silver_rose42
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I agree about Petco and their unhealthy stock. Sometimes I'm lucky when I purchase fish from there, and sometimes I'm not. I guess, that's why I drove the few extra miles to Petsmart for my last purchase. Their store was extremely clean and I didn't see 1 deceased fish, (of course I didn't really look because I was in a hurry). But Petco ALWAYS has a few dead fish in various tanks. It's really disturbing, but NOTHING like WalMart!!
I buy some of my fish from Wal-Mart because I take pity on them. Like the pleco I bought this past evening...He's fairly big compared to my other one, and he was in a tank with a bunch of baby plecos. They were pretty much eating him alive. He's missing huge chunks out of his fins, and he looks as though he's been starving. What can I say? I take pity on those, and if they're doomed to pass, at least they passed in a tank away from a tank at Wal-Mart. He's quarantined in my tank, and is getting the appropriate care until his fate is decided.