Do you test the stores water when getting new fish?

When I buy from online stores I rarely bother to... LOL. The fish and the water have been in that bag for a couple days that there isn't just a point. By that time I empty some of the bag water, add Prime, and slowly add a few cups of my tank water to acclimate them... I don't want the fish to stay in that water any longer.

 

It read as 160ppm before, and that was a much deeper, darker red than this. It's definitely between 40 and 80. Though if you can see the tiny portion of the tube that covers a little bit of the sample colour, it blends into 40ppm more. Maybe it's the picture, or my eyes aren't as good as I thought. 80 does seem to be the average for the LFS I test though.

 

It read as 160ppm before, and that was a much deeper, darker red than this. It's definitely between 40 and 80. Though if you can see the tiny portion of the tube that covers a little bit of the sample colour, it blends into 40ppm more. Maybe it's the picture, or my eyes aren't as good as I thought. 80 does seem to be the average for the LFS I test though.

Perhaps they raise the nitrates so if people do not drip acclimate, a high to low drop of nitrates is somewhat safe? Or maybe that the LFS do not have live plants

 

Perhaps they raise the nitrates so if people do not drip acclimate, a high to low drop of nitrates is somewhat safe? Or maybe that the LFS do not have live plants

? Srry if i misread your post but nitrate swings I believe are just nitrate swings. It doesn't matter how high they are(I could be wrong). I think its just in shops a lot of the time there are a lot of fish and lack of maintenance.

 

? Srry if i misread your post but nitrate swings I believe are just nitrate swings. It doesn't matter how high they are(I could be wrong). I think its just in shops a lot of the time there are a lot of fish and lack of maintenance.

Oops Yeah, definitely it takes a lot of maintenance to clean lots of tanks of all different sizes in the store. I would never be that responsible, haha.

 

Oops Yeah, definitely it takes a lot of maintenance to clean lots of tanks of all different sizes in the store. I would never be that responsible, haha.

I like doing water changes... If I could I would do water changes every other day.. But I never have time lol.

 

I am really curious of my lfs. Every time Im in there they are doing water somewhere, whether it bettas, salt, fresh.