Sad Experience at European Aquatics

[moyangjackwang]

Hi everyone. I’ve been on the forum for a little bit and have mostly been reading other people’s posts here at BRS and not posting much. But recently what happened to me caused me to want to share a few words. Sorry for the negative energy.

Not sure how many folks on this forum shop at the store but just thought I’d share my experience.

My recent Google review for them: Google Maps

 

[dilligaf29]

So did u quarantine the new fish or did u just put in display with all the fish

 

[moyangjackwang]

I didnt quarantine and I understand the risk for the rest of my fish. I won’t try to get compensated by the store for my other fish gets velvet. But if the velvet came from the fish store’s fish and it died from it I would expect the fish store to take responsibility for their fish

 

[zedxplorer]

I actually live nearby and unfortunately they did gone down hill over the years (dirty tanks, lots of ich etc). They also have a rather unethical sales tactics to get you to buy (e.g. telling people that they can keep mandarin in a small tank pretty easily etc.). I have been staying away even though they are down the street and go to Petco instead lol

It is always good practice to put new fishes in a separate tank even if you don't QT to observe for 48h+ just to rule out velvet).

 

[moyangjackwang]

I actually live nearby and unfortunately they did gone down hill over the years (dirty tanks, lots of ich etc). They also have a rather unethical sales tactics to get you to buy (e.g. telling people that they can keep mandarin in a small tank pretty easily etc.). I have been staying away even though they are down the street and go to Petco instead lol

It’s good to hear that someone else experienced something similar. I felt like I was the only one because their google review rating is so high and everyone in the comments section is singing their praises.

It is always good practice to put new fishes in a separate tank even if you don't QT to observe for 48h+ just to rule out velvet).

Yeah I’ve been pretty lucky (and therefore lazy) so far. From now on I’ll set up a temp QT tank to avoid situations like this.

 

[zedxplorer]

A lot of that unfortunately are because 1) they used to be good in the old store years ago, 2) a lot of their target customers are new to the hobby