Here is a stores point of view.
I find no big requests on my desk daily, but I try to bring in a few hard to find things all the time.
http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/sho...threadid=90850
I think most of the time it is just someone that is new, or someone that is trying to save a buck or 2.
Brian, I have a beatiful purple tang in the store right now, over 3 months in our system.
I agree it is safer buying from a reefer than a LFS sometimes, as mortality rate can be tough on some species. I have a pair of Blue Throuts for sale in our tanks for months, with no takers. A pair like this is hard to come by at the best of times.
I just giggle when I see people asking for CUC
Just my thoughts,
Ken