Which Pet Store do you like the most?

[StingrayKid]

Whenever I shop at PetCo, there's nothing wrong with the place....

 

[steppy104]

i said earlier petsmart, but i just went to an awsome fish/reptile store today.....friendly girl workin there, and the lizards looked like they were all social and healthy. she even had a free roaming iguana and little doggy in there....real cool. they even order special fish! we asked her to order some crowntail betta's for us. she said it would be able to even give us a choice of colors which is pretty unusual. and they'd only cost a dollor or so more than a vieltail! best place around for sure!

if anyone in michigan would like to know about this place, it's on inkster road between cherry hill and ford road. it's called "captive reef". AWSOME PLACE!!

 

[silentwhispers]

I'd say Animal House, which is a privately owned store but normally I go to Petsmart which has a bigger selection. AH is alot cheaper than they are on most fish and animals/supplies. I wish they had more fish than PS cuz, for one thing, Petsmart tends to be misinformed about their fish. Once I went in there looking for a betta med because Blue, my betta, his gills were puffing out and the lady told me "bettas don't have gills", well what are those things that stick out when a betta flares then? And they told me all angelfish are verrry ph sensitive which I've been told several times that is not so. Not only did they give me misinformation they confused me about their fish sections too. But....those things are only mild in comparison to what they do with some of their small common goldfish You all might be very appauled but I warn you. They overstock their goldfish severely, their common goldfish that is. The tank is constantly and I mean almost everytime I am in there, filled up with so many fish from wall to wall inside that tiny 25 gallon aquarium they can not swim and there are lots of dead fish in it. This fish are smushed together in there, with barely any swimming room at all, I'd say at least 200 of them stocked together in one aquarium. I felt sooooo terrible for them. How could they do that? Not only that but once I looked at their hamsters and they had this aquarium with a ceramic house in it, a verry small one and all these poor cute little black teddys (babies) where jam packed, one on top of the other, inside and I wondered if that was normal for them (I have a feeling it was not).I hate to give my money to them but I feel horrible if I don't rescue fish. I do the same with bettas in a petstore if I see their conditions are bad in their little bowls/cups. All this fish (and and animal, in general) abuse is so sickening you wonder how much of a conscious these people have who do these terrible things. Thankfully, the other animals are given better treatment, well I am hoping they are because their conditions seemed better.

From what I've heard, PetCo is no better but which do you all think is the lesser of two evils, PetSmart or PetCo?

 

[steppy104]

sounds like you just got bad luck with your petsmart.....the one here is nothing like that.....it's great.

 

[kreacher]

koi joy, great yarmouth, norfolk, UK

I like that shop but seem empty tbh so i would say Pets at home Great yarmouth. Has a great choice and all the tanks are clean.

 

[Fishy Lover]

My fav fish shop is in pinxton very good vality fish and nice staff billions of fish 2 choose from.

 

[Breedon]

Wharf Aquatics for me good service and they know what there talking about

 

[Loony Fish]

petco and petsmart are simply evil to the fish.

 

[pippoodle]

i get my fish from maidenhead aquatics and have had some from forum members
my local maidenhead aquatics is brilliant the staff are always really friendly and helpful (i'm disabled) they will get several fish out of the top tanks in a holding bucket for me so i can pick which ones i want cos i go no way of seeing them as in wheelchair
they also order any fish i want
and i have only ever seen 1 dead fishin there tanks -and they removed it right away - looks so much better than pets at home with all the dead fish they have floating in there tanks ewwww