Petco to buy Drs Foster Smith

[ambushbumpers]

Have either of you been to an Anchor store of Petco? This is where they have been working out the kinks for MO, and offer a much expanded offering. They also tend to have higher paid/talented employees. keyword: tend

no, only here in Klamath Falls and Medford, Or

 

[Dkuhlmann]

I'll be going to our PETCO in Sioux City, IA next week and I'll report back what I see.

 

[theoregonian]

The petco by me has a decent amount of saltwater fish. About 15 percent showed signs of ich, mostly the tangs but also a couple of clownfish. Was surprised a couple of the yellow tangs actually looked pretty good. Wouldn't buy any tho.

 

[JMorris271]

Lets hope this trickles down

 

[that Fish Guy]

One of the main problems is that Petco will never pay enough to attract any serious, knowledgeable talent to care for their systems on a regular basis. Someone who is an expert in aquatics is not going to stay there working for 9.15 an hour with minimal benefits forever. It's just a simple fact. Until they are willing to pay someone fairly for the job, the technical knowledge and the knowledge of the livestock, they will continue to kill untold millions of fish every year.

What do you consider fair pay?

 

[that Fish Guy]

I guess in the end, I'd like to see Petco be successful at this with DFS and LA, but the way they are right now, it's not going to happen. Educated customers do not shop there (at least at the local store) and the new customers that buy marine are set up for failure before they even begin by what comes out of the tanks.

The new customer that is intrigued by having a "living reef" or a "living tropical ocean" in their house depends on the employee to steer them in the right direction. This can't happen without the employee's knowledge to pass on. That newbie customer is going to have guaranteed failure and a sour taste in their mouth and will never want to touch saltwater again because they will feel like they just tossed their money in the toilet.

This is what i hope Petco get's a handle on.

Not necessarily.

I got my first set up from Pet Supplies Plus (A Smaller version of PetCo or PetSmart if you are not familiar with them) which was a simple 10 Gallon Aquarium.

Of course right away I started going to LFS and are familiar with them since I had been going to them on and off for 25 years for Freshwater.

PSP is just really close to where I live.

 

[Shawn O]

Have either of you been to an Anchor store of Petco? This is where they have been working out the kinks for MO, and offer a much expanded offering. They also tend to have higher paid/talented employees. keyword: tend

Where would one find an "anchor" store? I'd like to see a petco who's tanks weren't filled with poor looking fish and Cyano or GHA.

What would be nice to see is DFS and DD ship to your local petco for pickup (free shipping) like Walmart does. Maybe Petco will even send their Aquatic dept managers to DFS for semi-annual training. Would be nice, but then again, it's petco. Not holding my breath on it.