SaltwaterSam
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Just found out the store I've been going to since I got into this hobby is shutting down. Owner's retiring, landlord hiked rent, the usual sad story. Been going there like 6 years now, they knew my tank and my fish by name basically lol.
Anyway liquidation sale starts friday, everything 40% off and livestock is gonna get marked down hard as it goes. Which is the part that's got me worried. I know how these things usually go, people roll in and buy a bunch of fish they can't house just cause it's cheap, then the livestock that doesn't sell sits in half-emptied tanks with the filtration getting pulled apart. I've seen it happen at other closings.
Has anyone been through a store liquidation before? Do the fish usually get taken care of or is it as grim as I'm picturing? I want to go support them and grab a few things but I also don't wanna watch it get picked apart over two weeks.
Also lowkey scared I'll come home with a fish I have no room for. My 40 breeder is pretty much stocked. Tell me I'm not the only one who does this.