horror at LFS

[tetra girl]

I went to some of my LFS the other day to get a new female platy and was looking at the guppies as they were quite expensive ($6.95) and to my disgust saw that he was selling a a hugely, undeniable imbreed female guppy. Its hunch on its spine was massive

How can LFS get away with this???

 

[Jawz]

what else is new?
thers tons of LFS's that treat pets like crap

 

[FroggyFox]

Most guppies are inbred...thats how they breed color strains. BUT most breeders cull out the disfigured, weak ones...and most lfs check out the stock before they get them to sell.

Its horrible to see that in a tank though. One of the lfs that I go to buys local stock and always has several different tanks containing the same species for different prices...either because the fish are younger or lower grade...or older and a higher grade.

 

[kivor]

whats LFS?

anyway guppys are only $1-2

 

[FroggyFox]

SOME guppies are only 1-2 dollars (most of the ones you see at lfs)...but some people pay literally hundreds of dollars for some fancy guppies that are actually shown and used for breeding some of the color strains.

 

[Flex26]

Originally posted by froggyfox21
SOME guppies are only 1-2 dollars (most of the ones you see at lfs)...but some people pay literally hundreds of dollars for some fancy guppies that are actually shown and used for breeding some of the color strains.

Not to mention, that Tetra Girl is probably not from the States. New Zealand, maybe? Not sure what "NZ" stands for.

 

[Badplankton]

yeah thats abit pricey for guppies,but it doesnt surprise me the way animals are treated sometimes

 

[420Loach]

guppies ar 49-99 cents here! the most expensive ive seen was $5 for a fancy guppy!

 

[tabby360]

They go from anything to 3-6 dollars here

Hey kivor an lfs is a local fish store

 

[tetra girl]

yeah nz stands for new zealand and all our fish and products are pretty expesive over here and we only have acess to about 1/4 of the stuff in the states so im very jealous of those of you how live there! Its $6.95 here for a normal guppie - fancy ones are at least $10

 

[dbacksrat]

probably used as a feeder fish...

 

[tetra girl]

Disus here are about $100 each