AC2020x
Marine Conservationist
So the very beginning of my fresh and saltwater aquarium experience began at Petco.. Once I got into saltwater a bit more.. it didn't take long before I realized I no longer wanted to support petco in anyway. So my purchases have come from online and 2.5 hour trips to the nearest decent aquarium store. Everytime I've gone into Petco i've always seen their saltwater section in terrible shape. Fish with Ick, huge fish hiding in small tanks, and just unattractive fish that didn't look healthy or happy.
I have been out of the hobby for about a year since my current realtor does not allow aquariums. But I'm going to moving soon and setting up a 29g +29g sump system.
I went into petco today just because i'm getting excited about my new tank, not expecting to find anything good. To my surprise, the fish actually looks alright, not great... but not bad from what I've seen before.
Then more surprisingly, I can across a rimless frag tank, lit by T5's with dozens of coral frags. They were moderately priced and they all looked quite healthy and happy. Although I swore to myself I'd never support petco after what I've seen before, its going to be difficult to keep away from a frag tank only a mile away from my new apartment. Maybe they got some new staff with some saltwater experience?
Has anyone elses petco recently expanded their saltwater section into having a separate frag tank that looks good?
Thoughts?
I have been out of the hobby for about a year since my current realtor does not allow aquariums. But I'm going to moving soon and setting up a 29g +29g sump system.
I went into petco today just because i'm getting excited about my new tank, not expecting to find anything good. To my surprise, the fish actually looks alright, not great... but not bad from what I've seen before.
Then more surprisingly, I can across a rimless frag tank, lit by T5's with dozens of coral frags. They were moderately priced and they all looked quite healthy and happy. Although I swore to myself I'd never support petco after what I've seen before, its going to be difficult to keep away from a frag tank only a mile away from my new apartment. Maybe they got some new staff with some saltwater experience?
Has anyone elses petco recently expanded their saltwater section into having a separate frag tank that looks good?
Thoughts?