r.d.m Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 i was visiting an lfs today and saw a couple of interesting fish, the first was a red devil about 12cm marked as " malayan red flowerhorn" for the bargain price of $90 (worth $20) the other was a small group of juvenile red devils (nice colouring) marked as "king kong fish" at $27 each (worth $5) . Do we all look stupid or what? is this fraud? pm me and ill tell you the name of the shop , ill not be going there again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burek Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 Thats BS.. What a stupid inexperienced LFS that is... PM me the name please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 LFS's can charge what they like for the fish......I wouldnt by RD's trimacs or any of the fish that go into flowerhorns from a LFS. You dont know what you are getting. Time to rebadge the kingswood as a beamer I think, describe it as a one off, australian built BMW. Someone might buy it. Josh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeW Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 Hi Guys - While the shops can indeed charge what they like, this isnt fraud. It is, however, misleading advertising (which can get you into quite a lot of poo methinks). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducksta Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 Well I'd love to see you prove they are in fact red devils, and a pure species But as has been said, I wouldn't want to bet on what is in shop tanks in regards to CA cichlids these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katanaone Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 DanielK i wouldn't call it inexperience, it sounds pretty damn smart to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrk21 Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 yes but not good for bizz once word gets around town....... wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lepperfish Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 Fugg that.. What about us less experienced fish keepers, we might not have been able to spot that and been ripped off!! Good spotting champ.. PM the name of the shop to pls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlakeyBoyR Posted December 7, 2004 Share Posted December 7, 2004 Id like to know too, Im considering going and checking the place out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E4G13M4N Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 DanielK i wouldn't call it inexperience, it sounds pretty damn smart to me. May be not inexperience but lack of knowledge would be pretty close, most places just label the fish (or half label in some cases) what they think they have bought from the wholesaler or breeder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 Well I'd love to see you prove they are in fact red devils, and a pure species But as has been said, I wouldn't want to bet on what is in shop tanks in regards to CA cichlids these days. ain't that the truth. Frenchy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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