Hey guys I work in a fish store here and there is NO WAY we would let anyone walk out of our store with a tang, for a tank like that.
Problem is though, you get know-it-all, but know-nothings, coming in claiming that they want tangs, nemoes, seahorses and corals ALL IN THE ONE LITTLE TANK. you spend an HOUR explaining to them exactly how to do things, and what each animal requires to keep it, and how they can only have one or two of the things they want in any one tank, and you send them off with some live rock to start, and tell them you will see them in a few weeks after they have done some more homework.
Next thing you know the person is back less than a few days later asking for some fish, you explain AGAIN how the system works, and that they need to wait for everything to mature, and they let something out like "but the other fish i put in there yesterday aren't dead yet!" This happens more often than you would think.
It breaks my heart but some people are their own worst enemy, they learn exactly what to say to a store in order to get what they want on the day, with absolutely NO forethought of the animals well being.
Very few store owners, and even less store workers, are in it for the money. And even if they were, its not in their best interests to sell people things they aren't equipped to look after because it would only ever result in angry customers and a lot of money lost in returned products and refunds.
Sorry for my rant, but I hate being blamed because some selfish heartless people see animals as possessions, not living beings.
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