Reply from The iFISH StoreMay 21, 2021
Hello Tim;
We're sorry this was your experience with us. When we receive a review like this we look back to try and associate the exact orders and communications associated with the orders. We, of course, want to look into this but this is where it goes a bit sideways. We could not find your name in our system but went to Order #18334 which was delivered to a Margaret Gates. We did receive a very polite email from an Ella Noonan on May 14 inquiring as to when the order would ship. There is an order from 9 months ago, also to a Margaret Gates, that we are assuming is the first order you were addressing in your email. But there was no communication with us surrounding any problems with the Cichlids in that first order. Nor was there any for your most recent one. We really rely on our customers to contact us when they have a problem. As you can see from many of our reviews, we have worked with customers to rectify the situation.
Nevertheless, with what you are reporting here, we would typically have started by asking for the appearance of the fish upon receipt, some photos, behavior after acclimation process, tank parameters, tank mates and feeding regimen. We are sorry that some of the fish appeared to have ich. We can say with confidence that no fish has any visible ich when they are shipped from our facility. We have incoming inspection, acclimation into treated tanks, quarantine and outgoing inspection during packing/shipping. If there is any indication of ich in any of those 4 steps, there is a whole replenishment and treatment process we go through.
But ich only becomes truly visible when a fish is stressed either from the shipping process itself, tank conditions, not acclimating well to their new environment and more. That being said, it is very treatable and we have worked with our customers to achieve that. We really wish you had contacted us immediately after you had problems back in October and now with this second purchase this month. We would have been happy to assist you.
Once again, we're sorry this was your experience with The iFISH Store and wish we had been alerted to the details to work with you.