I know there are tons of different stories about getting fish here, and I usually NEVER do.. But where I live peacock cichlids are $10+ for juvies (if the LFS has them, Petco/Petsmart don't care any by me) and Wal-Mart has them for $6 so I figured I would get them there, and they actually did look healthy. However, the other tanks there were tons of dead fish and after waiting for like 15min and asking employees for help with getting fish, a girl comes up and takes care of me. She puts the plastic holder for the bag like the normal way they do it, but the bag is almost 2 feet tall and she fills about 3inches of water in it for them. She doesn't roll down the bag so you could easily set the caught fish in the bag, but instead decides to put the fish in a measuring cup with no water in it first. After that she drops the fish from the top of the bag (2 ft) and falls into the water.
During all this another employee came and said not to do that, it'll shock them and she's like, "no..they're fine." I was just speechless. She did the same for my other peacock too. She then tied the bag off with no oxygen and said here ya go.
I didn't say anything and rushed home as fast as I could for the little guys. They were trying to eat bubbles and were starving. They look good now and are adjusting very well.
That's my story!
During all this another employee came and said not to do that, it'll shock them and she's like, "no..they're fine." I was just speechless. She did the same for my other peacock too. She then tied the bag off with no oxygen and said here ya go.
I didn't say anything and rushed home as fast as I could for the little guys. They were trying to eat bubbles and were starving. They look good now and are adjusting very well.
That's my story!