Bad Fish From Ata ???

[newnanoboy]

ANYONE ELSE HERE BUY BAD FISH FROM ATA IN CERRITOS ??? I WILL NEVER BUY ANYTHING FROM THEM, EVER AGAIN. I BOUGHT TWO CLOWNS YESTERDAY, ONLY TO HAVE ONE FLOATING IN MY TANK TODAY. I THOUGHT THEY KINDA HAD A (LIGHT WHITE FILM) OVER THEM, BUT WASN'T SURE UNTIL I GOT HOME AND REALLY LOOKED AT THEM. (THEY BOTH HAVE FUNGUS) THE OTHER THAT IS STILL ALIVE LOOKS ALL BEAT UP AROUND THE NOSE... :help: HE HASN'T, AND WON'T EAT ANYTHING. I CALLED ATA, AND THE OWNER RUDELY SAID, "NO EXCHANGES OR GUARANTEES" ...

I'VE HEARD BAD STORIES ABOUT THEM BEFORE, BUT I WENT TO GO CHECK THEM OUT ANYWAY SINCE I WAS IN THE AREA YESTERDAY.... I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER.

ANY OTHER HORROR STORIES ABOUT ATA ???

 

[guppy]

Yeah a lot of people get bad fish from this place. The fish suck there always they always die from this place I would stay away from this place customer service isn't that great either.

 

[RIPreef]

I went there. Any place where half the fish are damaged/hurt..... No WAY!
Just take a look at the sharks! Unfortunately the internet will keep them in business.

 

[newnanoboy]

just an update on the other clown fish. i came home from work just right now and found it floating lifelessly as well. two ata fish dead overnight !!! the rest of my tank is healthy though so i know the two clowns were sick when i bought them... all my other fish are eating and active.

NEVER AGAIN, ATA !!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Kimberly]

I have purchased fish and corals from ATA. Clowns always die, my goby...perfect. Never a problem w/corals. Although i won't buy fish from them, I just went thru a battle of keeping Seabe clowns in my nano only for them to die within 3 days. All from different stores (high end stores at that).Clowns get some kind of a stress disease within 5 days of transportation that ONLY clowns get (not sure of the spelling of the name). I am not defending ATA, just something I learned in my last battle w/ clowns.

 

[temec_lover]

no clowns dont always die i got mine almost 2 weeks ago the day after they got him in and hes doing fine:hmpf:

 

[Kimberly]

I have yet to have a clown from ATA live. I will say they were small clowns, probably pretty stressed, non the less...dead!

 

[temec_lover]

but i didnt get mine from ata some1 said clowns no matter what die i got mine from another crappy lfs to get fish from but cheap dry goods and liverock

 

[wwodyz]

bought a small sailfin there and died in 3 days...everything else healthy.

 

[nahtanoj]

as far as clownfish, try to get tank bred, vice wild caught, that will raise the chances for survival substantially.

 

[tripinpn01]

i actually have gotten lucky. i bought a purple firefish from them and has survived, its been about three weeks now. and also a pink ric which is growing everyday.

but in terms of recommending the place, hell no. i'm just impatient enough to be stupid, but still get lucky.

 

[newnanoboy]

well, just to let you all know... i bought a baby white striped maroon clown to replace the other 2 clowns, and he is very active and eating well. NO, i didn't buy another one from those a-holes... instead, i went to another lfs and paid a few bucks more for this happy fish. he swims around a lot and eats like there is no tomorrow.

like the old saying goes, " you get what you pay for"

beware of sick fish from ata.........

 

[Ctimpson]

I will second this thread...Never again will I buy anything from them... My two clowns I purchased from them infected my powder blue and that died... Their customer service is the worst I have ever recieved... From now on it is only Aquarium in Motion...The best LFS I have ever been to...

 

[newnanoboy]

ctimpson, you're right about AQUARIUMS IN MOTION... they are the best in my book as well. i have been going to the fullertion AIM since ron has opened up his doors, and i have never been disappointed. ron will always go that extra mile to help you out.

 

[SavetheReef]

i got my Sohal tang from them. He had niped fins and his color was bad. I still decided to get him to save him from this store. I fed him good food with garlic and a nice big tank with in 1 month he was fat and healthy. I had him for over a year and then down graded my tank so i had to sell him. He still has him and is healthy.

As for other fish i have got from them they have died within a couple days. I guess its all about luck with them. but your chances are better if you dont buy from them and get fish else where. My $0.02

 

[oldmanandthesea2000]

I've had mixed results with the fish i buy from ATA, I would say i have a 50% survival rate. I bought 6 fish recently and 3 of them are no longer swimming. In fact I dont know where they are iin my tank, they just stopped appearing one morning. Before that they had signs of some infection on the body. The other 3 i got from them appear to be healthy.\

 

[Ctimpson]

So today the rest of everything I bought from ATA died... I hate that place... Also I have a lavender tang that appears to have been infected from the ATA fish... White spots all over and definately showing signs of ICK... Should I take him out and put him out of his misery... I don't want my eels to get infected or my coral beauty...

 

[newnanoboy]

ctimpson, sorry to hear that but save the rest of your livestock... it's not worth loosing everything.

 

[cthetoy]

just wondering why you guys don't quarintine all new fish regardless if they are from ATA before they go in your display tank

 

[d34532]

I was wondering why you guys don't quarintine your fish too. I don't mean this as an insult but don't you think if you lost other fish from your display tank from not QT, that you would blame yourself I know I only blame myself. Why? because it could can been provented if any LFS is sick and Qt'ed corrently.

Have I ever not QT? yes, I have put fish right into display because these fish don't do well in QT like Regel Angel and others but I made darn well it "looks" healthly and eatting then decide is it worth my risk to my display tank. I also find out if the tanks share water if so are any other fish sick, if so even if the fish you was "appear" healthly, I treat it as sick, QT, watch, and decide on if its truely sick or not.