Rate My Fish Tank

Wed Nov 18, 2009 6:10 pm GMT   Reply      

If All the fish stores blew up and all was left was petsmart of petco what would you choose?
I prefer my petsmart because their they know me })

Wed Nov 18, 2009 10:19 pm GMT   Reply      

i prefer petsmart they have a nicer larger selection of fish than my local petco and the ppl at petsmart seem to be a least a little knowledgeable about fish but a couple years back they made u sign waivers when u bought a fish but i prefer my local petsmart but nonchain stores still top

Thu Nov 19, 2009 3:53 am GMT   Reply      

move to los angeles... i still have over 40 lfs within a half hour drive...

Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:35 am GMT   Reply      

their is a guy that works at a petsmart I go to alot he has one those long eat lobs thing but he knows a lot about fish.

Thu Nov 19, 2009 1:08 pm GMT   Reply      

You're gonna have mixed experiences depending on where you're at. Some things I go to petco for, some to petsmart, some I used to drive about an hour out to this obscure LFS for. As far as knowledgeable: the mom and pop staffs were it, petco was next in line, and my local and closest petsmart has a pretty fish inept staff.

Thu Nov 19, 2009 3:56 pm GMT   Reply      

luckey, my petco sells oscars to little girls with 10 gallons.

Wed Dec 09, 2009 7:12 pm GMT   Reply      

i would go to petsmart just like you because every time i would go to petco my pets would die or would get my other fish sick.

Wed Dec 09, 2009 9:08 pm GMT   Reply      

Depends on what I need. In my area (southern Louisiana), Petsmart has healthier fish, but next to no plants at all. PetCo has pretty healthy plants and a decent selection. But I really try to avoid these stores whenever I can. I will by my filters and little things there.

Thu Dec 10, 2009 6:31 am GMT   Reply      

I have a Petsmart and Petco within a few minutes driving distance of me but the nearest LFS is about 30miles :(

I don't get out much and usually shop online. If there is something I find at either Petco or Petsmart sites that I may want then I'll go have a look and may buy it to save on shipping. But a lot of online sites like DrFosters and their liveplant site and AquariumGuys sometimes carry a lot more variety than the big name stores imo.

Thu Dec 24, 2009 5:32 pm GMT   Reply      

I know some people will think me nuts but I have recently purchased fish from Walmart, and after a few days in quarantine, the fish are doing very well in the main tank. I bought from Petsmart back in 2008, lost about 75% of the species in 1 week, that's right, 1 week plus killed some of the other inhabitants.

Petco I bought a few frogs and shrimp from, lost none.

So Petco is the winner from my experience...on the other hand, you can always try Walmart (((smiles)))

Thu Dec 24, 2009 5:38 pm GMT   Reply      

one other thing, of course my favorite online fish store is liveaquaria.com (dr fosters and smith)...most of the fish, frogs, snails and live plant life were purchased from liveaquaria...of course the shipping costs may deter you, but I have never ever lost any plants or fish etc from liveaquaria in transit or in the tank over the last 18 months. In fact, I bought platies from liveaquaria only to have to purchase african dwarf frogs in order to keep the population explosion down cause the tank was filling up with all healthy livebearers.

so if you want to purchase from the best, if you do not mind spending up to $34.99 for shipping, next day service, then liveaquaria.com is the way to go.

did I type liveaquaria enough...liveaquaria live aquaria liveaquaria...what was that you say: LIVEAQUARIA!!! (((smiles)))