Tank2379
Aquarium Advice Addict
Has anyone gone into Petco that is selling SW fish and all you see are sad fish? Has anyone purchase any from there if you did what was yor experience with them?
I purchased my snowflake eel there. He was only a few inches and here he is now. He`s the only live thing I ever purchased there. I`m glad I did as he`s one of my favorites. Look at his size now.
I usually spend about 20-30 min standing there staring at the livestock before I purchase it to see how it responds.
I bought my sebae anemone from Petco about 6 yrs ago. I never bought a fish there. The fish don't look so good at my local Petco.
So just to tell yeah how Petco takes care of there SW Fish they don't... I was in there the other day an boy do they Cram the SW fish in together like Sardines... Tangs, EEls and Clowns and Damsels together in Small looks like 10 gallon tank got to be about 20 fish in one tank In another they have a Bunch of Dead fish with Coral Beauties and Trigger fish together about 20 or 30 at least.... I mean this was bad.... I was like talking to the manager about it and saying why are you guys or Petco as a company sending you so many fish for just one tank? He didn't have an answer... Like seriously it's terrible how bad it looked.... I think even if one of you guys would of been there you probabaly would of said something 2....
My local Petco sells the fish within hours of recieving them. Matter of fact I bought a fish while it was getting acclimated, floating in the bag.All of those tanks are tied together so it's a lot larger water volume then you realize.
Keep in mind that the purpose of having those fish is to sell them quickly. The Petco in my area gets their shipment in every Friday at 1:00pm. There are people waiting at 12:30pm to pick up those fish. I have purchased from them in the past and I do swing by there on Friday sometimes to see what they have.
Even at the LFS I go to on a regular basis has is tanks pretty full of fish. All of those tanks are tied together so it's a lot larger water volume then you realize.