What's the wackiest reef question you've ever been asked, outside of forums or "HALP my tomato clown is acting weird!"

[BubblesandSqueak]

Many years ago, I managed a LFS in an upper income town. It was a busy Saturday and one of my part-timers was going on how he sold a Niger trigger, clown sweetlips and Achilles tang to some guy. That afternoon, the guy comes back with all three fish dead. It took four hours for the trigger to die. Yes, he had put them in a freshwater community tank. All salesmen were then instructed to ask if the customer had a marine tank. PS, We never saw that customer again.

what size tank did he put it in? could've been a double whammy. 5 gal fresh water?

 

[dennis romano]

what size tank did he put it in? could've been a double whammy. 5 gal fresh water?

I don't remember but he said that his gouramies were picking on the new fish.

 

[Anemone_Fanatic]

I don't remember but he said that his gouramies were picking on the new fish.

Gouramis must have been confused... Poor things.

 

[Crimsonphoenix]

What made me start this thread?

A co-worker called me today. He was very distraught over the behavior of his tomato clown. His description of the clowns behavior was, "He just kind of sits on rocks and lurches around. Then he will stare, then he lurches and twitches and dives from one rock to another. It's like he can't swim very well."
I asked him to send me a video of the fish. This is what he sent:

Spoiler: Lurchy tomato clown

Apparently, he went to the city's worst LFS and when he pointed and said, "I'll take that there tomato clown." The store clerk bagged him up.

Share something crazy. LFS folks, I know you have better tales than this one.

Oh, that has to be a winning situation…

 

[Homey D. Clownfish]

What made me start this thread?

A co-worker called me today. He was very distraught over the behavior of his tomato clown. His description of the clowns behavior was, "He just kind of sits on rocks and lurches around. Then he will stare, then he lurches and twitches and dives from one rock to another. It's like he can't swim very well."
I asked him to send me a video of the fish. This is what he sent:

Spoiler: Lurchy tomato clown

Apparently, he went to the city's worst LFS and when he pointed and said, "I'll take that there tomato clown." The store clerk bagged him up.

Share something crazy. LFS folks, I know you have better tales than this one.

I’ve had one of those tomato clowns before. . Tell your friend to be careful, because he will eat all of his hermit crabs.

 

[exnisstech]

Not really a question but a comment. Twice I've had people say "everything in there looks so real"

 

[randomfishdude]

I was at my lfs one time and this couple came in. They looked at several fish then they set their eyes on a lsu fish.
They told one of the guys who work there that they wanted the lsu fish. Pointing to it.
They got the fish.



It was a half inch royal gramma.
In texas.

 

[SnazzyUrchin792]

An interaction I had just the other day working at the lfs:
Customer: “what is that? (Gestures at our entire coral selection)
Me: “ummm… coral?”
Customer: “what’s that”
Customer: “is it decor?”
Customer: “wait, is it alive?”
Me: “yes, it’s alive”
Customer: “really!? What is it?”
Me: “it’s a marine invertebrate”
Customer: (walks over to her husband and tells him)
Customer’s husband: (seems shocked)

 

[Cichlid Dad]

I'm at a large box pet store wearing a shirt with coral all over it and says just one more coral I promise. I tell them I would like the coral band shrimp. He asked, these are for saltwater, do you have a saltwater tank?

 

[The_Paradox]

I had a drunken friend who had been staring at my tank ask me, “if crabs and shrimp have exoskeletons, what animals have endoskeletons?”. The kicker is she’s a respiratory therapist.