we only have a small pet shop here and they don't take care of the aniamals at all. I first bought a fire skenk(lizard for my nephew, they held the fish for me until his birthday a couple days during which I searched the internet about care of the lizard, there was a long list of things I needed to buy and specific directions for care, when I asked the owner of the shop about these things they told me not to do all that stuff, needless to say he lived 2 days, I went back and caried his body to them I was mad for $100 I don't want him to die in 2 days anyway they gave me another reptile in its placed a gecko, this tiem I followed instructions on the internet he is now 4 yrs old. Since then I started getting fish, that is the closest place to buy them it's over an hour to another pet store. anyway the tanks are green and have slime on them, dead fish floating around. So I found the cleanest tank, and bought what they told me was a male black molly, my other black molly needed a friend, this one fish has caused more problems than I ever dreamed of, the he had babies the next day, then ich now I've narrowed it down to an internal parasite( maybe) of course they don't have any medications so what do I do now, let her die a miserable death? What can I do I have both Molly's quarentined the other one is acting strange too but the one is not eating or anything. They also have snakes overcrowded and in dirty cages, birds with feather picked out and cats dogs rabbits stacked inwire cages with nothing on the botom but wire. I asked them if they were understaffed and needed help and the woman laughed.
I think I'm probably just venting here, but do you all agree with me that I'm sick of the fish stores not taking care of their fish, and especially making sure that the fish you buy are disease-free. The last 8 fish I've gotten from 3 different local fish stores all had something wrong with them. One brought anchorworms, others brought ick, another had swim bladder, and some just seem fine for a couple of days and then just die. The 6 fish I've had since the beginning of my tank all seem to be such troopers. Sometimes they will get infected, but they have so far been able to bounce back ok with treatment. Only a couple I've bought since have been good fish and have survived with no problems. When I was at the fish store the other day, I was apalled to see a tank of neons with 3 of them just covered totally with ick or something similar. There are also times when I see some half dead ones in their tanks. Shouldn't the sick fish be taken out at least? 
What are your thoughts about this topic?
