Petsmart or petco?

by **mro2you2** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 12:10 am

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 })

by **Dpil19901** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 4:19 am

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

by **gumbii** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:53 am

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

by **mro2you2** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 1:35 pm

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.

by **Tmercier834747** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:08 pm

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.

by **mro2you2** » Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:56 pm

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

by **1234** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 1:12 am

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.

by **TigerTaylor8906** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 3:08 am

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.

by **Promthanom** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 12:31 pm

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.

by **yasherkoach** » Thu Dec 24, 2009 11:32 pm

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)))

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