Petco - Page 2

kmasonbx · 04/05/2011, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by bnumair

i would watch for ich. do QT for 3 weeks atleast. i have NEVER bought fish at PETCO without ich. prices are low, labor is cheap, quantity matters not quality. by the way drip over hour is the only way to go for u then QT..

You seem to have had badluck. I've bought 6 fish from Petco and have never had 1 fish have any type of disease.

JoeRonda · 04/05/2011, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by owdee

My opinion on the OP's issue is that the Petco was likely just trying to keep salt costs down by using the bare minimum amount to just keep the fish alive until they were sold. Over enough time and volume, they save a lot of money on salt that way.

You are exactly right, it isn't just this store that keeps the salinity down, it's all of the petcos. I live in washpa, and ours is 1.015. I bought my blue hippo tang from the petco at the waterfront in pittsburgh (because i couldn't pass up the price) and their sg was exactly the same. I actually asked them why it is so low and they said that if they raise it above 1.015 that there is always an ich outbreak. I don't know how true that is but I just thought I would share that with everyone.

david1983 · 04/05/2011, 03:32 PM

Ha ha Mr smartypants has a QT now

koocmada · 04/05/2011, 05:23 PM

The royal gramma is doing ok from the looks of it, I may have been successful. This is actually the second fish i've gotten from this petco, I only have 1 other clarkii clown so far and he seems to be doing just fine. I actually did ask the employees both times what the sg was and they had no idea. The first time they had to call a manager, and her response was that it was somewhere in the red when looking at a hydrometer.

JoeRonda · 04/08/2011, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by koocmada

The royal gramma is doing ok from the looks of it, I may have been successful. This is actually the second fish i've gotten from this petco, I only have 1 other clarkii clown so far and he seems to be doing just fine. I actually did ask the employees both times what the sg was and they had no idea. The first time they had to call a manager, and her response was that it was somewhere in the red when looking at a hydrometer.

Unbelievable aren't they? Worthless when it comes to information, good when it comes to prices.....sometimes.

04/05/2011, 03:32 PM	#28
david1983 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Canada/England Posts: 114	Ha ha Mr smartypants has a QT now

04/05/2011, 05:23 PM	#29
koocmada Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 60	The royal gramma is doing ok from the looks of it, I may have been successful. This is actually the second fish i've gotten from this petco, I only have 1 other clarkii clown so far and he seems to be doing just fine. I actually did ask the employees both times what the sg was and they had no idea. The first time they had to call a manager, and her response was that it was somewhere in the red when looking at a hydrometer.