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Was in my LFS this afternoon and a woman came in to buy 1 neon! (yes ONE)
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BIGFISH wrote: Sat Mar 21, 2020 18:52 pm Was in my LFS this afternoon and a woman came in to buy 1 neon! (yes ONE)
Silly as I might sound (especially from me I know :grin: ) maybe to replace one she lost?
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Who the hell keeps solitary neons?
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BIGFISH wrote: Sat Mar 21, 2020 23:32 pm Who the hell keeps solitary neons?
Lol, I read Martins point to be they probably had a group of neons at home and were just replacing one they lost to keep the size of the group they had the same :)
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I've been in and bought 2 for just that reason :)
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mikeyw64 wrote: Sun Mar 22, 2020 7:34 am I've been in and bought 2 for just that reason :)
So it seems I'm not the only mad one on this forum. 😜

Makes some sense of what you have seen in the local Aquatics.
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On the other hand, I have seen small tanks on sale on gumtree etc with an odd mix of fish and sometimes with just 1x neon... If you see that woman again, just ask her :)
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Ric wrote: Sun Mar 22, 2020 10:56 am On the other hand, I have seen small tanks on sale on gumtree etc with an odd mix of fish and sometimes with just 1x neon... If you see that woman again, just ask her :)
True. I would like to think in those instances a lot of the time the odd numbers and solitary fish are down to fish dying and people deciding they don't want to keep these fish anymore. Hence the last of a group maybe?

Sadly I have seen many occasions where a lot of fish keepers are unaware of some fishes needs to be in shoals/schools. Heck just 2 short years ago I was one of them. When I first came in contact with some of the guys here on the other forum for instance I only had 2 Albino Cory. The LFS suggested just needing a pair :(

Totally agree with just asking someone if your curious about what they are buying. If it turns out that they are only getting a lonely fish, they may well appreciate your input :)

Of course they might not, lol. If I recall correctly I have spat my dummy out a few times when being informed my fish may require something different to what I am giving them ROFL

In the end though I have taken the advice onboard and made the appropriate changes :)
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Fishtales wrote: Sun Mar 22, 2020 15:44 pm Sadly I have seen many occasions where a lot of fish keepers are unaware of some fishes needs to be in shoals/schools.
May I correct that... poor LFS advice. :@
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Martinspuddle wrote: Sun Mar 22, 2020 16:19 pm
Fishtales wrote: Sun Mar 22, 2020 15:44 pm Sadly I have seen many occasions where a lot of fish keepers are unaware of some fishes needs to be in shoals/schools.
May I correct that... poor LFS advice. :@
Yes you are right. That unfortunately is more accurate Martin :(
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