Petsmart Rescue

[killerfish]

Wen't to petsmart today just getting crickets while the lady working was getting my crickets i did a little lookin saw the had Porthole catfish thought that was kinda cool thought about getting one but thought nahh pretty much ready to leave something cought my eye in there african tanks i looked at what i thought were gold saums but NO they were blue acharas !!! in with the african cichlids And getting the crap beaten out of them getting there fins were all chewed down i asked the lady how much they were she looked them up and said $6.99 so i grabbed one that looked okay she bagged it up Itold here they were Semi aggressive south american cichlids and shouldn't be kept with Venustus hopefully she will move them

Pics after it acclimates so everyone all ways be on the look out fish in need of help when you enter petsmart

 

[woofy]

ive seen horrible stocking at petsmart....makes me go "wow whoever put these with those is smart...s-m-r-t smart." nice rescue, petsmart really doesnt no much about compatibility imo, they probably just threw them in there becuase they had no space and they werent selling. they were on sale around here "reduce to clear" for about $#. cant wait to see pics. poor guy

 

[jwong1024]

I too was at petsmart 3 days ago. I rescued a blue acara that was in a tank full of larger oscars. All his fins gone, he was originally marked for $6.99 and now reduced to $1.75 so I bought him. He was eating bloodworms the minute we brought him home. Hopeflly he can make a full recovery.

 

[Cichlaholics Anonymous]

I too was at petsmart 3 days ago. I rescued a blue acara that was in a tank full of larger oscars. All his fins gone, he was originally marked for $6.99 and now reduced to $1.75 so I bought him. He was eating bloodworms the minute we brought him home. Hopeflly he can make a full recovery.

"rescued" or "purchased" ?

 

[bumpylemon]

good job rescuing them you guys!!

 

[zerojquan85]

This happened some 3 weeks back..

I happened to be in Petco at my area just to see if theres any new fish.... when i saw two semi giant 7" Oscar pairs up for adoption... It was basically free fish..... Apparently some guy didnt want the fish anymore and had to get rid of them.. so i picked up them..

heres a pic of them the day i brought them back... their now in one of my 55 gallon tank...

 

[woofy]

"rescued" or "purchased" ?

he rescued, he saw it it was in bad shape so he got it.

 

[cichlidinsomniac]

last time i was there they had baby jd's in with large snooks

 

[killerfish]

last time i was there they had baby jd's in with large snooks

LOL mine once had dwarf puffers in with there Centopomas they Employees were like Were not sure where the puffers keep going they must be selling we'll

Pics soon wish i had money to buy more there were some that were really chewed up but other wise looked great i should of asked t get them for a reduced price but my petsmart just got them

 

[killerfish]

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This ones looks better then i thought it did missing a few scales on its head and its caudal fin is a little chewed but not bad one or two others were about this bad but the rest were down to nubs

Hopeing I got a male i forgot how to sex blue acharas is it like sexing gold saums