Special Order rom Petco

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Has anyone specially ordered a fish from Petco? I know this question has been asked before, but I'm not sure if anyone has ever done it. I am looking for two different Knifes, and haven't had any luck finding them at my other LFS, so would like to see if my local Petco can get them some how. Has anyone ever done this, and if yes, what did you order?

EDIT: LOL, special order *FROM petco, my bad.
 
More then likely not going to happen. there are very few chain stores that have the ability to order fish. they get what's shipped and that is it. You're better off getting it online and just paying for the shipping.
 
it depends on the petco. i have a friend who is the aquatics manager at one of the two petco's here, and he used to be able to order me anything and everything. but now petco has changed the rules he said, and he dosent get any lists, and cant order anything that a 5 year old kid cant keep, with the addition of a few oscars and africans.
 
koop171;3295740; said:
More then likely not going to happen. there are very few chain stores that have the ability to order fish. they get what's shipped and that is it. You're better off getting it online and just paying for the shipping.
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I work at a chain store (Jack's for you central Ohio people who have probably heard of it), but it's a pretty small chain, so might not be like the nationwide chains. We can do special orders on many fish we don't normally carry in the store, but it depends on what our various suppliers have.
 
have you tried ordering live fish on-line?

I gave up on trying to get the local pet stores around here to bring something in - - one place I know will do it, but they do it on their schedule, not yours - - but by going on-line I have found just about anything I have looked for . . .
 
Alot of Pecto use the same vendors, and each vendor has a list. The vendor list for petco is pretty bland except for things like ornate bichirs, and such. They only order those one or 2 at a time if the main aquatics manager hears that people are wanting it, other than that they try to order fish that arent as expensive to keep their costs low. The pecto knives list is Brown african knife s/m/l, black knife s/m/l, and clown knife s/m/l. The sizes are 2in -s, 2.5/3in -m, 3.5-4in -l.

Your best bet to find special orders is a smaller LFS. The only chain store that has let me order are Pets n Pals. But petsmart and pecto havent.
 
I know my local petco does. I have never ordered or asked but i know someone who has gotten some pretty nice saltwater eels from them. I would just go ask, worst they can do is say no.
 
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