lfs opinion

[madpad]

Guys I had a local lfs tell me that to cycle I should use cycle.I know from reading that this is bad advice. I told him I was doing a fishless cycle with amonia and he said that amonia was bad for fish(duh). Should I take this as a hint that this is not the store I should use?

 

[arcab4]

well..it would be a lfs were i would be wary of their advice. but if they have good looking fish and cheap prices...why not? just be careful of what they tell you. and you can always ask questions here.

 

[ryanp15]

Is the man just and employee or the owner?? I would always ask a question here that your unsure about as it looks like your getting bad advice already. ;D

 

[Bettaman shane]

When i worked at a fish store i had some coworkers like that they didn't even understand the cycling thing they thought the earlier you got the fish in the tank the better > thats why i tried to work alot

 

[ronrca]

Some lfs dont know about the fishless cycle. My lfs asked me where I learned about it. He said not many people know about it. If you add cycle bacteria in too soon, it will not help. Wait for about a week, then add it. The bacteria will have lots of food (Ammonia) and grow like crazy.

 

[mrfootball70]

you might want to ask that guy if you can get fries with your shake..more than likely his other job was Mcdonalds

 

[Kristin]

 I find that they give you advice in order to make you want to buy stuff. as a beginner i was sucked into that alot, but now i just make them feel stupid by telling them nitrifying bacteria can not live in an environment without flowing water for moree than a couple hours let alone in a bottle on a shelf for 6 months. it doesn't work, but that doesn't mean you can't shop there. just ask us for all the advice and ignore his, because we won't try to sell you snake oils.

 

[fishboy]

Some people at other LFS stores here are so stupid like what a filter  :-/ what does that do . I think that the petstores should give the people a test before just hiring the most likely idiot employees. ;D

 

[tintin]

of course ammonia is bad for fish.....
this guy from the store is really learning...bofff

the use of cycle may help......and as ronrca said
if you wait 1 or 1.5 week you can make them crazy

i used that once and was fine.....

tip: if you wanna test the guy, ask him about the behavior
of some pair of species that you may know and check...

just  buy him fishes if they look good and cheap....