Jkit
I not taking either side but when deal with live stock you both have to have a mutual understanding that your dealing with “Live Stock†not a pump or a chiller.
The seller should deliver the goods (in this case a butterfly) in a good condition and the buyer should “acclimate†his investment before introducing it to his main tank.
I’ve had fish that I’ve purchased in the past that sat in a bag for hours, fish didn’t look well at all but after a two hour acclimation (knowing the fishes wasn’t healthy) the fishes recovered.
Ok, let just say we’re talking about a piece of hardware… say it a red dragon pump, say I spent 600 for the pump but never saw it run. I bring it home; install it and its works great… I go to work and when I get back the pumps dead, how would the seller know that I installed it properly? Maybe while I was at work the water level dropped low and the pump was sucking air for hours, my maid smelt something burning and added water, I can call the seller and flip out but first I should check all possibility of me making a mistake first.
I really don’t think we should trash someone over a five dollar fish when we don’t know how you acclimated the fish… we’ve all been in the hobby for a very long time so just take on the jaw and forget about it, I’m sure you’ll make the same mistake someday and maybe the buyer wouldn’t worry about it and just take it as if he bought it from “CF†and eat his losses.