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RE: Heaters
I think you'll find most LFS are more concerned with sales that keeping your
fish alive. I have never had any LFS refer me to another LFS for something
they didn't have in stock, with the exception of crickets(they don't like to
count out 200 crickets). I have always been referred to another "better"
product they had in stock or told they would have it next week. I have also
found most of the LFS employees don't have a clue about fish, but are always
more than willing to give advise. I am luck enough to live close to a fair
LFS(Gaithersburg) and within reasonable distance to The Aquarium Center
outside Baltimore, Md( worth the drive for good fish). I look at most
places, PETCO for example, as a showroom for That Pet Place. I save more
than enough to cover the shipping and usually have the products in two days.
I recently purchased a small(2oz) container of flake food at PETCO for the
same price as an 8oz container of the same food with shipping from That Pet
Place.
Just an FYI, over the years I have known several owners of LFS. They all
had the same philosophy, sell fish and tanks close to cost or at a loss,
make money on everything else.
Drummond
>From: "-RJ-" <TranquilityBase at netzero_net>
>Reply-To: killietalk at aka_org
>To: <killietalk at aka_org>
>Subject: RE: Heaters
>Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 01:30:47 -0500
>
>Hi Sandy,
>
>Your local pet shop of course told you an untruth. Heaters are rated by
>the
>amount of electricity they consume. Usually a heater which consumes more
>electricity will produce more heat if on for the same amount of time. If
>you
>use a larger heater it will not be on as long as a lower wattage heater.
>If
>the lower wattage heater is insufficient to heat your tank you will not be
>able to maintain temperature. If you use a heater which is too large you
>may wind up overheating your tank due to lag time in the thermostat.
>Depending on the size of your fish tank and your ambient room temperature.
>What your LFS might have meant is that either heater will serve your needs
>and he only has one or the other in stock.
>
>Best regards,
>
>-RJ-
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-killietalk at aka_org [mailto:owner-killietalk at aka_org]On
>Behalf Of Sandy1238 at aol_com
>Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 2:24 AM
>To: killietalk at aka_org
>Subject: Heaters
>
>
>Hi,
>I have heard from a LFS that there is no difference between a 25 and 50
>watt
>heater. Its is just how they are labeled.
>Regards,
>Sandy
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