Petco makes me sick

so I was with a friend today who just started a freshwater tank. he wanted to look for decortions a Petco. While driving there I told him about the horror stories about the saltwater fish they have. as soon as we walk in I see a tank full of damsils. one was dying on the bottom. next I see in the same tank a 5" yellow tang upside down on the gravel. the poor fish was just gasping deeply. this stores treatment of fish is enough to make me sick and I deal with human death on a monthly basis a work. never the less my Friend learned a lesson today and will not purchase items from the store again.

 

the walmart at my house used to have freshwater fish and they had to get rid of them due to a petition

 

sorry that your petco is bad once again i will say that i am blessed with a good one... lucky me huh

 

I think it all comes down to a lack of training for the employees. The people working there a very limited in saltwater setups.

 

Maybe some should apply for jobs at petco to turn the saltwater dept into something good.

 

Ahhh Petco, love em or hate em !!!

 

Petco is like the ARMY its all decided how its to be done right down the check list nothing changes or substituted . If the saltwater lord himself went to work at a Petco he would not be allowed to change anything . Its assembly line pet sales . Only way anything can be deviated from is by the corporate offices . Hell look at the free publicity they get here alone . No such thing as Bad publicity .. Only way you will ever change them is get their attention on the bottom line when they start to loose money the bean counters will start paying attention.

 

So true, you nailed it with that statement.

 

i love my LFS its a small shop and they only sell saltwater fish. They quarantine all their fish for 5 days in special tanks before they get moved up front

 

Dang yall are a bunch of lucky souls, i wish I had a pet_something near my place,
got a Wal mart but all they sell is fresh water beings..lol