Petco makes me sad.
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HV1990
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For a good grain free I go Taste of the Wild. Really easy on my labs stomach.
tiffyreefer
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Woo! Lets do it
My pups really like the Merrick. Hopefully its not just marketing but they seem to be a small operation out of Texas that really cares about pets. The food names are "grammies pot pie" "cowboy cookout" "red white and blueberry", etc. Really funny names. My husband thought it was dinner haha!
+1 I got my 20 gal setup with everything but the stand and rock / sand for 70. Same tank at the LFS same brand even is over 150.
Moonstream
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on the wellness, it seems to be really easy on dog's stomachs. our boston could eat bits of it without being weaned onto it, and she cant eat anything other than her normal raw meat diet without being sick. our rescue mutt is the same, she was very sick as a puppy and the tiniest bit of food she isnt used to will make her sick, but she took to wellness right away and has only had to go off it (onto chicken and rice) once.
on petco- they really do seem to have a wide variability in how well fish are taken care of. I used to go to the petco in union square a lot, hadnt been their in a good couple of years and ran down yesterday to look for some equipment. they had absolutely nothing I needed, which was disappointing since it was all very basic stuff. their employees knew next to nothing (this same guy has worked their a number of years, I remember him from when I first started off, he netted me my first two fish) but are very nice, and I think that some do try to know things. their fish are all in a sad state, at the very least they are painfully thin, if not discolored or ich-ridden. the inverts werent much better, they had an entire tank filled with bleached BTA's, and another filled with equally bleached condy's that werent even anchored, just free floating.
their coral tank was surprisingly decent, though. two tanks on separate sumps, a long three-level frag rack in each, barebottom with cheato and lit by what I assume to be T5 (albeit mounted far too high above the water's surface, IMO, and a very poor color combination). though msot SPS frags were browned out or slightly bleached, their LPS and softies looked good, as did most of their mushrooms. a bit of aptasia, but you just had to look carefully to see it wasnt on th epieces you wanted. I walked away with three torches (bright green w/ green tips, brown/purple with aqua tips, purple / mottled white spots on tenticles and goldish/green tips) for 40 each, a $20 devil's hand leather frag, and a $13 two-headed bright green duncan.
all in all, never in my darkest hour will I buy fish from them, but they do seem to have stepped it up coral-wise, and they seem eager to take money off the coral since they have such a slow turn-over rate.
on petco- they really do seem to have a wide variability in how well fish are taken care of. I used to go to the petco in union square a lot, hadnt been their in a good couple of years and ran down yesterday to look for some equipment. they had absolutely nothing I needed, which was disappointing since it was all very basic stuff. their employees knew next to nothing (this same guy has worked their a number of years, I remember him from when I first started off, he netted me my first two fish) but are very nice, and I think that some do try to know things. their fish are all in a sad state, at the very least they are painfully thin, if not discolored or ich-ridden. the inverts werent much better, they had an entire tank filled with bleached BTA's, and another filled with equally bleached condy's that werent even anchored, just free floating.
their coral tank was surprisingly decent, though. two tanks on separate sumps, a long three-level frag rack in each, barebottom with cheato and lit by what I assume to be T5 (albeit mounted far too high above the water's surface, IMO, and a very poor color combination). though msot SPS frags were browned out or slightly bleached, their LPS and softies looked good, as did most of their mushrooms. a bit of aptasia, but you just had to look carefully to see it wasnt on th epieces you wanted. I walked away with three torches (bright green w/ green tips, brown/purple with aqua tips, purple / mottled white spots on tenticles and goldish/green tips) for 40 each, a $20 devil's hand leather frag, and a $13 two-headed bright green duncan.
all in all, never in my darkest hour will I buy fish from them, but they do seem to have stepped it up coral-wise, and they seem eager to take money off the coral since they have such a slow turn-over rate.
Mr.Tan
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I have 2 petcos local to me, its amazing how different they are. One is really good and keeps tanks clean and on top of things, no dead wish floating around or sick looking. And then the other (closer to me, of course) is terrible. Tanks are WAY to small and overstocked, sick fish and even dead ones just left in the tanks for god knows how long. Buddy of mine even tried to report them/file a complaint and they weren't having it, said you can't file complaints!??!?
Thank goodness that fish place is only a 15 minute drive from me.
Thank goodness that fish place is only a 15 minute drive from me.
moondoggy4
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We have three good Petco around here the one in San Diego is really good as Petco's goes they are staffed with enthusiasts from another reef club. My local store has a Powder Blue tang that they won't sell because it is in the coral tank and it is the fish managers favorite, but I am on the list.
tkeracer619
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OK i'll plug the shirt yet again. I drew this up because a club actually got banned from petco a few years ago :lol:. Horrible business model, you should not buy anything from them fish related or not.
bif24701
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I use taste of the wild but prefer Wellness, its just that were I buy dog food TotW is cheaper.
You really should look at what you feed your dog, it will Dave you big in lower vet bills and healthier pets.
I won't boycott Petco so long as I can find deals, found scarlet hermit .99 cents! The foxface I bought there has been doing well. If your Petco is subpare? Voice it! Report it, comment about it, as you are. Good Job!
bigdaddystar
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Well we have all killed thousand of dollars worth of life forms in this hobby....we have all been newbs....buisnessess exist to make $$$$ and thats all they care about
on a side note..I actually like buying my fish from petco...they are usually hardy because no one buys them so they just sit there and after the torture they have been through nothing can kill them...every fish in my nano is from petco...not a single death unless you count nemo there who got sucked into the return pump (thats ironic there) guess he was trying to stop the pump...lol.
And my main tank always from fellow reefers or straight from the wholesale house.....I like fish that have a chance at survival.
on a side note..I actually like buying my fish from petco...they are usually hardy because no one buys them so they just sit there and after the torture they have been through nothing can kill them...every fish in my nano is from petco...not a single death unless you count nemo there who got sucked into the return pump (thats ironic there) guess he was trying to stop the pump...lol.
And my main tank always from fellow reefers or straight from the wholesale house.....I like fish that have a chance at survival.
klepto
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:lmao: That's a hefty assumption.
bigdaddystar
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i know i know....but honestly I have never had a fish die on me from petco
but then again I stay away from the ones that are half-dead and ich-ridden.
I only go there to buy my IO salt because they got the best deal on the big bucket at 50 bucks.
but then again I stay away from the ones that are half-dead and ich-ridden.
I only go there to buy my IO salt because they got the best deal on the big bucket at 50 bucks.
Lynnmw1208
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+1
tkeracer619
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drs foster and smith have a 200g box of IO for 42.99. They frequently go on sale and have shipping sales. You can do better.
