Aquatic n exotic Manager/worker BOB, Josh Purchased bearded dragon for daughters b day. Died in 13 days of purchase.they were rude and careless when we went back to store to talk to them about it. Basically told us to leave, did not want customers to hear us. Stuart Florida

 Listen I don't know if you're really trying to slander Bob and Josh but I've been dealing with Josh and reptiles for about 2.5 years was actually going to relinquish my collection of ball pythons to him because I knew he would take proper care and make sure they got good homes. does he make money yes because it's a business. is he money hungry I've not seen it myself, you can go on any page and compare his prices and he will either be better or very close to the competition, now I understand that your daughter was very upset about losing her pet as any child would be but you can't possibly expect the business to take responsibility for careless keeping it happens all to often in our hobby and when we as breeders don't comply with someone then we get a bad rap. sir I think you should take a min to sit back and think did I or my daughter do anything to harm this animal and I think josh offering 30% off is more than trying to make the situation better, I will continue to do business with them and so will all my friends and family, sorry you're going through this Josh

I got into reefing about 2 years ago.. I buy all my fish and corals from Josh/Bob at Aquatic n Exotic.. I havent lost not 1 fish or coral.. They have excellent and healthy specimens... Theyre BOTH alright guys too... Bob did all my hard plumbing and was a gentleman in my home.
Everyone knows that once livestock leaves the store its all on you.. The store cant possibly know what conditions you kept the fish in under transport home or the water parameters of your tank. If the bearded Dragan lasted 13 days then in my opinion it was all on you... You could have had some sort of Spike in your tank. Or the parameters were off to begin with. So youre going to ask, "Then why are my other fish OK?"... Well thats because over time the current livestock gets used to bad parameters.. Its the same as acclimating a fish to your tank.. You do it gradually like on a drip system..
I feel for you losing a fish, but its part of the hobby...

I live down the street from Bob's, have goten numerous healthy animals, and generally spend a good amount of time in the store. I have never once seen a dead animal in the cage. on top of this Bob, the manager, and his employes have never been rude or ignorant. Infact they all seem to care deeply for the animals and watch customers to make sure they don't mistreat the animals and when allowing handling alway provide tips and cautions in doing so. I don't know if you did possibly cause the death of the animal maybe by allowing it to fall from a high surface or even feeding it something it shouldn't eat or just stressing out the animal in general. Bob knows a lot about the animals and as i said cares for them, as you can tell in the fact he sells red not green tortioses as one is typically filled with worms and the other is healthily breed and handles, unlike big name stores such as petco. He only buys from the best people, and will advise you honestly on who to buy from. He helped me to buy igunas, and in the differences between green and red iguanas. He will ship in any animal he doesn't have and try very hard to help you in any way he can. He stoppÄ“d everything he was doing to move a small angel fish into a seperate tank when i told him it was being picked on. He may seem somewhat rushed at times, but he is the manager of a growing buisness and he still always tries to help. He truly cares, and if he was really upset about the bearded dragon becuase it had died from something you did, or was confused about why it died, he would have been upset either way and that may have come off as rude. They are a small buisness of people who actually know what they're doing and care. They're the best out there and I reccomend them to everyone and will continue to do so. His prices for his animals are actually much lower than most stores or online shops, and if they're ever higher, it's becuase you're paying for a healthier tamer animal.

In response to "BOB"

So you are saying that by looking at the bearded dragon for less then 5min you knew he had some sort of injury because of "bruising"? Have you ever heard of pooling of blood, diseases such as internal parasites,RI., the list goes on. So unless you have DVM, MD or DO,(which my clients do) its probably best not to determine the cause of death to any breathng creature.

As for the "girl"employee YOU mentioned, you are correct SHE did not drop the chameleon. My clients were in earlier that day and another "girl employee" Did infact drop the Chameleon. We have 4 witnesses, the time was between 11-11:45am who saw it happen. Your employee just laughed and said "thats what you get for moving" as it was picked up from the ground.

Lastly, you are WRONG again!!!! My clients did not report you so thats another LIE!!! You must have been reported from another unhappy customer. Because it was not them. As my client was leaving he did not say any obscene words! The only thing he said was " i'm glad to know you stand behind your pets". 

Get your facts straight!!

 Hey Guys Joshua Barger here President/Owner of Aquatic N Exotic stuart Florida. Here at A-N-E we offer the highest quality of Captive Breed reptiles and Amphibians that are produced by myself and/or Local Licensed breeders/friends. We offer a 7day health guarantee on all of our CBB Reptiles. Im going to take the time to tell our side of the the incident that occured with this customer.

The customer did purchase a Juvinile Sandfire(colored) Leather Back Bearded Dragon from a cluch of 17 that IProduced grew out to 3 months of age. Rememer we offer a 7 day health guarantee....when i was approached buy the customer with a shoe box with the deceased Bearded Dragon who said "I have a devastated daughter because her bearded dragon died this morning. I looked into the box and seen a very healthy dead bearded dragon. So the customer and the Bearded dragon had my attention because 15 of the 17 are all thriving and living in great responsible homes!! I asked the customer did you notice the animal not feeding or looking sluggish customer said "No everything seemed fine up until this morning"... Well it was to my amazement when i examaned the animal his head was very badly brused, teeth broken, missing scales on the top of his head, with a mouth full of Blood.

I asked the customer what happened to the animal to cause all this damage and he replied with "I dont know we found him in the cage like this" I said "well its very clear that this animal was healthy and something tramatic happened here" which he did NOT deny. He replied with "Well my daughter is Devastated what are you going to do for me" I replied with " Sir I have a 7 day health guarantee ...Health guarantee this dragon died because of the trama that was induced on his head"(keep in mind he was out of the health guarantee as it is.... Well in front of about 6-7 customers i said "I know your daughter is up set I can give you 30% off one of the last 2 we have" He said "REALLY!!! Come on Ill do it for 50% off.....your not helping me out"

I replied with " Im going above and beyondwith giving you a discount the health warranty does not cover an animal that had pased due to trama" the customers reply was " Your not helping me you need to bend the rules a little" I said I have bent the ruled buy offering you a 30% discount on another" Buy then the customer proceeded to shout "My daughter is devastated and I cannot believe you are not going to give me a new Bearded dragon for my daughter" buy this time a few customers attempted to step in the incident IN MY/THE STORES defense,I told the customer he needed to leave the store.

As he was leaving the shop he proceded shout obcene remarks about my shop and myself. I talked to the "girl" employee who was the person who put the animal in its carrier the day the customer purchased the dragon and she said the the dragon did not fall and hit the ground.....I believe my employees because they know that if something like that were to happed the animal IS NOT TO BE SOLD but put into quarentine to be monitored and if vet care is need the animal goes to the vet!

Folks my shop is very clean and the care and maintense is NEVER overlooked or put off! Please come in and see for yourself! I am not "money hungry" if this were true my pricing would be at least up to online pricing on Sandfire Leather Back bearded dragons who going rate online is $149.99+shipping...I produced my babies and decided to pass the savings on to the customer at rate of $79.99 for a 3 month  established animal. Hince the fact that all are sold but one female we have left and is still available!

INFACT this customer called and reported us to animal control.....and guess what? Our inspection went great!! Actually we work with animal control and the FWC because of the license that I personally carry for REPTILES OF CONCERN we are a surrender location for unwanted non native animals both reptiles and exotic mammals.