, IL's Aquarium Adventure (Petland) is running a great
> sale.
> All fish (fresh and marine too), live plants, and inverts are all 50%
> again.
> Sadly, their new angels have are sick again. They came in nice, just
> like the other 2 batches, but after a week or 2 they come down with
> the same illness that I've been seeing and hearing about in chain
> stores across the country (US).
> I did, however, pick up 5 bunches of compact Amazon plants.
> They look lovely in the 75g.
> Saturday the 9th they had 2 dealers there. One from Hagen and another
> one (forget company name).
> The deal was from 11 am to 6 pm you can bring in an old power (HOB)
> filter and get a brand new Aquaclear or Aqueon filter of same size (or
> as close to it as possible).
> They didn't even have to be working filters, and it didn't matter how
> old they were. You got to trade it in for a brand new, completely free
> one!
> I traded in my broken Wisper40 for an Aqueon 30. I didn't care about
> 10g difference, as it'll run a 20g fry grow out tank.
> There was one lady in line that was holding a filter that I swear,
> must have been 2- 2 1/2 feet long.
> 10g filters were the smallest you could trade though. I had brought in
> a 1-3 gallon HOB filter that the top had broken off of and they didn't
> have one that small. Oh well. No biggy. The thing works fine, it just
> doesn't have an attached top anymore.
> My daughter fell in love with one of the baby Ball pythons. One of the
> workers took it out for to hold.
> She was in heaven!
> Of course the next Q out of her mouth was "Mom....can I have a ...." I
> cut her right off...NO, your father's scared to death of snakes" and
> she knows that. Hehe, little stinker.
> So off we went with a free filter and 2 bags of plants. =3D )
There is no angel fish for sale in this area anymore. Local big box
stores get in a good looking batch and they are all dead within a
short period of time. Same for mom and pop LFS's...the angels they
have had for awhile are fine, new shipments die. The thing is two of
the major vendors get their fish from the same source and these two
vendors are also the same vendors that supply Petsmart and Petco here
as well as in other regions, and also the mom and pop stores, so
evidently its a problem with the angel fish in general, not the
stores. The local LFS are starting to use other vendors so we will see
what happens. The main vendor in this region is Sunpets out of
Atlanta.they supply to all petshops...and they also now will not send
out any angles of get any angels in to sell to stores......
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Posted by Tynk on February 13, 2008, 9:44 am
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> > Hello fishy folks.
> > Bolingbrook, IL's Aquarium Adventure (Petland) is running a great
> > sale.
> > All fish (fresh and marine too), live plants, and inverts are all 50%
> > again.
> > Sadly, their new angels have are sick again. They came in nice, just
> > like the other 2 batches, but after a week or 2 they come down with
> > the same illness that I've been seeing and hearing about in chain
> > stores across the country (US).
> > I did, however, pick up 5 bunches of compact Amazon plants.
> > They look lovely in the 75g.
> > Saturday the 9th they had 2 dealers there. One from Hagen and another
> > one (forget company name).
> > The deal was from 11 am to 6 pm you can bring in an old power (HOB)
> > filter and get a brand new Aquaclear or Aqueon filter of same size (or
> > as close to it as possible).
> > They didn't even have to be working filters, and it didn't matter how
> > old they were. You got to trade it in for a brand new, completely free
> > one!
> > I traded in my broken Wisper40 for an Aqueon 30. I didn't care about
> > 10g difference, as it'll run a 20g fry grow out tank.
> > There was one lady in line that was holding a filter that I swear,
> > must have been 2- 2 1/2 feet long.
> > 10g filters were the smallest you could trade though. I had brought in
> > a 1-3 gallon HOB filter that the top had broken off of and they didn't
> > have one that small. Oh well. No biggy. The thing works fine, it just
> > doesn't have an attached top anymore.
> > My daughter fell in love with one of the baby Ball pythons. One of the
> > workers took it out for to hold.
> > She was in heaven!
> > Of course the next Q out of her mouth was "Mom....can I have a ...." I
> > cut her right off...NO, your father's scared to death of snakes" and
> > she knows that. Hehe, little stinker.
> > So off we went with a free filter and 2 bags of plants. =3D )
>
> There is no angel fish for sale in this =EF=BF=BDarea anymore. Local big b=
ox
> stores get in a good looking batch and they are all dead within a
> short period of time. Same for mom and pop LFS's...the angels they
> have had for awhile are fine, new shipments die. =EF=BF=BDThe thing is two=
of
> the major vendors get their fish from the same source and these two
> vendors are also the same vendors that supply Petsmart and Petco here
> as well as in other regions, and also the mom and pop stores, so
> evidently its a problem with the angel fish in general, not the
> stores. The local LFS are starting to use other vendors so we will see
> what happens. The main vendor in this region is Sunpets out of
> Atlanta.they supply to all petshops...and they also now will not send
> out any angles of get any angels in to sell to stores......- Hide quoted t=
ext -
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> - Show quoted text -
I'll have to ask them if the source of their angels is *Sunpets*.
Their angels were good for a while. A few weeks later and they/re all
sick.
One of the older guys working their (a fish breeder himself, and
breeds angels as well), has been warning the younger employees about
cross contamination. He keeps catching them going from tank to tank.
This store doesn't run on one large filtration system like the big box
stores....and for that very reason. Disease and parasites.
However, if the employees are always going from tank to tank with a
net, it's not going to matter one bit. =3D (
Hopefully they can work out the bugs with their employees.
Thanks for the nice post too. =3D )
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Posted by expat on February 13, 2008, 11:20 am
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> > > Hello fishy folks.
> > > Bolingbrook, IL's Aquarium Adventure (Petland) is running a great
> > > sale.
> > > All fish (fresh and marine too), live plants, and inverts are all 50%
> > > again.
> > > Sadly, their new angels have are sick again. They came in nice, just
> > > like the other 2 batches, but after a week or 2 they come down with
> > > the same illness that I've been seeing and hearing about in chain
> > > stores across the country (US).
> > > I did, however, pick up 5 bunches of compact Amazon plants.
> > > They look lovely in the 75g.
> > > Saturday the 9th they had 2 dealers there. One from Hagen and another
> > > one (forget company name).
> > > The deal was from 11 am to 6 pm you can bring in an old power (HOB)
> > > filter and get a brand new Aquaclear or Aqueon filter of same size (or=
> > > as close to it as possible).
> > > They didn't even have to be working filters, and it didn't matter how
> > > old they were. You got to trade it in for a brand new, completely free=
> > > one!
> > > I traded in my broken Wisper40 for an Aqueon 30. I didn't care about
> > > 10g difference, as it'll run a 20g fry grow out tank.
> > > There was one lady in line that was holding a filter that I swear,
> > > must have been 2- 2 1/2 feet long.
> > > 10g filters were the smallest you could trade though. I had brought in=
> > > a 1-3 gallon HOB filter that the top had broken off of and they didn't=
> > > have one that small. Oh well. No biggy. The thing works fine, it just
> > > doesn't have an attached top anymore.
> > > My daughter fell in love with one of the baby Ball pythons. One of the=
> > > workers took it out for to hold.
> > > She was in heaven!
> > > Of course the next Q out of her mouth was "Mom....can I have a ...." I=
> > > cut her right off...NO, your father's scared to death of snakes" and
> > > she knows that. Hehe, little stinker.
> > > So off we went with a free filter and 2 bags of plants. =3D )
>
> > There is no angel fish for sale in this =EF=BF=BDarea anymore. Local big=
box
> > stores get in a good looking batch and they are all dead within a
> > short period of time. Same for mom and pop LFS's...the angels they
> > have had for awhile are fine, new shipments die. =EF=BF=BDThe thing is t=
wo of
> > the major vendors get their fish from the same source and these two
> > vendors are also the same vendors that supply Petsmart and Petco here
> > as well as in other regions, and also the mom and pop stores, so
> > evidently its a problem with the angel fish in general, not the
> > stores. The local LFS are starting to use other vendors so we will see
> > what happens. The main vendor in this region is Sunpets out of
> > Atlanta.they supply to all petshops...and they also now will not send
> > out any angles of get any angels in to sell to stores......- Hide quoted=
text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> I'll have to ask them if the source of their angels is *Sunpets*.
> Their angels were good for a while. A few weeks later and they/re all
> sick.
> One of the older guys working their (a fish breeder himself, and
> breeds angels as well), has been warning the younger employees about
> cross contamination. He keeps catching them going from tank to tank.
> This store doesn't run on one large filtration system like the big box
> stores....and for that very reason. Disease and parasites.
> However, if the employees are always going from tank to tank with a
> net, it's not going to matter one bit. =3D (
> Hopefully they can work out the bugs with their employees.
> Thanks for the nice post too. =3D )- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
The breeder I bouyght my pair form will not sell any more angels to
ANY shop right now until they allclean up their act. He has good
angels that are not prone to kicking the bucket and he is not gong to
ruin his reputation and introduce perfectly healthy angels in an
environment that is going to cause a problem. If the store sets upa
new separate tank for his angels he will sell, and he will sell to
individuals, but no more to any LFS's. These problems all started
years back when lfs made life simple for themselves when they
incorporated all tanks into one filter system.........one sick fish
and..its automatically going to cross contaminate everything on that
system..........Those all in one systems may save a lot of extra work
but they also cause massive problems if a sick fish in introduced or
the system is not maintained like it should be. I have had 3 setups
lie that so far allobtained from big box stores (Petco and Wally
World) and they were not in use all that long until stores were closed
up or moved.......and not a system could be used as I got them due to
varous problems and the filters themselves were a cesspool..........as
was buildup in the plumbing itself. Its no wonder some fish are having
problems, and its usually the most susceptible ones first.so which
species is next? Time will tell...this hobby and the vendors is all
about the $$$$ anymore and vendors and retailers take a heap of
shortcuts just to make an extra 5 cents profit.
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Posted by Reel McKoi on February 13, 2008, 9:17 pm
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> Hello fishy folks.
> Bolingbrook, IL's Aquarium Adventure (Petland) is running a great
> sale.
> All fish (fresh and marine too), live plants, and inverts are all 50%
> again.
That is a good sale! :-))) We have a Petland here now, but the fish dept.
stinks. PetsMart has the best fish and I can't wait for the new store, only
10 minutes from us, opens. They're supposed to open by the end of the month.
> Sadly, their new angels have are sick again. They came in nice, just
> like the other 2 batches, but after a week or 2 they come down with
> the same illness that I've been seeing and hearing about in chain
> stores across the country (US).
> I did, however, pick up 5 bunches of compact Amazon plants.
> They look lovely in the 75g.
I gave up on them. I can't keep them alive even in the 50/50 rain-tap water
I'm now using.
> Saturday the 9th they had 2 dealers there. One from Hagen and another
> one (forget company name).
> The deal was from 11 am to 6 pm you can bring in an old power (HOB)
> filter and get a brand new Aquaclear or Aqueon filter of same size (or
> as close to it as possible).
> They didn't even have to be working filters, and it didn't matter how
> old they were. You got to trade it in for a brand new, completely free
> one!
> I traded in my broken Wisper40 for an Aqueon 30. I didn't care about
> 10g difference, as it'll run a 20g fry grow out tank.
> There was one lady in line that was holding a filter that I swear,
> must have been 2- 2 1/2 feet long.
> 10g filters were the smallest you could trade though. I had brought in
> a 1-3 gallon HOB filter that the top had broken off of and they didn't
> have one that small. Oh well. No biggy. The thing works fine, it just
> doesn't have an attached top anymore.
> My daughter fell in love with one of the baby Ball pythons. One of the
> workers took it out for to hold.
> She was in heaven!
> Of course the next Q out of her mouth was "Mom....can I have a ...." I
> cut her right off...NO, your father's scared to death of snakes" and
> she knows that. Hehe, little stinker.
> So off we went with a free filter and 2 bags of plants. = )
I could have sent you all my ancient but still running Aquaclears for new
ones!!!!!!!!!!!! :-O They're starting to show their age now. They're
just worn out (some are over 20 years old).
--
RM....
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
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> Bolingbrook, IL's Aquarium Adventure (Petland) is running a great
> sale.
> All fish (fresh and marine too), live plants, and inverts are all 50%
> again.
> Sadly, their new angels have are sick again. They came in nice, just
> like the other 2 batches, but after a week or 2 they come down with
> the same illness that I've been seeing and hearing about in chain
> stores across the country (US).
> I did, however, pick up 5 bunches of compact Amazon plants.
> They look lovely in the 75g.
> Saturday the 9th they had 2 dealers there. One from Hagen and another
> one (forget company name).
> The deal was from 11 am to 6 pm you can bring in an old power (HOB)
> filter and get a brand new Aquaclear or Aqueon filter of same size (or
> as close to it as possible).
> They didn't even have to be working filters, and it didn't matter how
> old they were. You got to trade it in for a brand new, completely free
> one!
> I traded in my broken Wisper40 for an Aqueon 30. I didn't care about
> 10g difference, as it'll run a 20g fry grow out tank.
> There was one lady in line that was holding a filter that I swear,
> must have been 2- 2 1/2 feet long.
> 10g filters were the smallest you could trade though. I had brought in
> a 1-3 gallon HOB filter that the top had broken off of and they didn't
> have one that small. Oh well. No biggy. The thing works fine, it just
> doesn't have an attached top anymore.
> My daughter fell in love with one of the baby Ball pythons. One of the
> workers took it out for to hold.
> She was in heaven!
> Of course the next Q out of her mouth was "Mom....can I have a ...." I
> cut her right off...NO, your father's scared to death of snakes" and
> she knows that. Hehe, little stinker.
> So off we went with a free filter and 2 bags of plants. =3D )