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Looking around is great, but I like to research what I'm putting in my tank. Often at the LFS they have fish that will not fit in my 55G. Though I have to admit my koi angels were an impulse buy

[vote]go with no plan in mind except fish in general? [/vote]
I just go.. the LFS closest to my house has nice fish, but alot of them are dead in their tanks.

I went there yestrday to buy clown loaches, but they were all brown, and had that skinny disease, there was about 3 dead, and one dieing.

There was a huge pile of food in front of them, and they wernt eating it.. and they seemed to like point twords the surface and like swim in the middle of the tank.

I think im just going to buy propducts there, like filters and fishtanks.

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not hard to do at my lfs. Every fish I want I have to special order.

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I just go to ave a look and if there something I like I will reserve it and find some info about them then go back after I found some onfo and either buy it or get me reserve back

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But I always to a look @all the fish, even the SW....and wander about a bit.

^_^

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All I normally go for is to look at all the fish and buy frozen food. If I see anything that looks interesting, I ask my trusted LFS owner about the fish, research it, and then buy it if I've got the room and necessary conditions for it...

...at least most of the time...

PM/email/msg me if you have any questions/comments regarding me or my knowledge or if you want me to read a thread.

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impulse buying.. all the time... I'm so bad with that at fish stores... *but I think I could use that.. some how... some where!*

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99.9% of the time I do this, however yesterday I did make a bit of an impulse purchase...usually I know what I want for my tank and I go with that...

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thats what I would do

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I usually end up impulse buying coz I see a fish I just can't stand to be without! lmao!

Sometimes I do go in with just a general fish idea though.

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I go in, and browse first. If I see anything. I write it down. Then I get the stuff I need. I go home, reaserch whatever I saw online, and go back with another list

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There's always that different Betta that catches my eye whne I know that I don't have room for any more. That's why when I'm at the lfs I try to shut my eyes when I go y the Bettas... but I end up peeking

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go with a list and stick to it

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I go to get stuff, and while i'm there, i'll get what i need, then say, Hey, i want this, that, and a couple of these.

The other day, Gartenzwerfe and I were going to a fish store to get a couple odds and ends, and we saw some Sparkling gouramis, and it was funny because we had just seen them online recently and wanted them!!!

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You -have- to impulse buy a little!

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Since I know how much the stuff is going to cost, I only take enough money to buy what I originally planned.

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i end up getting fish even when i promise my boyfriend that i wont buy anything

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when i go ill look 4 something if they have it but they dont look healthy or good or in a tank with dead fish in it i dont get ill just get other fish

Do you:
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[option2]go with a list but impulse buy as well [/option2]
[option3]go with no plan in mind except fish in general [/option3]
[option4]other[/option4]

[span class="edited"][Edited by Theresa_M 2004-09-05 06:59][/span]

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[vote]go with a list and stick to it [/vote]
where I come from we have a choice of 4 stores:

1) overpriced and understocked
2) EXTREMELY dirty (I'm talking - you lift a piece of driftwood or something off the floor and it's been there so long it's covered in cobwebs, dust, the odd spider, escaped cricket or beetle...) you can't see into the tanks cause they're covered in algae and everytime a fish moves it kicks up months worth of waste...
3) 'wonderful' Canadian chain store (pet******) that hires 18 year old girls who have no knowledge of fish (or any other animals in the livestock section), importes TINY fish from Thailand (like 3/4" long yellow lab cichlids...) these people carry feeder goldfish that are smaller than full grown guppies!!!
4) half decent... but never anything new...

needless to say if I want to get any fish - I have to order them in special from store #4. I do spend pretty much every weekend at the fish stores, though

Hey Thrersa I think the reason they keep on followin you home is cause they are such AWSOME and UNIQUE fish.

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i always try a stick to the things i need, but to this day i've never come out of my fav store with just the thing on the list.

once i when in for food pellets for pond fish, came out with a 40g tank filters, heater and gravel, i also forgot the food so had to go back.

www.blooming-brilliant.co.uk

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Well, I live in Jakarta and there are a few streets devoted to all things aquatic. Sometimes I just go on a sunday afternoon for a browse. Probelem is there's always something there that I want.Usually I resist and just walk away with a consolation Anubias.

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Remember that age and treachery will always triumph over youth and ability.

Usually I do more impulse buying than planned buying

Me too, and somehow, for some reason these fish keep following me home

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There is water at the bottom of the ocean

[vote]go with a list but impulse buy as well [/vote]
Today I went to the store to get 2 filters... I ended up getting 2 filters and 2 airstones. Usually I do more impulse buying than planned buying

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I go with a list of supplies see a fish I like then research it and come back. Kind of impulsive.

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It never fails, I have my list and plan to stick to it, but they always have the one fish I've been secretly longing for...

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yeah i might have a few things in my head but i don't make a list as such.
and if there's anything kool and i've got $$ its mine.....

cfd

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Billy was a scientist, Billy is no more. For what he thought was H20, was H2SO4

[vote]go with no plan in mind except fish in general [/vote]
i do go alot with something in particular in mind, such as buying filter media or whatnot. but most of the time im just on the lookout for some new n different fish, and piranhas. my lfs actually has my phone number. anytime they get in any piranha they call n leave a message of how many n what kind. half the time(if its a piranha they arent used to getting) they just want to know how much to sell it for. usually i tell them what a fair price would be. but if it were like a 16in. black piranha id be all like,"oh, how bout five bucks, and ill be there in 10 minutes"

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I can't really get any fish right now..so I just go to look and fantasize.

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If I have space and like what I see I'll buy it.

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List? Plan? HA! Many times I end up at the LFS with no idea how I got there. I'm certain Aliens are involved, probably aquatic aliens.

Wait a minute, there's a bright light outside, I'll have to get back to you all later.

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I can't believe I'm the only one? I rarely ever go to the fish store with a huge plan, often just to see what's there and to make fantasies, and sometimes make those fantasies come true.:%)

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I think this is what i would do lol even thought i only brought 3 dainos for cycling

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I can never stick to the list - I end up coming home with extra stuff

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Just a couple days ago, racso and I went and the only thing on our list was our free fish since it was the beginning of the month. Neither one of us had room for much else, nor the money for much else. So we were browsing through all the tanks as we always do... and there they were: sparkling gouramis I'd been wanting a couple for a while now, but we'd never seen them. We ended up leaving with out free platys and 4 of the gouramis. And people wonder why fishkeeping is an addiction

*off topic*

That reminds me... we both got female platys so we wouldn't end up being overrun with them. The girl who was netting them had NO CLUE how to sex them, nor did she have any idea how to net them!! Doh! ] The manager of that store once told us that she hires people only if they pass a quiz she gives them that covers the basic essentials of fish keeping. YEAH RIGHT!!! ]:|

*back on topic*

]<]Dani<]<

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I just can't help it, i see a rare fish i have to have it. But oh well its still like a box of chocolates you never know which one your gonna get.

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eeep Drives the parentals crazy...I can't tell them what I'm going for anymore, b/c then when I change my mind too much I get yelled at.

-Formerly known as the Ferretfish

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I tend to fall under every choice, haha, but I don't buy a fish unless I know about it. So I don't impulse buy, unless they have a fish in I really like, know about, and is potentially on my 'stocking list.' If I run accross something 'new,' I would read up on it, make adjustments to my list, and go back.
But my stocking list changes at random, depending on what fish the LFS has or can get. But it is still a list, haha, it just has different options.