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PoeticInjustice · 04/28/2016, 10:18 PM

Here's my Absolutely Fish story.

I used to go there a lot 3-4 years ago. Back then their corals are really on the expensive side. Their cheapest corals then are frags which iirc are like $30 and the selection is really bad, like they are not healthy corals. One day I pointed to one of the staff that one of the corals on their frag tank is dying beyond rescue, his response is, "That's why it is in the $30 tank." That was my last visit then and I never went back for 3-4 years.

Two months ago, I started visiting AF again and I noticed that their coral selections have improved tremendously. So I was visiting 1 to 2 times a week ever since. Two weeks ago, I was checking their green Mandarins and I told their "M-1 certified" staff that I have a spotted mandarin in my tank and asked their advice if I can introduce a green mandarin to my existing one. He told me to buy the fish and try. I said, what if they fight, I have no place to put the new fish in. He said, "well, if they fight, they fight." I can't believe my ears lol

I haven't returned since.

04/28/2016, 10:18 PM	#13
PoeticInjustice Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Northern New Jersey Posts: 86	Here's my Absolutely Fish story. I used to go there a lot 3-4 years ago. Back then their corals are really on the expensive side. Their cheapest corals then are frags which iirc are like $30 and the selection is really bad, like they are not healthy corals. One day I pointed to one of the staff that one of the corals on their frag tank is dying beyond rescue, his response is, "That's why it is in the $30 tank." That was my last visit then and I never went back for 3-4 years. Two months ago, I started visiting AF again and I noticed that their coral selections have improved tremendously. So I was visiting 1 to 2 times a week ever since. Two weeks ago, I was checking their green Mandarins and I told their "M-1 certified" staff that I have a spotted mandarin in my tank and asked their advice if I can introduce a green mandarin to my existing one. He told me to buy the fish and try. I said, what if they fight, I have no place to put the new fish in. He said, "well, if they fight, they fight." I can't believe my ears lol I haven't returned since.