petsmart!, what retards...........

[lilmixedboy]

hi guys i was at petsmart getting some firemouths cons pictus and some barbs for my 55 and i noticed a fish in the wrong spot.they happened to have a red barred devil in a firemouth tank.:(


i wanted to get the fish cuz it was so tight but i dont think 55 is a big enough tank wut do u guys think?

[Bderick67]

If you've already got firemouths, cons, pictus, and some barbs in your tank, then it sounds as if your already well stocked for a 55g and should not consider getting any other fish for that tank. You could house a red devil alone in a 55g for a bit, but an adult red devil will require a much larger tank.

I'm not sure how having a fish mislabled makes anyone a retard. I do know that if I ever considered a store "retards" I sure wouldn't shop there cause then you are one.

[bryan.olsen]

if you have it by itself or maby with the pictus i think itd be ok...but what kinda filtration you hae is the key....thatd be a badass steal though..a barredmidas at the price of a firemouth...:headbang2

[bryan.olsen]

so yeah , capitolize on their retardation

[lilmixedboy]

if you have it by itself or maby with the pictus i think itd be ok...but what kinda filtration you hae is the key....thatd be a badass steal though..a barredmidas at the price of a firemouth...:headbang2



yea it was only 2.49 and was a really red barred midas or devil ... i think midas though

[killerfish]

i got a jaguar cichlid sold to me as a firemouth for the same reason at petsmart to

[ewurm]

My brother Bilo have a very funny retardation.

.....Petsmart often has fish mislabeled. Sometimes it is in your favor, sometimes it isn't.

[evilxyardxgnome]

are you sure it was a red barred midas and not a red terror? I know they sell them.

[killerfish]

My brother Bilo have a very funny retardation.

.....Petsmart often has fish mislabeled. Sometimes it is in your favor, sometimes it isn't.
yah like when my friend was getting fish for his tank and thay sold him a red devil insteed of a parrot cichlid :shakehead

[killerfish]

are you sure it was a red barred midas and not a red terror? I know they sell them.
really petsmart man i was in there today and i saw baby fish that looked just like red terrors labled as midas and thay had a fish that was the same size that looked alot more like a midas like the others were differn't man that would be cool to get a red terror that cheap

[WolfFisho1]

yea petsmart usuall only carries midas! thats all the ones around me carry! never festae or barred midaas!

but yea full grown they need a 75 at a minimum! maybe 65! but 75 is way better!:D

[sweeTang21]

my petsmart store gets barredmidas cichlids all the time. i think it might be a mistake more or less, but still funny. it would be a steal, and i would deff. consider it lol.

[bryan.olsen]

well everytime i see blood parrots their like 25 or 30 bucks:screwy: and ill see red devils or midas cichlid go for like 20 max. but i have never seen a barred midas being sold at any petsmart or other retarded big box type pet store

[JeffLeMay]

i would just say pick it up, why not? you're probably going to give it a better home than most of the customers who walk in there. just plan on upgrading

[nuth88]

Red Terrors, Most if not all I have seen there are Uro's. They claim they are True RT's but look at the tail spot. Dead giveaway! Also, around Chicago the Petsmarts have discd the RT/Uros anyway.

are you sure it was a red barred midas and not a red terror? I know they sell them.

[killerfish]

i would just say pick it up, why not? you're probably going to give it a better home than most of the customers who walk in there. just plan on upgradingture i over herd a lady talking to someone that worked at petsmart thay had a jack dempsy in a 20 and were buying parrots to go with it because the person how worked there said it would work because thay were both south american but what make me sad is that befor she herd what size tank thay were in see said thay need atleast a 20 gallon for a long time but you can kepp one in a 10 gallon for about a year poor jack dempsy:(

[rob0521]

good ol petsmart

[JeffLeMay]

yeah, any reputable pet store wouldn't let anyone with that little knowledge of animals work there

[evilxyardxgnome]

yeah, any reputable pet store wouldn't let anyone with that little knowledge of animals work there

hah you would be surprised.

[frasertheking]

i was there yesterday and listend to one of there workers and she told a lady she needed to change her sponge in her filtre once a month and buy it from them:screwy:

[killerfish]

yeah, any reputable pet store wouldn't let anyone with that little knowledge of animals work there
well i find that petsmart is becoming like walmart but thay sell other stuff there to what happens is that some high school kid goes and gets a job and thinks thay are going to work with cats and dogs and find themselfs in the fish department

[nomadofthehills]

In my petsmart, we have the cashiers that like animals the most work in the fish department. Why? No one of great knowledge applys. (That's why I keep getting raises haha, no competition lol)

[lilmixedboy]

are you sure it was a red barred midas and not a red terror? I know they sell them.


no it was a barred midas for sure.... i know my fish! Just didnt think he will live a good life ina 55 so i didnt get him.

[lilmixedboy]

i would just say pick it up, why not? you're probably going to give it a better home than most of the customers who walk in there. just plan on upgrading



You think so?

[unbeatablec]

If you've already got firemouths, cons, pictus, and some barbs in your tank, then it sounds as if your already well stocked for a 55g and should not consider getting any other fish for that tank. You could house a red devil alone in a 55g for a bit, but an adult red devil will require a much larger tank.

I'm not sure how having a fish mislabled makes anyone a retard. I do know that if I ever considered a store "retards" I sure wouldn't shop there cause then you are one.

lol

[nomadofthehills]

Too lazy to read back to see if anyone else said this, but many midas/rd start off with a barred coloration only to loose it later in life.

[TheBloodyIrish]

I am finding these corporations are not really stupid... it just that they're working to SERVICE the costumers.

I know... I used to work in a music shop. Costumers want to buy that $30 guitar that sound like complete crap to anyone's ears and discourage them from picking up an instrument over a somewhat decent $100, $200 beginner guitar. Then when you say they need "this and that," they go for the cheaply-marked products that don't even last a day.

The manager only stocks them because the crappy products bring in revune into the shop and not to our competitors across the street.

[nomadofthehills]

I agree 100%.

Even when I recommend the proper care, its goes in one ear and out the other.

[killerfish]

i think i need to start a new job at petsmart i know most thing about dogs not much about cats but i think i know more than all of them put togather but if i didn't work there for long i would at least try to teach the other people that work there , but how much do you make at petsmart a good amount or just more than burger king

[TheBloodyIrish]

I agree 100%.

Even when I recommend the proper care, its goes in one ear and out the other.

I know! Who can blame the employees for giving the advices? About a month into my job, I just give them starter advices... whatever the costumer want -- they buy. Why bother giving them the proper setup? Once in awhile, I get a costumer I enjoy talking to and working to, but most of them are just ... well... it is just fustrating trying to encourage them to take the right path without starting an argument.

I have friends in the pet store industry, they said after awhile, they don't even bother giving advices because they either get:

1) A costumer that refuse to listen
2) A costumer who think they know everything, even though they are asking for help
3) A costumer who already well-educated on the subject and doesn't really need or ask for help

[fishluvr12]

Red terrors they sell are really mayan

[nuth88]

Red terrors they sell are really mayan

I just went and got a smallie (I have the space) and they were clearing them out for 1.37! But I know it's a Mayan ahead of time..........

But you know what grinds my gears?

I also bought 3 Giant D's to use as dithers (for another tank) and was told by the young girl (im being nice, lil ******)....

PS~"These are not compatabile, you know"
nuth88~"uh yeah? really why?"
PS~"To aggressive"
nuth88~"You mean the Uro and the Giant D's?"
PS~"No the Red Terror"
nuth88~"ROTFLMAO"
nuth88~"Thanks but they are going to be dithers/targets for my Cubans"
PS~"The Red Terror will kill everything"
nuth88~"The Uro?"
PS~"Why do you keep saying URO?"
nuth88~"The "RED TERROR" that you are selling me for $1.37 is really a Mayan Cichlid, also known as a False Red Terror, The Uro has a larger and more center-aligned tail spot. That is the easiest way to determine if you have a "true festae". The festae's is off-centered"
PS~"Do you want the Red Terror or not?"
PS~"Because Im not giving you the Danios if you are just going to have them killed"
nuth88~"Isn't that what you sell feeders for?"
PS~"What?"
nuth88~"I could just buy feeders for a hell of a lot cheaper, If I wanted them dead"
PS~"What?"
nuth88~"Ill just take the fish"
nuth88~"thank you, and you have a nice day!"
PS~muttered under breath "Dick"
nuth88~"What?"
PS~"Nothing Sir"
nuth88~"Uh huh"

Now my wife tells me that I am a arrogant prick, well duh......I was just having fun, I will give the young gal credit for telling me that my Red Terror would kill the Danios.

Red Terror my Azz!

[nomadofthehills]

I know! Who can blame the employees for giving the advices? About a month into my job, I just give them starter advices... whatever the costumer want -- they buy. Why bother giving them the proper setup? Once in awhile, I get a costumer I enjoy talking to and working to, but most of them are just ... well... it is just fustrating trying to encourage them to take the right path without starting an argument.

I have friends in the pet store industry, they said after awhile, they don't even bother giving advices because they either get:

1) A costumer that refuse to listen
2) A costumer who think they know everything, even though they are asking for help
3) A costumer who already well-educated on the subject and doesn't really need or ask for help

Exactly. Basically I tell them the basics as to not to kill it. If they seem interested I elaborate. Not worth it otherwise.

[Connor0729]

its not not petsmart but........one time at petcetera there was this woman and her two kids looking to buy fish for an already setup tank. they find an employee and start asking him questions about certain fish, "does this catfish here eat algae?", and they guy responds with "well, they certainly do not clean as much as a pleeco" (yes, pleeco). then they ask about gold barbs and if they need to be kept in groups, and he says "well, they can survive in schools, but they are just as happy by them selves". i'm over here thinking WHAT? so i go over to the woman and calmly explained to her that the barb would probably be completely stressed by itself and it would be more likely to get sick because of this stress. she kindly accepted my advice, and they left the store with a platy, a catfish, and something else that i can't remember. all in a days work, lol.

[killerfish]

its not not petsmart but........one time at petcetera there was this woman and her two kids looking to buy fish for an already setup tank. they find an employee and start asking him questions about certain fish, "does this catfish here eat algae?", and they guy responds with "well, they certainly do not clean as much as a pleeco" (yes, pleeco). then they ask about gold barbs and if they need to be kept in groups, and he says "well, they can survive in schools, but they are just as happy by them selves". i'm over here thinking WHAT? so i go over to the woman and calmly explained to her that the barb would probably be completely stressed by itself and it would be more likely to get sick because of this stress. she kindly accepted my advice, and they left the store with a platy, a catfish, and something else that i can't remember. all in a days work, lol.
yah i wish things would turn out like that for me when i give people advice if thay don't take it thay start yelling and get me mad and make me leave or get me thrown out of the store

[Connor0729]

it's probably because i'm a cute little 13 year old. lol.

[BIGgourami]

she kindly accepted my advice, and they left the store with a platy, a catfish, and something else that i can't remember. all in a days work, lol.

except that "something else" happened to be an RTC.
would be shock if something like that happened.

[robmcd]

I was at petdumb today for some plant ferts, and I see a lone festae running this small cubicle of a tank . Sharing this wrath is a small bunch of 2'' oscars, and several 5-6'' "red shnook cichlids''. This festae is just blasting all in its sight, when I let the manager of the fish dept know what was happening. I told him what the festae was gonna do and that he should get it out of there or sell it to me for $5.00 like they are priced at the other locations. He said that I was wrong about it being an RT, that it was another ''red shnook cichlid'' and that it STILL COST $29.99!I just laughed and walked away.

[killerfish]

it's probably because i'm a cute little 13 year old. lol.
pff shoot when i was 13 thay bugged me even worse i remember when one guy tried to give me advice because i seemed young so he told me if i was interested in an red devil that i need atleast a 29 gallon
but i just got back from in boulder colorado i was supprized to see eclipse catfish the tag sead it got 6'' i thought well that sucks to be the one that ends up in a 10 gallon i wish i had enough money to save more of them whats wierd is that the tag for the african knife fish sead thay get 12'' hmm

[captainawesome]

petsmart(and petco) are retarded. My first tank I ever had, i wanted convicts and firemouths, before i knew anything. The loser had convicts mixed with jags, all labeled as convicts. he sold me one of the jags, and it ended up eating everything, and growing tremendously. had to get rid of it before long.