Was I wrong?

[poonah]

Went to the LFS this afternoon to grab a few fish for the community tank and saw this magnificent turquoise Betta... he looked great! anyway i saw he was in a tank with some minnows... which under compatibility was with goldfish and a tank temperature of 15-20 degrees celcius.
I called the shop worker and he assured me he was fine... even though he was just sitting at the bottom of the tank, i did mention to moving him into one of about 5 tanks that were empty.... he refused... long story short he told me he knows what right for the fish, he works there i dont.

I always thought Bettas got sick in cold waters?

[JKfish]

You were right. they need 76-80 degrees F because they are tropical fish. Unforuntately, most LFS employees don't know crap :(

[sunnymui]

Grrr that's really cold for bettas, that's colder than room temperature, so poor betta must be really cold :(

[crowntail lover]

I have had this happen soooo many times. And when I get the response, "I work here, you dont.." you know what I do? I buy the fish! YEP!

[truthequalslies]

My favorite thing to do when they get all high and mighty like that is grab a betta fish care book (if they have one in the store) and flip to the page that proves them wrong, they can't argue with a book lol

[SilverCaracal]

truthequalslies-that's so smart!!...although of course the people that work there get all pissed :)

[truthequalslies]

Well they just get their ego bruised a bit know it alls hate being proved wrong but its just constructive criticism

[metalbetta]

Ugh... Tools.
Pet store employees....

[dramaqueen]

What a jerk!!

[Jupiter]

How rude! Who decided he was the king of fish knowledge? If he really cared about fish, he would be willing to learn MORE about them, rather than refusing good advice!