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{customer} "Do you carry Swordfish?"

{Me} "Swordfish?!" "No. They are waaaay too large to be kept in an aquarium."

{customer} "No, I've seen them here before...My cousin bought 2 last week"

{Me} "Ma'am, we have never nor will we ever...carry swordf....wait, did you mean Swordtails?"

{customer} "Swordtails?...what.."

{Me} *points to Swordtails*

"these."

{customer} "Ohhhh...yes...yess....that is what I need, how much are they?"

{Me} "Which one would you like? I have many varieties..."

{customer} "Give me all these"

{Me} "All of them, how big is your tank?"

{customer} "It's...a big tank...*points to 45 gallon* this one..."

{Me} "Do you have fish in it already?"

{customer} "I have 2 big pacu and an oscarfish"

{Me} *rubs forehead*

{Me} "O.k., you can't put these fish in that tank, because they will be eaten...furthermore, they tank that you have is far too small for the fish that you already have"

{customer} "we are getting a new tank next week, then they will go?"

{Me} "not together...ever, How big is the new tank going to be?"

{customer} *points to 55 gal.*"this one"

{Me} "that's still far too small for your fish, they need a giant tank..upwards of 100 gallon..."

{customer} "100 gallon?! Oh my godddd...are you serious?! I'm gonna have to tell my husband...o.k. just give me 6 dozen of the feeder fish"

{Me} "6 dozen? Tuffies?"

{customer} "no, the big ones...goldfish"

{Me} "*sigh*"

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Why is it that people are never buying a tank when they should? They are ALWAYS buying it "next week"...

Feel my pain.

I love the folks who want to know "what do you have that can live in my 20g tank with my Oscar" or "... pacu" or "... grouper" etc

My answer is usually "dinner"

Then when they ask why the tank is cloudy all the time (or the fish has hole in the head) - again I answer "dinner".

I love the complete astonishment when you tell them that their pacu or oscar is going to get to be the size of a small whale. It's the same scenario with iguanas...people buy them and choose to ignore the fact that they will become 6ft. long. Or they conveinently don't hear it.

Aquatic turtles, Iguanas, Pacu, Oscars, and other large fish need to be priced higher. So people will be less apt to purchase them in the first place at places like PetCo and PetSmart or even Walmart for that matter. Places that cater to the ininformed crowd, regardless of how hard they TRY to inform the customer, are just dooming the animal in which they sell. When somone wants to buy a monitor lizrd...chances are, they know it's going to get large. Because it's price is higher, and it is less available. On the other hand, people want what they can't have. SO they go out of their way to get those things. Like pirahna for instance, or monitor lizards...I'm GLAD they aren't legal in MA. But that doesn't stop people from crossing the border to R.I. Aquarium (where they have a nice array of pirahna) or Regal Reptile. A good portion of these creatures are either killed or returned to a pet store for someone else to take care of or even abuse the way the first person did.

Hahaha. I would like to tell you that I waited to get my 55gal (high) BEFORE I bought my rock and fish
And I was smart enough to choose fish that WILL NOT out-grow my tank.

When are you getting your new shipment of swordfish?

^^being sarcastic