Local fish store experience

[adam582]

So I went to my local saltwater fish store around the block from me because I was bored, and decided to purchase a couple of things. The place is a real rip off and dont care about their live stock at all.. I just have a question. They sold me a emerald crab told me he was 100% reef safe. Its my fault i didnt do research before I got him . After going home and doing the proper research he is now in my sump. They also sold me a orange colored hermit crab. Its not a halloween crab. Anyway my question is, is the hermit crab ok for my tank as well. I cant seem to find the species on google. Thanks!

If you want the name of the place pm me

 

[ryangrieder]

I have about 10 emerald crabs in my reef, they are fine, never once bothered anything.

 

[rkaragozler]

I have 2 they are ok, as far as orange i'm not sure, if they are not reef safe you could always put them in your fuge

 

[nanchil]

Emerald are fine with reef.

 

[lfsmarineguy]

post a pic of the hermit.

 

[D1J8Z]

post a pic of the hermit.

Why do you want a pic when you already know what it is :tongue1:

 

[chinatown]

let's have a toast to the jerkoffs...that never took work off.

 

[OOtzie]

emerald crabs are good as long as you have a big tank and no zoas . . .

 

[CDANN76]

I also have an emerald and it has never bothered anything including zoas(knocking on wood)lol...and im pretty sure I know the place your speaking of.I stopped going there,got some not so good advice....

 

[rkaragozler]

+1 cdann

 

[waynotcars]

I'm not sure anyone should purchase anything solely on the advice of a LFS It's up to the hobbyist to read and do research before making any purchase. Unless you have been dealing with the LFS for years and KNOW and trust them based on past advice. What a lot of us forget is that they are in business, bottom line, to make a profit. I would say in my 40 years of keeping aquariums of all kinds, 70 or more % of the time the advice of the LFS is bad advice. There's some members who brag "I'm a LFS employee all the time and I always want to say, you know how much BAD advice I've gotten from LFS employees? The teenage girls who work at Petsmart are LFS employees too and I'm not purchasing based on their advice.

 

[Lenny718]

Always research BEFORE you buy.

 

[JonnyJ]

I definitely wouldn't consider them 100% reef safe. In my opinion why risk it. I feel the same way about flame angels in a reef but some are willing to try it and have success and others don't. I see the angels in the for sale forum all the time! . Its hustling backwards! they are risky - they are crabs and a crab will be a crab. scavenger oportunistic feeders! EVIL!... Sump! protect your tank! lmao...you get the point lol

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Once you learn more you will actually get a kick out of going there and listening to the crap they feed customers. They have had the same employees for YEARS. They are a tight group of employees out for money only. they will sell you anything and bullshit you to death.


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Truth is if you go to any fish store and don't have knowledge on the species...go home and research it. If its not available by the time you get back don't stress it because most of the species you can keep are regularly available.. the others you could always special order on here.

 

[rookie07]

I have had emerald crabs pick at my Heteropsammia (The coral, not food in the coral), but that is it, and I had a very varied reef. I believe if you have enough algae the EC will not bother corals, but I had very little Bubble Algae.You will almost never see the EC however, as they are great at hiding/blending in, and they only really come out at night.GL

 

[TRIGGERMAN]

I know what store you are talking about lol don't buy stuff from them

 

[lanacane214]

To make sure its a hermit?

 

[lfsmarineguy]

The real lesson here is not that you should enter the LFS armed with a pitchfork and torches but take ANY advice you get with a grain of salt and do your own research to confirm. I see some terrible advice being flung around here, RC, between customers in stores, etc. I always tell people to read up on anything they are considering for their tank, especially if they aren't sure. The fact is that even as an LFS, the customers that come in once and never come back because of a bad experience, aren't what keeps the doors open. Repeat business is what keeps a store going.

Ultimately the responsibility for your tank falls solely on you. Do your research, read the boards and you can figure out who you should be listening to, google is your best and fastest friend. Also, just for comparison, tangs will eat corals under the right conditions so should we just go ahead and label them "not reef safe"? Opportunistic feeding is going to occur in any species that isn't getting what it needs. Emerald crabs are no different. They are reef safe, but sometimes (and I know people think their tanks are amazing and they couldn't possibly kill zoas) corals start to decline and animals will take advantage.

As a side note, who goes to petsmart expecting to find a reef savant and then gets upset that they have bad advice???? The locations that actually carry saltwater can be counted on one hand.

 

[reefjunkie09]

HELL YEAH!!! Well said lfsmarineguy... If no one does their research you can bet their will be ripped off in every aspect of their life--- not just reefing.


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