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Offline fantasticfins

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Re: Fantastic Fins
« Reply #30 on: November 09, 2011, 09:14:09 PM »
I knew it was you Jeff... lol


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Re: Fantastic Fins
« Reply #31 on: November 09, 2011, 10:29:05 PM »
Cameras???  Dang it.  No more sneaking out those 18" Arrowana in my pants anymore.   :P

Now that's an image to make you lol
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Re: Fantastic Fins
« Reply #32 on: November 10, 2011, 03:04:48 PM »
Great store !! And thanks for the heads up on the fish.

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Re: Fantastic Fins
« Reply #33 on: November 10, 2011, 11:31:45 PM »
Cameras???  Dang it.  No more sneaking out those 18" Arrowana in my pants anymore.   :P

Great, now any time I walk in there they're going to think I have an arowana down my pants.   ;D

See what I did there?   lol
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Re: Fantastic Fins
« Reply #34 on: November 13, 2011, 09:56:55 AM »
Damn, you guys can all get away with an 18" Arowana, i keep getting accused of trying to smuggle a "Dwarf Puffer"!!!  ???       ;)

 Just trying to have some fun there. Back to the regularly scheduled programming.
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Re: Fantastic Fins
« Reply #35 on: November 18, 2011, 08:10:15 PM »
I was just in the store yesterday...and the fish in question IS A FESTAE!!!
I also would put Dale and Chris's knowledge, as well as my 30+yrs of experience up against your few years in the hobby any day.
And from your posts that I have read on here and the old forum, you won't be missed in the store.
In fact, I'll go one step further and let you know not to bother ever contacting me about anything I have up for sale.

And this new forum has been entirely civil until your stubborn refusal to learn from people with more experience.

I've learned one thing in my life, is that sometimes even the most experienced people in hobbies can make mistakes. The next thing I'd like to say is I am far from stubborn in learning from those in this hobby with experience. I welcome any knowledge I can gain. With that said, from the first time I saw Festae I wanted some. After buying what I thought were Festae from FF only to later find out they were Urophthalma (Chris made that situation right and it was very much appreciated). Long story short, I've done A LOT of research on these fish because they're so commonly mistaken for Urophthalma so I knew I was getting the right fish. The fish in question looks NOTHING like these http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDYNuVEK2kQ which are definitely Festae. Here is a Urophthlama http://www.ipmimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=5371474

The other fish I've been burned twice on is H. Carpinte Escondido's. The first one from Cichlid World looked more like a Vontehillo while the one I got from FF looks like neither the one I got from CW or an Escondido. Even though the one I have is not an Escondido, I'm happy with it and that's what matters. Here is the one I got;



Here is an Escondido (this picture shows even at a small size the pearling is noticeably larger and more green than mine)
http://www.american.cichlids.ru/images/fishes/herichthys_carpintis_escondido_f_juv.jpg

Just because I'm "newer" to the hobby does not mean I'm stupid. As for your comment about not selling me anything, that's ok because you have nothing I want or need. So you and Dale can go on with your superiority complex and I'll go ahead and stop coming to this forum now.

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Re: Fantastic Fins
« Reply #36 on: November 19, 2011, 07:46:12 PM »
First things first, the Festae issue is over.  Any more posts by you regarding this are going a little beyond civil behavior and will result in your involuntary removal from the site (ie. you'll be banned).

There are a couple of comments that I'm going to make, and then we're all going to move on.

# 1   Dale occasionally rubs people the wrong way.  He'll be the first one to admit it, and we've even discussed it.  That being said, there is a difference between confidence and arrogance.  The guy has a lot of experience in the aquarium hobby and business and is very willing to share that knowledge.

# 2  According to you in one sentence, the guys make things right after correcting an error and the next they're arrogant and have superiority complexes.  To me, this sounds like you weren't given the attention you thought you deserved, and now it's sour grapes.

# 3  While I don't know squat about festae, it would not surprise me if there are differences within the  species to where each one does not look exactly the same.  This could be due to collection point, selective breeding, and diet.

# 4 After a discussion with Dale, he indicated that then entirety of your attempting to notify him of the perceived mislabeling of the fish was while he was helping another customer.  Perhaps if you had waited a few minutes, this entire issue could have been avoided.

Again, I do not want or expect any answers, rebuttals, etc.  Time to move on.

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Re: Fantastic Fins
« Reply #37 on: November 21, 2011, 09:06:55 PM »
  Best  store  around  ......and   last time i  was in there the  best  price i have  seen  on  true  festae  fry   around, and  best  pleco selection    and  prices,  best  wild  type livebearers ,  awesome   customer  service ,   clean  organized  tanks    packed  with  hard to  find   species     while  still having  the  staple    fish  we  all    know and  love  all  of  this  in  such a  tiny  store....

   With out a  doubt    my  favorite  LFS

   Thank you  , Chris  and Dale   for  making  this hobby   more  enjoyable 


   PS      Marty   ,  i believe   you  are  correct   there is  variation   within   species  ,   the only  way to be  sure  is  the  marking at the  caudal pundicle ,  it  should  be  mostly  above the lateral  line   ,  however i have  seen  offspring of  ture  festae pairs   throw   fry that  grew out  to  have   the  mark actualy   cross   the lateral line

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Re: Fantastic Fins
« Reply #38 on: January 05, 2012, 06:32:34 AM »
Had the opportunity to go to Fins recently and meet Chris. Great guy willing to talk to a newbie in the hobby and wonderful store full of amazing fish. I can't wait to go back......

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Re: Fantastic Fins
« Reply #39 on: January 05, 2012, 10:53:37 PM »
Did he sell u a festae????
  LOL sorry couldnt help myself

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Re: Fantastic Fins
« Reply #40 on: January 06, 2012, 12:32:32 PM »
Great store  nice people  ;)
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Re: Fantastic Fins
« Reply #41 on: January 06, 2012, 01:05:27 PM »

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Re: Fantastic Fins
« Reply #42 on: January 18, 2012, 11:04:43 AM »
Just went there for the first last week to purchase some mpimbwe, and i gotta say by far the best LFS ive been to so far. I the best was the help and patience i recieved from Chris. simply awesome.

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Re: Fantastic Fins
« Reply #43 on: February 25, 2012, 02:56:08 PM »


   Took everyone's advice and visited this store today, fantastic selection, reasonably priced and just an overall great experience.

Offline Ron

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Re: Fantastic Fins
« Reply #44 on: March 02, 2012, 12:09:27 PM »
I've had great experiences here as well. It'd definitely one of the top two fish stores I've ever been to!
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