Iowa pets and seascapes

I've always had positive experiences with Seascapes. The help is nice, and I like their sales. Now, granted the majority of my purchases there are for dog and cat supplies unless they've got aquatics on sale.

I won't disparage them as a business - this industry is hard and it is even more difficult when you have a great network of hobbyists that aren't worried about selling their stock at a price that covers the extensive overhead costs that come with a physical store.

The one thing that hurts me when I go in there is seeing the condition of their corals, and that very awkard frag tank they have in the main store area now. I do not understand why they thought that tank, with its awkward dimensions and terrible layout, was a good idea.

 

Me also actually. Now Iowa pet used to be a great contender to Liveaquaria for me because they offered a 5 day guarantee on any fish for an extra $5. I really liked that didnt have to pay shipping but they stopped that a long time ago.
I know I have spent a ton of money in there and have also tried to get the club back in there for holding a meeting or salt buys ect... I kept getting told the same thing though each time.

Im not saying I'm necessarily going to stop trying because they really are our only choice in the area for a fish store besides petco... but they should really fix some of their issues and make it better or more appealing to the consumer by cleaning up the tanks a bit more regularly ect.

 

I thought that's what I was doing letting people now what to expect but you got got but hurt so I got but hurt but that's ok love you Bud

Ps don't lock the thread because it is the truth

 

Well at least it's a sale thread

 

i live i north liberty so i have a few nice options locally to support.and i dont spend a lot at all of them,i do try to buy a few things at each.fish stores are a lot like restaurants i believe.you may get a great meal one day,and it may not even be close the second time.that doesnt generally mean i wont visit the place again.i know if i want to drive a little and spend a little more i can get a great meal that costs a lot(or a spend a lot for a nicer variety on supplies or corals) its my choice.but i do still eat at the local places(shop for corals and supplies locally.hell,i sometimes even eat at a friends house(trade with fellow hobbiests).we should be nice and not so judgmental.we dont like we others do that to us!and i know because im all tatted up and clean and sober,but when people see me they instantly assume im an unemployed drug addict that is only in their store to steal something lol.dont let other people judgmental opinions lead you in experiences are ment to be your own . sorry for the rant

 

I still use Seascapes, although they're not perfect. But neither is this club. I have talked to a few people who have had something sour to say about how they were treated here. :/ Which hasn't been my experience, I love it-- but it does seem as if people get judgmental very quickly. This thread is a good example. Let's all try to be kind.

As for Seascapes, they would be great if they changed a few things: Clean up the tanks, maybe put more of an effort into getting rid of aiptasia/flatworms/etc, not sure if I like the way they acclimate their fish (which from my experience, I've seen them floating bags. Guessing they don't drip. I'm unsure of that statement though), they need to back their products and give refunds (not tell you all sales are final. Especially if the item is broken out of the box. I heard someone on here complain about this.), and they should give in-store credit if you turn in a fish/invert (which I was told that they would take my animal but not comp me. I shop there all the time, the animal is healthy, and they'd just resale it. Gimme a break. Maybe they could even take the animal and if it lives after 5 days THEN comp you, to cover their behinds.)

But anyway, that's just my two cents and what I would personally like to see them do to improve their store. Hopefully that all came out constructively and not as an attack as I do shop there all the time.

 

Some of the nicest loyal people I know are tatted up I also have a bunch of tats just not visible for now

 

The problem is one of these people that are posting bad things I have heard bad things about and I have purchased stuff from them

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would I buy stuff from them again I don't know people believe bad better than good

 

Lol are thes flatworms you guys are so worried about just red plneria? Of acro eating flatworms? If there not coral eating flatworms then who cares lol just wrasse food.

 

I also read somewhere target manderans eat them too.

 

It rubs me wrong that a person that it cost nothing can say bad things about a person that cost them thousands

 

Im Done with all this. Since everyone knows I sell stuff and Dan doesn't. There is a difference between slander which you were referring with me by some person thats in jail tangman and real problems that were discussed in here.

So basically what everyone wants in this thread is to not warn anyone of feedback that could possibly cause issues in your tank. That makes sense

 

No I got your point but the fact that I was called out over some crap That was a lie from a long time ago by some hoodlum that attacked my family and robbed a business. Then everyone agreeing with the fact that we shouldn't say stuff that can hurt a business even though the issues they have can hurt someones tank especially for some new person that doesn't know to dip.

Sorry but we should be coming together as a club we shouldn't defend a business that wants nothing to do with us

 

It was supposed to say at least it's not a sale thread since that's pretty much all we are anymore