Marine Center Tangs!

kar93 · 12/11/2007, 12:40 PM

I was just browsing through Marine Center and it said this:

Powder Blue - 55 gallon
Naso Tang - 55 gallon
Clown Tang - 55 gallon
Sohal Tang - 55 gallon
Vlamingi Tang - 55 gallon
Unicorn Tang - 55 gallon
Yellow Tang - 20 gallon
Powder Brown Tang - 40 gallon

Just wondering why they would put these tank sizes?

HPD Turbo · 12/11/2007, 12:47 PM

To sell

kar93 · 12/11/2007, 01:01 PM

But then they would have customers with unsuitable tanks being unhappy because they are stressed and have an ich outbreak or other disease

otiso777 · 12/11/2007, 01:28 PM

They get to sell more fish when those ones die

chrissreef · 12/11/2007, 01:42 PM

I work for a lfs... do you think a majority of people that sell fish care about their well being? I think $ > fish life to many establishments no matter what they say.

yellowwatchmen · 12/11/2007, 01:44 PM

They are out to make $. Not to give accurate info.

kar93 · 12/11/2007, 01:54 PM

Theyd get a better rep giving the right info

Better rep = More customers
More customers = More money

yellowwatchmen · 12/11/2007, 01:59 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by 07kar93
Theyd get a better rep giving the right info

Better rep = More customers
More customers = More money

Thats true. But not as many people have big tanks so when they see that they think it is ok. And they don't know any better. So they buy.

Patrick12 · 12/18/2007, 09:00 PM

The prices that Marine Center charges, they don't need to sell many to make a mint. I think Dr Foster and Smith is better, more resonably priced, and they offer a guarantee on their livestock. I have had nothing but good experiences with them and heard nothing but good things.

m2434 · 12/18/2007, 09:58 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by 07kar93
But then they would have customers with unsuitable tanks being unhappy because they are stressed and have an ich outbreak or other disease

And then if all the fish die of ich, they need to buy more fish

old salty · 12/18/2007, 10:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by 07kar93
Theyd get a better rep giving the right info

Better rep = More customers
More customers = More money

Since you are on the other side of the pond, I will explain how it works over here in the U.S. of A.

Low prices = More customers
Higher standards = higher quality = higher prices = fewer customers = less money

Of course there are exceptions, though not many.

If I showed a picture of a 55 gallon tank with 25 Achilles Tangs in it, the moral authorities would denounce me as an atrocious human being who should be sent to prison for a thousand years for crimes against living beings. If I offer those fish for sale at $10 a piece, I'd have $250 in a very short period of time. That is America in a nutshell, love it or leave it.

ReefJunkieOK · 12/18/2007, 10:54 PM

OMG...

12/11/2007, 12:40 PM	#1
kar93 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Lincoln Posts: 5,521	Marine Center Tangs! I was just browsing through Marine Center and it said this: Powder Blue - 55 gallon Naso Tang - 55 gallon Clown Tang - 55 gallon Sohal Tang - 55 gallon Vlamingi Tang - 55 gallon Unicorn Tang - 55 gallon Yellow Tang - 20 gallon Powder Brown Tang - 40 gallon Just wondering why they would put these tank sizes?

12/11/2007, 12:47 PM	#2
HPD Turbo Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: I really dont know Posts: 569	To sell __________________ Alex S. Reefteria!!!! If man evolved from monkeys and apes, why do we still have monkeys and apes? Current Tank Info: 100gal, total system. Mixed reef. All DIY ex the tank.

12/11/2007, 01:28 PM	#4
otiso777 Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Pendleton, NY Posts: 349	They get to sell more fish when those ones die __________________ Kirk Current Tank Info: 20 gal long mixed reef, 29 gal freshwater planted

12/11/2007, 01:42 PM	#5
chrissreef Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Dallas Posts: 1,252	I work for a lfs... do you think a majority of people that sell fish care about their well being? I think $ > fish life to many establishments no matter what they say. __________________ One's standard of living is determined by the size of their reef Learn and you continue to adapt, stop learning and you become obsolete We live with each other, not for ourselves, protect our planet Current Tank Info: 300g Starfire/Starboard A.G.E. mixed reef

12/18/2007, 09:00 PM	#9
Patrick12 Crypt Assassin Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 761	Marine Center The prices that Marine Center charges, they don't need to sell many to make a mint. I think Dr Foster and Smith is better, more resonably priced, and they offer a guarantee on their livestock. I have had nothing but good experiences with them and heard nothing but good things.

12/11/2007, 01:01 PM	#3
kar93 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Lincoln Posts: 5,521	But then they would have customers with unsuitable tanks being unhappy because they are stressed and have an ich outbreak or other disease

12/11/2007, 01:44 PM	#6
yellowwatchmen Moved On Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Bellevue,NE Posts: 1,058	They are out to make $. Not to give accurate info.

12/11/2007, 01:54 PM	#7
kar93 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Lincoln Posts: 5,521	Theyd get a better rep giving the right info Better rep = More customers More customers = More money

12/18/2007, 10:54 PM	#12
ReefJunkieOK Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Catoosa, Ok Posts: 367	OMG... __________________ John Current Tank Info: 120 gallon SPS dominated reef. 2x250watt XM 10K MH with 4x110 VHO actinic. 5000g koi pond.