Wal-Mart How To Stop It Before It Stops Us
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Like they would even take the time to stop counting money and read letters.Bderick67;3906198; said:
I agree with this.People are always on here scolding others for not doing research on a fish they are about to purchase.CTU2fan;3906159; said:
GermanRam;3906248; said:
Thats such an extreeeem example but in the end, sure why not? its the parents responsability to NOT buy their kid a Glock 21, stack a mag full of +P fang tooth ammo chamber a round and hand it to their 5 year old. That responsability lies ENTIRELY on the parent, not tardsR'us, not the gov, not anyone. Just like it is soley the individual who is purchaseing the fish's duty to learn how to care for them properly and provide that care, not the LFS, not WM or petsmart or whoever. You can point fingers at coperations and the gov. all day and get them to pass a billion laws but at the end of the day personal responsability of a given individual is the bottom line.
Edit: Just in case the parents could not honestly tell the diff between a toy gun and the real deal, the end of that gene pool might not be such a bad thing.
I live in a small rural community where WM is the biggest thing going. Except for keeping a few bettas, my real introduction to fishkeeping was when my husband came across the mother of all yard sales and bought this 55 gallon tank with fish. The tank was crammed with four grown oscars, two 15" pacu and two large plecos.
Because there's not much going on around here, I am positive that our fish came out of this WalMart tank.
Why shouldn't people purchase these cute pacus who "grow to 10 inches"?
My husband bought the tank, because he was impressed with the big pacu. We had to get online to figure out which were the pacu and which were the oscars.
Once I learned about fishkeeping, and specifically, keeping pacu, I did my share of WM bashing. (There's a asian restaurant here that had a 29 gallon tank with about 5 pacu and 7 oscars). I finally realized that I should be more proactive, and I went and talked with the WM manager, who said that at our local store, they controlled what fish were ordered. I told him how big pacu could get, showed him pictures of our pacu in their 300 gallon tank, and gave him this picture
I am happy to report that my local WM stopped selling pacu.
Sometimes we can make a difference.
As an aside, when my husband made his $85 purchase 4 1/2 years ago, he had no idea it was going to turn into this:
Start of the new fishroom....we are trying to be responsible fishkeepers. If WM had not sold pacus, we'd be $$$$$$$ ahead now! I don't know if I should thank WM or bash them for what we currently have to do.
Because there's not much going on around here, I am positive that our fish came out of this WalMart tank.
Why shouldn't people purchase these cute pacus who "grow to 10 inches"?
My husband bought the tank, because he was impressed with the big pacu. We had to get online to figure out which were the pacu and which were the oscars.
Once I learned about fishkeeping, and specifically, keeping pacu, I did my share of WM bashing. (There's a asian restaurant here that had a 29 gallon tank with about 5 pacu and 7 oscars). I finally realized that I should be more proactive, and I went and talked with the WM manager, who said that at our local store, they controlled what fish were ordered. I told him how big pacu could get, showed him pictures of our pacu in their 300 gallon tank, and gave him this picture
I am happy to report that my local WM stopped selling pacu.
Sometimes we can make a difference.
As an aside, when my husband made his $85 purchase 4 1/2 years ago, he had no idea it was going to turn into this:
Start of the new fishroom....we are trying to be responsible fishkeepers. If WM had not sold pacus, we'd be $$$$$$$ ahead now! I don't know if I should thank WM or bash them for what we currently have to do.
pacu mom, WOW
This is the type of info and input that I was looking to generate with this thread.THANK YOU big.
This path that you took to make a change in your wm will be a path that I and others that care can do. It dose not have to be a wm, it can be any shop that is not being responsible with what they sell and are the keepers of.
It is so refreshing to see others that will go the extra step to make a difference in their community and in others lives and most of all in the lives of the pets that we love and have on loan to us for such a short time. The ones with out a voice.
This is the type of info and input that I was looking to generate with this thread.THANK YOU big.
This path that you took to make a change in your wm will be a path that I and others that care can do. It dose not have to be a wm, it can be any shop that is not being responsible with what they sell and are the keepers of.
It is so refreshing to see others that will go the extra step to make a difference in their community and in others lives and most of all in the lives of the pets that we love and have on loan to us for such a short time. The ones with out a voice.
Swallowed;3906190; said:
geting rid of wallmart is the only option they killed mom and pop sounds like there trying to move in on mom and pop fish keeper i on the other hand im the type of guy to sell anybody anything i dont want i have 20 acres of ocean front property in oklahoma if anyone is interested pm me ill make a good deal just for you
pacu mom;3909698; said:I live in a small rural community where WM is the biggest thing going. Except for keeping a few bettas, my real introduction to fishkeeping was when my husband came across the mother of all yard sales and bought this 55 gallon tank with fish. The tank was crammed with four grown oscars, two 15" pacu and two large plecos.
Because there's not much going on around here, I am positive that our fish came out of this WalMart tank.
Why shouldn't people purchase these cute pacus who "grow to 10 inches"?
My husband bought the tank, because he was impressed with the big pacu. We had to get online to figure out which were the pacu and which were the oscars.
Once I learned about fishkeeping, and specifically, keeping pacu, I did my share of WM bashing. (There's a asian restaurant here that had a 29 gallon tank with about 5 pacu and 7 oscars). I finally realized that I should be more proactive, and I went and talked with the WM manager, who said that at our local store, they controlled what fish were ordered. I told him how big pacu could get, showed him pictures of our pacu in their 300 gallon tank, and gave him this picture
I am happy to report that my local WM stopped selling pacu.
Sometimes we can make a difference.
As an aside, when my husband made his $85 purchase 4 1/2 years ago, he had no idea it was going to turn into this:
Start of the new fishroom....we are trying to be responsible fishkeepers. If WM had not sold pacus, we'd be $$$$$$$ ahead now! I don't know if I should thank WM or bash them for what we currently have to do.
wallmart is the only thing you have going because it killed evrything else
I wish all wal-marts will just stop selling fish. I get so frustrated working there and them having the people who do paint also take care of the fish (I know for a fact these people don't even wash their hands before putting them into the tank). When costumers ask about them the workers don't know what to say because they are not properly educated on fish.
And then the state that the tanks are in just make me so mad! They are dirtier and the fish get fed way to much!! They get sold with ick and other problems. I actually tell costumers not to buy fish from them...this is bad because I work there, but oh well!
And then the state that the tanks are in just make me so mad! They are dirtier and the fish get fed way to much!! They get sold with ick and other problems. I actually tell costumers not to buy fish from them...this is bad because I work there, but oh well!
