Petco Loaches Dying

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Really? I go to the West Covina and Alhambra petsmart and they always have the omega flakes I feed my fish. As far as fish stocks go...there was only that one time that they had those 4" loaches in West Covina but they never had em again.

I wouldn't go so far as to say I would never buy a fish from petco or petsmart - more importantly I just buy if a fish looks good and healthy and is worth the trouble and cost quarantining. Sometimes they have great deals but most of the time they don't. I like to look at all shops though, because I'd not have half my loach shoal if I didnt go into Petsmart that one day, or I would've paid much more for that many at that size.
 
My petco and petsmart has carried them but I could never keep them alive. Most of the time in the store they are covered in ich. Found some at my LFS a few weeks ago and they are doing great. would never buy them from petco/petsmart again.
 
Got a school of 5 and lost one, others are doing fine. Going to grab a few more to get my schoal of 8-10 full. Only reason I am getting them from this store is it's closest and the next closest store I end up paying more because of gas.
 
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