PokeSephiroth
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It's tough for us people on this side of the Puget Sound (Kitsap County) with stores being limited to Petco, Petsmart, Farmland, and Pet Town (there's also Shark Reef, but they're purely saltwater). That being said, it's really hard to find out what goes on in a petstore until you've been there long enough to see what's REALLY going on.
It's really unfortunate that a lot of people don't know how to properly quarantine fish in the store, or even care about the fish's well being... That being said, I'm glad that there ARE some stores out there that do practice good ways with dealing with sick fish, whether it be medicating them promptly, or quarantining them, or both.
Whenever I see a sick fish, I try to mention it to the workers in the politest way I can. Unfortunately, big box stores are NOT allowed to treat/medicate their fish (a friend of mine that works at Petco, mentioned this to me), if they're caught treating their fish with anything that's not "natural" they can get in trouble for doing that. Shame on those big box companies. It's really sad.
Locally owned business are hit and miss with me. I've approached some of the staff at Farmland about sick fish before, and I've had good and "meh" experiences with them. Just depends who is currently working and whatnot, but really, it shouldn't depend on who is working, and who isn't. It should be the entire store's general responsibility to keep fish healthy. At least, in my opinion. =P
It's really unfortunate that a lot of people don't know how to properly quarantine fish in the store, or even care about the fish's well being... That being said, I'm glad that there ARE some stores out there that do practice good ways with dealing with sick fish, whether it be medicating them promptly, or quarantining them, or both.
Whenever I see a sick fish, I try to mention it to the workers in the politest way I can. Unfortunately, big box stores are NOT allowed to treat/medicate their fish (a friend of mine that works at Petco, mentioned this to me), if they're caught treating their fish with anything that's not "natural" they can get in trouble for doing that. Shame on those big box companies. It's really sad.
Locally owned business are hit and miss with me. I've approached some of the staff at Farmland about sick fish before, and I've had good and "meh" experiences with them. Just depends who is currently working and whatnot, but really, it shouldn't depend on who is working, and who isn't. It should be the entire store's general responsibility to keep fish healthy. At least, in my opinion. =P