SomethingsPhishy is actually a scam
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I agree with Bderick67, but then I wouldn't have gotten this great chuckle before driving home from work.
I only bought from them once. I bought a brilliant blue diamond discus as an extreme newbie in my first year of fish keeping.
Finksburg, MD has signs in ever public building warning of the incredibly high level of Nitrates (0.15) in the waters potential impact on children.
I live a little outside that town, and my Nitrates range from 0.07 to 0.10 coming from my well depending on the moisture condition in the area.
With that said, as a newbie clueless to Discus and with high NO2 well water, the 3" BBD discus lived for well over a year and grew to close to 5" before I lost it.
I also had trash fish called Kirin Parrots (not from Somethingphisshy) that were internal parasite infestations that have presented me with my single insurmountable challenge clearing them.
Why do people seem to want Hybrids like Flowerhorns, Discus & other hybridized cichlids.
They are by design require one of the highest experience level fishkeeper and prone to deformation/ disease by nature.
It isn't rocket science. You are playing with fire keeping these frankenfish. (Yes my Avatar is a frankenfish that I bought within the first couple months of fishkeeping and still have today). With that said, I will NEVER attempt to keep these expert level creatures regardless of how much experience that I gain.
Keep hybrids to your hearts content. Do not go into it thinking that they are the healthy and hardiest fish in the hobby. Best case scenario, you will have your work cut out for you.
Sorry, I do fish this response from this Keith person funny though
+1
Plus I don't understand why you said you were very happy with the order knowing they were smaller, deformed and infected....
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Cheap way to decrease nitrates and keep your fish healthy: http://monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=504763
I am not positive that "hybrid" is entirely accurate for Discus. There has been so much genetic manipulation in the discus in the hobby (outside of WC obviously) that IMO they fit neatly under the "frankenfish" banner. <-- fish not 100% natural that require expert level care.
Tattoo'd fish are not technically hybrid either, but you would never buy one, attempt to seriously re-establish the poor things slime coat, fail and complain that the fish was inferior due to its immune system deficiency would you?
If you did succeed and the lucky fish lost every speck of the ridiculous color added to it and was now a plain 100% healthy fish, you don't complain about the faded tat do you?
I have sympathy for genetically altered fish, not people that beat themselves up for, or blame others for their inability to home these creatures that WILL require this degree of expert level care to successfully home them for life.
Worst experience ever
A very bad customer service.
I ordered six discus fish, but one arrived very sick and died on day later, 5 others get sick and looks like they are going to die.
When I made the claim they indicated that they only cover DOA. No matter if a sick fish was shipped and subsequently die.
When I replied to them that I’ll write a review on the page, they canceled my account, also deleting my order so I cannot make further claims. Very clever.
I do not recommend for anyone to make a purchase from this site. You will be wasting your money on fish that will end up dying in a few days.
A very bad customer service.
I ordered six discus fish, but one arrived very sick and died on day later, 5 others get sick and looks like they are going to die.
When I made the claim they indicated that they only cover DOA. No matter if a sick fish was shipped and subsequently die.
When I replied to them that I’ll write a review on the page, they canceled my account, also deleting my order so I cannot make further claims. Very clever.
I do not recommend for anyone to make a purchase from this site. You will be wasting your money on fish that will end up dying in a few days.
I see this thread has been dug up but while looking for a new FH I stumbled on that website and liked their prices but noticed a few things that I red flagged. Just took a look at the website again and noticed they removed FH from their list but something about their description of the fish was some BS strain that caught my attention. Also browsing other stock I noticed the wrong pictures matched with the wrong names. Very happy I did not place an order.
They are very rude, Complained that their website was not working. and they deleted my account. Because I posted a negative review, And sent me a nasty email. That's okay I ordered two hundred dollars for the trip somewhere else
