Some stores take in trades for other fish, so if someone traded in those nice ID sharks for some other fish on the shelf and clearly they were not being treated properly then I agree that he rescued them... sometimes trade ins are not what the store wants so they sometimes end up killing them just because they are not fish people want, or not a nice beginner fish... So keep rescuing guys... Give these fish the homes that they never thought they would have...
just rescued a couple id sharks
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this is one of the little IDs the other one didn't want to have its picture taken lol.
and yes i will be planning to start a pond in my basement come September. i am working on plans now. it will be housing my RTC, the IDs when they get big, my florida gar, and several other fish that i pick up along the way.
and yes i will be planning to start a pond in my basement come September. i am working on plans now. it will be housing my RTC, the IDs when they get big, my florida gar, and several other fish that i pick up along the way.
Sorry, I don't consider it a rescue, just another reason for them to stock more to go to unprepared buyers because they're oh so cute or get stuck with something that will kill it.
I had to change jobs recently and unfortunately, petco was the only place I knew I could get hired immediately outside of fast food. It's a tough choice.
You wanna know how much they care about the fish? Less than they care that the tanks are pretty looking (no algea, no water streaks, etc). They literally do sweeps for dead fish on the hour every hour. When people come in with dead fish the managers often just tell me to say the water is fine because X fish "alway's die" and they can get their exchange.
You know how many dead IDs got returned on my 4 days last week? Eight. Plus 3 more died. Then 15 more were shipped in, albinos this time, and managers get annoyed when you warn people how big they get and discourage buyers.
I don't mean to be harsh but seriously, you aren't "rescuing" an animal from a massive corperate chain if you paid for it. You are just buying a product as a customer that will be replenished just as they have been doing for years. That goes for ANY animal, be it a fish, mouse, cat, dog, bird or cricket!
Next time complain to a manager, demand an apology from the employee that was rude to you and write the company about how you refuse to shop at a place that encourages such neglect and mismanagement of ANY animal, including fish.
If you demand a contact /address number for their regional animal coordinator they are supposed to give it to you, complain to them.
I had to change jobs recently and unfortunately, petco was the only place I knew I could get hired immediately outside of fast food. It's a tough choice.
You wanna know how much they care about the fish? Less than they care that the tanks are pretty looking (no algea, no water streaks, etc). They literally do sweeps for dead fish on the hour every hour. When people come in with dead fish the managers often just tell me to say the water is fine because X fish "alway's die" and they can get their exchange.
You know how many dead IDs got returned on my 4 days last week? Eight. Plus 3 more died. Then 15 more were shipped in, albinos this time, and managers get annoyed when you warn people how big they get and discourage buyers.
I don't mean to be harsh but seriously, you aren't "rescuing" an animal from a massive corperate chain if you paid for it. You are just buying a product as a customer that will be replenished just as they have been doing for years. That goes for ANY animal, be it a fish, mouse, cat, dog, bird or cricket!
Next time complain to a manager, demand an apology from the employee that was rude to you and write the company about how you refuse to shop at a place that encourages such neglect and mismanagement of ANY animal, including fish.
If you demand a contact /address number for their regional animal coordinator they are supposed to give it to you, complain to them.
