Re: NANFA-- Visit to Sailfin Pet Shop, Champaign, IL

Todd Crail (farmertodd_at_buckeye-express.com)
Fri, 7 Feb 2003 13:11:50 -0500

And it is in the general consciousness of shop owners (right or wrong) that
it is illegal to do so in the first place. I guess what you'd have to ask
yourself is... Okay he felt it was illegal so he didn't... Now to see if he
has any snakeheads in the shop ;)

Then you can feel free to call him hypocrite and I won't say hum. :)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sajjad Lateef" <sajjadlateef_at_yahoo.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 12:35 PM
Subject: NANFA-- Visit to Sailfin Pet Shop, Champaign, IL

> I was visiting Champaign, IL earlier this week and stopped
> by the Sailfin Pet Shop on Neil St. This is a large, well-
> maintained pet (and fish) store.
>
> They had a fairly large selection of both salt-water and
> fresh-water critters. Their tanks were decorated in a neat
> way that I ought to try. The gravel was sloped at a 30degree
> incline from front to back (1/4" in the front and about 4" in
> the back) and a couple of rock piles on the left and right.
> No live plants. But, they had a colored foil background that
> was bunched up to provide a "cave" effect. Each tank looked like
> it had individual filters and was serviced from the back. The
> tanks were on a stepped stands (lowest was close, middle 4" back,
> and top another 4" back). Some tanks had a smaller tank put
> against an opening in the background and stuffed with rocks
> and branches.
>
> That was a change from the usual fish stores near here with all
> tanks in a straight vertical rack, uniform painted backgrounds,
> and serviced from the front.
>
> That was interesting. Now for the funny part ...
>
> I went up to this gray-haired guy who seemed like he was
> the proprietor of the store and asked him if he had any natives.
> His response "They're illegal". My jaw drops down and I say
> indignantly "No way! I am talking about minnows. They are not
> illegal." The guy is a bit shocked and tries to bluster "But, we
> can't keep those fish at the tempratures that we keep around here.
> They would soon get protozoan infections". I am so pissed off.
> I tell him "You should've told me that before I spent the past
> five years keeping native fish at room tempratures without
> losing many". I then walk out. No use spending any more time
> in a store when they don't know about natives, huh?
>
> Sajjad
> Chicago
>
>
> =====
> --
> Sajjad Lateef
> sajjad_at_acm.org

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