I was at manhattan aquariums this afternoon at around 630 and i gotta admit i was a bit uncomfortable about this thread , and please know that i was not swayed or pressured in any way by this thread but it was on my mind for a few reasons.
1) i never had a bad experiance at m.a. I have been to the shop at 1230pm , i have been to the store at late afternoon and on weekends!! Its never dead or totaly empty, and when it has been empty , the employees are running around like maniacs doin water changes and maintanance on the tanks !
2) i have never had a question that was not answered or that went ignored, if the person didnt have the answer he would get someone that did ! I know we all have issues at home with our own tanks so you can imagine how it must be doing it on these bigger tanks , and also how hard it must be when a group of guys has to tend to the entire tourist city of manhattan!! I have been to jersey shops where a bunch of guys sit around like star wars geeks discussing light sabres and thats the pace they operate at , here in tourist country , this shop deals with those who know reefs, those who know nothing about reefs and tourists who wanna look around and ask a million questions.
3) some of us have become saltwater gurus and would like others to lay out a red carpet upon our arrival cause they spend a couple of hundred dollars and expect to be treated like royalty and may have even developed a friendship with some of the employees at manhattan aquariums but face it , some of us like to go there and spend zero money and absorb the staffs time talking about our tanks only cause we feel like talking coral!! And now you wanna criticise them!!!! Guys get real its a business not a club house !! I went todsy for a large bucket of salt , did i get it yes and did they talk a bit with me yes was it work related absolutely and was the floor wet from a group of guys sweating and doing tank maintanance ? Totaly and the tanks looked good And the corals looked awesome!!!!
This thread was about a specific issue and now its a gripe session , and i guarantee some of the babies that have used this thread to increase thread counts will be there this weekend yet killing the staffs time!!!! I guess reefing is also for children !! Grow up boys!