Wal-Mart

[oscarbreeder]

what a joke.

They have a tank FULL of Oscars and they are COVERED with ICK!
So I took it upon myself to add the ICK med. right off their shelf(take that).
I also told the person working there to bring the temp up to 86 in the tank.
I stood there until I saw him do it with my own eyes.
This dosen't mean he didnt turn it right back down once I walked off but it made me feel better.
I also brought the prettyest one home and put him in my [acronym:05e4abe4fe="quarantine or quart depending on context"]qt[/acronym:05e4abe4fe] tank.
He is so cute and only about 1 1/2 inces long.
Tank temp is up to 86 and the ICK med is in.
Cross your fingers and hope he makes it.

Just needed to vent.
I feel better now...lol

[mortiss]

Good for you!!! and I hope he makes it too.

[Thaiboxer]

That's great! I laughed when I read that... it really makes me angry when [acronym:d80304fc82="Local Fish Store"]LFS[/acronym:d80304fc82]'s (Wal-Mart, even worse!) let disease go in their tanks and sell the fish! Plus, I have an affinity towards Oscars... they're so cute!

Good job!

[oscarbreeder]

Update:

Lil rescued Oscar is doing better.
He isnt laying on his side on the bottom of the tank any more.
The ICK spots have decreased and he ate a small pellet.
Swimming aroun some also.
Still keep your fingers crossed for him.

[oscarbreeder]

Another update:

Ok this store is about to make me MAD!!!!!!!!
Just went back to wal-mart to get more ICH med. as I was walking past the tanks I looked into the infested Oscar tank(ICH) and these morons have put four more new Albino Oscars in with the ICH covered ones.

Come on people get a clue.

I NEVER buy fish at this place altho I did rescue the lil O from there.
I just go there to buy the meds and such because they are cheaper then my [acronym:7d2f65626c="Local Fish Store"]lfs[/acronym:7d2f65626c].

Fish update:

Well the lil guy still has some signs of ICH so he is still in the [acronym:7d2f65626c="quarantine or quart depending on context"]qt[/acronym:7d2f65626c] tank and the heat is still at 86 and giving ICH meds every 24hrs so I hope he will make it.

[William]

Originally Posted by oscarbreeder

Another update:

Ok this store is about to make me MAD!!!!!!!!
Just went back to wal-mart to get more ICH med. as I was walking past the tanks I looked into the infested Oscar tank(ICH) and these morons have put four more new Albino Oscars in with the ICH covered ones.

Come on people get a clue.

I NEVER buy fish at this place altho I did rescue the lil O from there.
I just go there to buy the meds and such because they are cheaper then my [acronym:5e51208bb6="Local Fish Store"]lfs[/acronym:5e51208bb6].

Fish update:

Well the lil guy still has some signs of ICH so he is still in the [acronym:5e51208bb6="quarantine or quart depending on context"]qt[/acronym:5e51208bb6] tank and the heat is still at 86 and giving ICH meds every 24hrs so I hope he will make it.

The heat should be enough, thats all it took to clear my entire tanks of it.

and don't be to hasty, remember.. he may be cute, but he still needs the 2 weeks like everyone else


I know its hard to resist the cute ones.. I fell to that today and impulse bought a banjo cat.

[trenac]

I never buy fish from Wal-mart. I stay away from their fish tanks because the one time I looked the tanks where nasty,cloudy & the few plants they had was covered in algea & dying. I feel sorry for those who are new at the hobby buying fish, them dying and getting frustrated from the beginning just because of Wal-marts poor up keep of the fish dept..

[oscarbreeder]

I never buy fish from them either but being an Oscar lover I couldnt walk away and let them die.
If I had my 180gal already I would have taken them all.

[trenac]

oscarbreeder...I see your point...I would do the same for a fish I love also... I sure hope the little guy gets better soon.

[ostrichkiller]

WALMART SUCKS!!!
all i have to say