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And, let's not forget: This is the store that KILLED your LOCAL fish store!
yep, its a shame. the old independent stores were much better.
I've gotten fish at a local pet store and killed my tank with illnesses. But I take fault for that cause I didn't quarantine them first
+Newfound Knives I got two little feeder goldfish from a local store when I was young. They grew so quick we had to give them away. That store had great stock and cared about the fish and other creatures in their care. Petsmart just cares about money,it's not right.
+stephanie ruggiero I don't have a quarantine tank don't have the room for one either it sucks but stores shouldn't be selling sick fish in the first place..
ummm I have 6 local fish stores that are within walking distance. only 1 pet smart 15 miles away. tf are you talking about killed?
I got an idea , take a cup and when they are not looking fill it up with their own water and make them test it . And if it fails let them know that's their own water in their tanks.
It won't fail. They test every other day. They have like 20 BIG UVB bulbs in the back that make the water good. It's just not a lot of water flow in it and putting to much gravel to block filter.
Lack of water movement means no UV flow-through. Once the pump fails, the water all becomes stale and full of algae, which feeds on the growing mounds of debris as it decomposes. Hey, this is great water for growing water plants and tropical plants!
Cartman Brah! Excellent idea!!! I think I'll try that myself. And not just at Petco, bought at all of these pet shops that run these fish mills, which are no different than puppy mills. Sickening! Anything for a buck without any care for the animals or in this case fish that they sell.
Cartman Brah! your idea might work if petsmart (petsdumbass) to read. unfortunately any freak on a leash can maintain pets and fuggin order fish from God only cares (knows).
ps. I'm drunk at 1 cus I'm ballin
Cartman's idea is pretty true to form
can't afford to buy a new filter ...but can afford to keep stocking new fish ........these are living creatures .PETSMART needs to get their priorities straight.
GOOD JOB BROTHER keep em in check!!!!
That's what I thought stop buying in fish until it's fixed
+Fish full of dollars I work at a petsmart and we have the same problem. I have to go I to the back and push out all the crap. And the lights being on all day don't help the algae. I put hours and hours cleaning theses tanks. To have it looking like that kills me but we sell the fish fast to go homes ( hopefully) so they don't stay in there long
a new filter system will cost thousands of thousands of dollars so it depends on how much money that store makes and it's up to the upper management, if the store is doing good in sales then they'll get new stuff
Angela Pacheco it's as simple as this. If your going to sell/care for fish do it correctly. Otherwise don't even bother with them!
live fish are super cheap
I just went to my Petsmart today and got two African Dwarf Frogs.. As soon as I walked in I saw someone cleaning the tanks and the guy who helped me was very enthuesiastic about helping me, he knew about the animals and even checked if I had the right equipment and setup for my frogs. Mine is the one in Katy, Texas :)
Katy is high class
@Edgar Quintanilla minimum 5 gallon for a betta
@@screwedupmystic2597lol no it's not
Depends on how much the fish guys care
They should hire people who have good knowledge about animals. Not just people who work there. They need passion for the animals, not the “I just work here” person.
If they want that, they'd pay them more.
they should probably offer a livable wage then?
I feel for the employees though they don’t get paid enough!
@@Theegoaat Nah. I work at petsmart. We all love animals and need experience to be hired. But there's not much you can do against a cheap corporation. I'm lucky because I work at a store that has banfield in it so all of our animals get vet appointments right away. However, fish don't get seen unless they are really sick. Our tanks are treated with ick basically all the time. The water is usually right, but if the ammonia or nitrite is off then we do quarter water changes.
@@Theegoaat maybe fast food pays more.
Since they're not getting paid much they don't care
The fish store i work at has been open for over 40 years and the tanks are still crystal clear and all the fish are in excellent shape. They actually treat their sick fish, do water changes every other day. I consider myself lucky to have gotten introduced to the hobby through my store.
it's not good to do water changes every other day and to have crystal clear water, everyone do their own research please
What is the name of the fish store that you work in
@@Ghostlver5 yea people forget the ph levels ontop of temperate shock come into play …..
I am so glad my pet smart takes good care of their fish
Marowak Maniac how d u know?
BeSt YoUtUbEr you can tell when fish are healthy and happy by their look or the look of the tanks
The one near me wiped out all their goldfish, but the one 3 hours away has gorgeous clean tanks with happy fish
That’s what you may think
Me too
The petsmart in my area is waaaay better i buy all my cichlids there and ive had my jack dempseys for 8 years, that pet smart is a disgrace
This is what my local Petsmart is like. There is another one approx 1 1/2 hours from me that is much bigger, less employees right now (corona) but yet, cleaner, politer, etc.. Sad really. I wanted to save a drive and got a few neons, platy, otocinclus from the closer store - good thing I quarantined them - fighting Ich now. Been 2 days so far, already lost 2 Oto.
You still should get your animals from there because they still come from Animal Mills and everytime you buy an animal from there your just giving money to mills .
Huh. My Pet- Smart is way cleaner. They even have decorations in the feeder's! The management is super strict about their tanks. This one clearly has a bullcrap manager.
The managers shoud be fired at this store. They are obviously not doing their jobs to ensure the store is clean and the animals are being cared for. It takes a good manager to have good employees
They went to management school, not agricultural, there's no chance for a change when people value useless number crunchers over actual husbandrymen.
Also, Petsmart/Petco workers should all be EDUCATED about their animals (most if not all) before they start working at the pet store.
I was a Dog Trainer for petco for two years && I must say they do provide education & on the job training but its just general info. In my opinion, the workers who are really animals are normally the most informed
Okay. Thank you. :)
When I got hired at Petco 12 years ago I got no training except on the registers. Since then we have come up with plenty of computer training that gives the basics of animal care and maintenance. Everything I know about animal breeds, most of their care, and proper/preferred habitat setup I have gained from on the floor "training" and "shadowing", and talking to many hobbyists and vets, etc. It is unfortunate that extensive training is not required. And, like it or not, even live animals are "merchandise". I'd say the majority of us have a passion for animals but not everyone has the knowledge. That's why I advise to request a specialist at the store (and no, there is not always one available, because again, retail) to get your questions properly answered. A good employee will say, " I don't know, let me find out," rather than make something up and risk poor animal care.
I agree they should hire people who actually have a clue about the work their doing..
Kelly Anderson problem with that is that people who have education with animals aren't going to want to work minimum wage for a corporate pet store..
old store or new store. fix the filtration and clean the damn tanks!!
They should not be stocking their tanks if the filtration is not working .They are selling sick fish then. Would never buy fish at PetSmart.
Richard Huff it's better than walmart tho
NetherNinja Not by much and wouldn't buy fish there either.
Richard Huff true, but my petsmart is very clean
The store doesn’t get to choose when fish comes in. Everything is on an automatic replenishment system. Meaning that if a fish is sold. The computer automatically orders a new one to come in the next week. When things break down, the associates & not even the management has a way to stop shipments from coming in.
That’s actually a smart business plant if they sell sick fish they require medicine which means more $$$
I work at a ct petsmart in the petcare department. So my department is directly in charge of cleaning and maintaining our fish tanks. And it just so happens that we have the exact same set up with identical tanks and filter intakes at our store as the ones in this video. Old tanks or not, there is no excuse for the much algae build up. Algae comes off of those and all fiah tanks very easily. As far as there being sick fish in the sales floor tanks, that's also poor management at the store. All petsmart stores get their fish from breeders and all animal breeders are breeding grounds for disease. All stores recieve weekly shipments of fish and upon recieving those fish they are all supposed to be inspected and if they apear unhealthy in and form whatsoever are to immediately be pulled and put into an isolation tank in the back room which is much more heavily medicated than the sales floor tanks. That girl doesn't know what she's talking about either. I've worked in my petcare department for over two years and even though the old style filter(which costs about $25,000) does tend to have problems more frequently, the filters themselves can be changed regularly. We change out our foam filter cartridges 2 or 3 times a week depending on build up on them. Days they are not changed they are flipped over to utilize both ends of the filter. We definitely do not just wait for it to break and have a handy man do all of the work. That's insane. There is very basic maintenance that keeps things running smoothly for the most part and when something does break in our filtration system it does not mean don't clean the tanks for two weeks. which is about how long it takes for build up like that to happen. No matter how many fish tanks a store has, every single one must be scrubbed and gravel vaccumed once a week. I seriously hope that people don't watch this and assume that all petsmart stores are like this. I'm proud of where i work and i take pride in doing my job correctly. I love all animals and some people obviously shouldn't be allowed anywhere near animals. You guys should post what stores you're filming at so that people know where to avoid and don't just generalise all stores in a chain to be miserable. My boss knows how to crack a whip and the way i was trained on cleaning fish tanks was if it wasn't up to company standards, you kept recleaning them until they were done right. When i first started there were times i had to clean the same set of tanks three times in a row in one shift before i got an okay from my boss. The important thing is that i learned the right way and have a passion for my job. Where ever this store is they clearly have poor management and badly trained employees. Please don't judge all of our stores based on this alone.
Elizabeth Clark, agreed. I worked at an "old" PetSmart and our filter pads were changed every night with the screens scrubbed every night. If tank cleaning rotations are being done correctly, algae and detritus NEVER got that bad. You could just start to tell algae was popping up on the assigned tanks for the day. A big problem is the bright lights all day, but if employees are doing their job to correct standards, none of this should happen! Sick fish are immediately pulled and isolated. There's really no excuse for these tanks!
bro, you just wrote a freaking essay
James Boltson hows grade 8 going? You excited for high school soon?
Judging by the amount of tanks they have, it's gotta be a big store. That's a lot of tanks to clean! But really management should have a proper amount of workers back there to make cleaning and closing duties easier to keep that amount of buildup from happening. My store is the same age and the buildup isn't nearly that bad if everyone keeps up on it each week. It never hurts to spot clean when it isn't busy
Yo what town dog!? I live in ct too!
These people just work there. They don't care about fish.
I think your average petstore worker DOES care about the fish, but their hands are tied. Same with rodents and reptiles- I got a hamster there and the lady gave a sales pitch on a tiny cage but when I told her I already had a 75 gallon tank to put it in she lit up. She talked to me and she said that she knew hamsters did better in large cages but if she didn't try to sell the ones they had, she'd be fired. That being said the hamster died 19 days later-right after the two week warranty.
AJ // I haven't been to petco or pet smart in years, I keep koi i buy them at koi farms. When I used to have a community fish tank would buy fish from there and they would always get sick and die.
Some do, my guy! I work at a Petsmart and everyone is super passionate about the safety of the pets before we sell them. Our tanks look, besides the general Petsmart set up, nothing like the tanks displayed here. Tank maintenance is something that is never skimped on. Tanks at my Petsmart are scrubbed and vacced on a weekly schedule.
Also! Petsmart as a company provides very little (or poor) information on the care of the pets/fish to associates. We're given a very very brief overview of animal care in a small associates book but that's about it. Associates are often not experienced fish keepers or animal keeps, but I know at our Petsmart, we're constantly researching things and doing our best to learn as to give close to adequate care as we can. Even this Petsmart is trying its best to accommodate for the broken filter.
That being said, associates have no power over what upper management/corporate decides to do with the fish or pets...it's the business part of Petsmart that prioritizes money over the animals and it frustrates everyone. I wish it could be better but we do our best give the pets a comfortable surrounding and hopefully a good home.
Santiago Pineda do you see the fish wastes on the bottom of the fish tanks. The video speaks for it self. Take pride in your work!!!
Santiago Pineda petco, pet smart same thing, it's funny how people can't take responsibility when there is evidence right in front our eyes.
I think if they fix the filter, it breaks, they fix it it breaks, it’s time to get a new filter...
Pet Craz Right? Where is the logic in constantly repairing multiple items when you can just get a new one and be done with it for awhile.
But that's not true. Its not the same part breaking over and over, and there aren't that many parts to break.
The truth of the matter is that the system has been down for some time already, and if its been that way for weeks/months, what's the rush to take any action? They get used to the filter not working.
My store policy would be the moment it does down, we schedule a repair with a specialist vendor. It doesn't matter if its 3 hours or next day, it will get fixed within 24 hours.
While they are at it, they need to install a back up pump where they can just swing a plumbing lever and plug in the pump to keep water movement and movement through the filtration system, even if at a much slower flow.
Brandon Toad Not at a PetSmart, but still manage. I've dealt with situations like that before. Sometimes you just have to bite the bullet and fix what needs to be fixed so it's not an ongoing issue. When you're out of product/have to keep replacing and no one is buying, you lose money. It's just the way it is. Sure, some people will still buy sick/dying fish from nasty tanks... but the better your store is, the more customers you get, the more money you make. It's that simple. Whether someone manages a PetSmart or not doesn't matter.
I don’t see no Dammn water moving I am going to start going to pet co of its saltwater fish
It'd be cheaper in the long run.
I worked in pet stores for over 20 years, and 10 of them were at Petco. I ran the fish department and it was pristine at all times. Brian Devine loved visiting my department. He said it was the one of the best he'd seen and the best on the East Coast. The tanks were running Marineland systems that I had to maintain and fix myself, sometimes with ML support on the phone with me for hours getting a filter motor running again. My arms were always in the tanks, cleaning the algae (which, you could actually watch it grow). The filters got changed 2-3x a week, rinsed in between. I also rigged the systems (2-3 blocks of tanks would have its own system) to run its own water changes. Fixing the spigot just right to change about 50-75 gallons of water each day (the system was approximately 300 gallons). Every week, I used a Marineland HOT Magnum with a course filter to suck up the crap I stirred up from the gravel. It would take about 5 minutes per tank. Then, go back through with the micron cartridge to polish the water. If fish were sick, they came in that way. But it was difficult to treat them. You had to treat the system and not just a tank. Depending on the meds, you had to remove all of the catfish from the system and relocate them during the course of treatment. The problem too, was that diseases would spread throughout the system. I had previously worked in a mom and pop store where all of the tanks had their own little Whisper filters. I'd toss a Little Giant water pump into the tank, stir up the gravel and let the pump suck everything straight to the floor drain. Then I'd go through with a hose (coming off an R/O system) and refill the tanks. The filters got changed weekly. That. by far, was the best way I used. Diseases stayed in the one tank and I could have quarantine tanks, too. Besides, if the main system filter stopped working, you were screwed. In the indiviudual set-ups, you just tossed a new $10 Whisper on it. I'm not a Whisper fan (AquaClear for me), but they did the job, cheaply. Every Petsmart's tanks looks like this one. Her saying that it was because the store was 10 years old is BS, the Petco I worked in was older than that and because the systems were maintained, there were no problems. This is just pure laziness.
cant you stick to the point general
Same, I worked as an Aquatics Specialist at Petco and actually took care of the fish. Petsmart is even worse than petco when it comes to their systems. At least we have separate towers so each tower is it's own system even if there's several tanks on the one tower. I'm pretty sure all of petsmarts towers are ALSO connected to each other so it's even easier to spread disease.
You're so full of yourself. You're a raging narcissist.
@@leflopjames5628 How?
@@SnorgYippee can u elaborate?
were you running? lmao, that algae doesn't even look like healthy algae, more of a mold lol that place looks horrible.
This hurt my heart! Do they even care about the fish or what? They look miserable!
Nice Cichlid’s.
I remember my friend working at a pet store when I was into Cichlids. (Tanganyika)
After the store had closed, my friend was just finishing up before we were gonna leave.
Then he remembered one more thing to do…..
He opened up a small closet stacked with cages. He grabbed a big scoop of dry dog food and threw it on top on the cages.
Thousands of “feeder” mice started eating thru the bars of the cages.
He shut the door and said “let’s go!” I could still hear them feeding inside.
It got me thinking about the pet industry….. Zoo’s…..Amusement parks… Etc.
We go above and beyond for our animals at our PetSmart. Sadly, there is no real training or discipline when it comes to upkeep. I'm just lucky my co-workers actually care as much as I do.
No, petsmart doesn’t they throw away live animals and sell sick ones
Can't beat the prices them mom and Pop stores charge double and they sale you older fish
One thing I have noticed about petsmart is that their fish are young ...Bought eleven Gourami
Four months ago and every one of them are healthy and thriving...furthermore it depends on the amount of fish a tank has
That's what determines how often to maintain it
God bless you brother...
"way to expensive to change filtration"
Petsmarts literally sell filtration systems.
Had a very young man who was incredibly rude and volatile and caused cuts and bruises which killed my fish. I won't go back for refund or anything
I’ve worked at Petsmart here in Canada, and I’m glad my Management focuses on cleanliness and care for animals more than other surrounding store.
What do people expect when the only option is online shopping or these type of box stores for aquarium needs. We only have to blame ourselves for putting all the mom and pop businesses out of business to save a buck!
They're only fish some will say. No! They are living creatures being kept in captive in an artificial environment, whoever owns any living creature is responsible for providing a clean, appropriate and stimulating environment!
Well done for confronting them about it.
ugh those are all my friends! i talk a minute about fish and they tell me to shut up and they say dogs are more expensive so they are more important.
Plus if im buying fish that im potentially putting in with my fish that i may have had for years and x amount of money they better damn well not be sick.
That employee is just spewing out mumbo jumbo that her boss probably told her to say it's not her fault PetSmart can't keep track of there fish.
I deal with the same thing at my store with the freezer unit breaking, they don't want to spend the money to replace the whole thing so the replace parts and bandade it all together and it breaks again, corporate sucks.also the management won't get a bonus if they spend too much which is probably part of it.
That's 💯 of it. The system needs to crash as in we all boycott the box stores and bring local business back to our towns and cities. I'm hardcore about this now. Given what they DID.
Had a girl drop a fish I wanted from Petsmart as she was bagging it and thought I would still want it. Told her to get me a different one. So she proceeded to dump the bag in the tag and stir up the tank stressing all the fish. I just walked out
Man ive found ick on alot of fish at petsmart. Matter of a fact i bought a african leaf fish a week later all my fish were sick with ick. So def be careful what you buy from there..
As someone who works in a petstore, this place is disgusting!
I’ll give this employee the benefit of the doubt and assume she’s just parroting what management told her.
Looks like lazy employees or understaffed. Most likely understaffed.
I work at a Petsmart and we scrub and vacuum tanks daily. We get a ton of algae due to the lights.
UV to reduce algae
Man, those tanks look murky. Worse than Walmart lol. Is somebody pissing in those fish tanks?!
Well they take care of shrimp, well I went to buy some, there was tons of dead shrimp at the bottom, I thought it was the substrate
There really isn't an excuse for this. Especially because Petsmart owns Chewy.
I'm glad I never see tanks like this in England fish stores
My tank was disease free for over 12 years .. then one day my son brings home a PetSmart fish to replace one of my old ones that died (old age) and put it in my tank as a surprise. The real surprise was finding ALL of my fish infected with ick in about 24hrs! 225 gal of water change, filter media removal and medicating the water over the next few days just to get it back under control. His heart was in the right place .. just bad judgement by placing the new fish in the main tank before quarantine. That was about five years ago. No diseases since.
Unbelievable it’s just down right cruel good for you IFG speaking up I have been saying stuff to box years about there crap tanks for years sometimes it works sometimes not thanks for sharing people need to see this and say something
Do you have a solution? I'm not asking that to be sarcastic I'm genuinely asking
Wow normally when I go to a pet store like Pet Supplies Plus they have no idea about fish.
I’m pretty sure I’ve seen tanks in garbage cleaner than these
"These people just work there; they don't care about fish." Bullshit. Many of these staff members don't know any better. Heck; these stores sell fish bowls! So, my question to everyone is: what should PetSmart do to solve this issue? Should they hire fish specialists? Their wages would have to be higher, then the cost of fish would also go up up up!
I went to a pet smart in Aniston Alabama about 3 hours out of Birmingham and the tank conditions where terrible. I have been keeping fish for about 3 years now and had the same ones for about 1 year and a half. I went to Pet smart to buy guppies and they all died within 3 days. My tank was cycled, pH levels good, ammonia, nitrate, nitrite. So I know it wasn't on my part. They died because poor conditions before I purchased them. do NOT buy fish at petsmart
Looks like these tanks haven’t gotten a water change in ages
Im so glad my petsmart takes care of their fish and staff are knowledgeable. One staff member actually brings her own water change equipment. They even help you rehome your fish too.
Bro what- you know they throw away their fish right
So let me just say this.... the feeder fish that are in the intro picture or whatever, die everyday, comets don’t live long they die all the time. I picked out so many comets every day it’s insane but there isn’t anything to do. Fish die. Now if I saw a dead parakeet or reptile or gerbil/hamster, that’s a whole other story. I replaced filters. There was no reason for that associate to say they don’t do it. You take out the filter put a new one in. The Petsmart I worked at had very clean healthy tanks but the fish die. If they had fin rot we put them in isolation and took care of them.
As a petsmart employee, I try very very hard to keep up with our store’s tank maintenance and general fish care. The store I work at isn’t as old as that one, but we’re on the same filtration system, and the store I worked at before the one I do now was on a newer system. The newer system is easier to use and do maintenance on when something breaks, but I’ve never had to deal with it breaking before. We clean/change filter socks and pads every single night and are supposed to pull any sick/lethargic fish for treatment as soon as we see them, if one fish has ich, that fish gets treated separately in a quarantine tank and the rest of the fish system is treated with preventative care. There is absolutely no excuse for those tanks to look that way. Like she said, we deep clean specific tanks every day so that each tank is cleaned once a week, but if it’s a Tuesday and one of our Thursday tanks looks anything like any of those tanks, we’re sure as Hell gonna clean it on that Tuesday. I know not every employee feels as strongly about the care and wellbeing of the animals we sell, but there is no reason for those tanks and fish to look so awful.
I got a Bala shark from petsmart with ich on accident. The next thing I know my 12 fish became 2 fish
Unbelievable. That was disgusting. She was clueless. Good job on the video.
Why sell fish, if you dont do maintenance. Rather sell hair shampoo
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My petco is the best in the world bright light not white things but nice stained wood tiles that are very butiful
my petco is NOT good for goldfish. the tank is literally gross and the water is brown. i have a friend who has a big sister and she um, well she abuses fish. We gave 2 goldies to them and they both died within a year. I told them, “ what the hell?? why in a bowl???” and i went to their house the other the day and they 0.2 gallon betta fish tank’s water was legit dark green. i was terrified, and i said “tell your sister to take better care!!” but no, they said “who cares its just fish its not like a dog and btw ur mean”. after that day, i gave up in society.
@@name-eo1lv Poor Fishes
I work at a petsmart. It’s nothing like this one. I’m not sure why those employees were even allowed to let it get that way. You should have made a corporate complaint.
I guess they need to take a trip the clean petco
J Mo Cichlids petco is not clean. The ones near me are all worse than this. They give out infected fish and it causes much mayhem to treat it. I pointed out an outbreak of dropsy and finrot once, and they didnt even care. I prefer pets supplies plus if anything. At least they have good products.
It doesn't matter where you go if the person cares for the fish at all the tanks and the condition of the fish will be higher quality
My petco is amazing... everytime I go in there someone is usually cleaning or feeding the fish
J Mo Cichlids Petco sucks!
J Mo TANKS. Your soooo right , I Dnt buy any fish from. Petsmart
Type a guy to record a movie in theaters
This makes me so sad :(
I just got a petco by my house abt 2 years ago and they take really good care of their fish
I work at a petsmart and I can honestly say that these people aren't doing what they are supposed to be doing. I clean and scrub the tanks all the time and we do change the filters, so don't know if they just aren't doing their job or this store just sucks
I’ve been to several pets smart stores and the aquariums were just terrible looking…plus cobwebs on the ceiling everywhere…..in Greensboro NC
I bought a fish from there and I had the fish for 1 week and it died. Within 3 days of it dying my goldfish of 10 years became ill and developed red spots and died shortly after. I spoke to the store and they didn't seemed surprised.
I noticed when I returned, the fish had white spots on them and I learned that it's called Ick which is deadly to fish if not treated. It's really sad to see these fish are actually sick and unhealthy.
If you did not know about ick BEFORE you bought the fish then you probably shouldn't even own fish. It's like saying I bought a puppy but never took it for shots and now it has parvo. Pathetic people just want to buy pets but not READ about them first.
@Liam Quinn 🤣 you're both pathetic responding to a comment from 3 years ago and even more pathetic for judging my life based on a comment. Judge yourself before you judge others and may you swallow your negativity and poison your own self.
I don't like getting my fish from petsmart. I know what I'm doing yet the clerk will ask me communist questions before she sells me a goldfish. And they don't do their tanks right. They sometimes have dead fish just floating around. I get my fish from Meijers or a pond shop.
It's nice to see someone sticking up for the defenceless 👌🏽. Keep an eye on this place please!
Their tanks look better than the ones in my area :(
I seen worst but my Petsmart store is the best they clean and take care all animals and I hope more stores will be like this.
I keep my fish tank 100 times better than that store
Seriously!!!!! These tanks look like they have never been clean even the vents and stones are filthy dirty.....
I gotta say, we have a petsmart here in Colorado Springs and their tanks are pretty sharp for the most part....not my go to spot, but they are pretty good.
They advertise free water testing??? If I went in there I would get a sample of their water and test it. I bet it isn't very good at all.
crazy shrimp lady you should get the fish, keep the water that they gave, get a test to see their water
I got two female Bettas from Petco. They had everything wrong with them. Ammonia poisoning, swim bladder, ich, fin rot. I tried so hard to save them, but they only lasted a few days. It was devastating. I tried so hard. I can’t believe how they were treated at Petco. I’m bringing them back today after work to get my money back... I will be disenfecting both of my tanks and cycling them before getting new fish. I still want a beta sorority. Poor babies, it’s not their fault they were placed there, I just can’t support them after I witnessed how these fish were handled. It was so appalling. RIP Lucy and Ethel. ❤️
Lol I'm crying because my betta named lychee died yesterday, he was a fighting fish and his tail was beautiful. Rest in love lychee ;'(
It’s horrible to see this. I’ve had to teach people at my local fish shop (England) how to feed and look after them. I’m 13
Morgan Sharp im am 13 too i do the same thing its nice to see kids in the hobby like me
I do the same thing (also in the uk) and I currently don't even have fish! Although I am soon getting a perch but still, we 13 year olds shouldn't have to be teaching adults who own and run pet stores how to do THEIR job!
Rex90Pawprint soooo true. My mother worked with fish/marine animals for 15 years so I naturally learnt a lot of things, but the knowledge I have is less then what is required to own these fish in some cases. I don’t know how to properly set up a tank but I do know how to see the signs of illnesses and to be able to know that these fish are abused !
Exactly! For me however, I've just done tonnes of research on loads of different types of fish and I've got a few friends that are fish hobbyists
Rex90Pawprint well I hope you do something in the future that helps the all the animals in the world. Good luck
bad bad.
I once bought a fish from petmart and my 55gal. fresh planted aquarium got infested with a small snail and blackbeard algae. and yes I was mad it took me lots of time and $$ to get my show grade exhibit tank to start
Common sense would tell most that a broken filter would be top priority to maybe, oh I don’t know maybe fix it! ........or buy a new one! They made money for 10 yrs! That’s incompetent management.
Brad White I agree
What's there to fix - there's no moving parts - just a pump and a 6mo UV bulb.
probably the person whose job it is to work in the tropical fish dept. is tasked with other jobs around the store and can't do the job they were hired to do. it happens all the time if other employees call in sick or are on personal leave.
The petsmart we have the tanks are pretty clean
Wow.... that’s bad. The petsmart by me is no where near this bad. They actually care for their fish.
Cassidee Vernon yea I have a pets smart by me that's actually better than my LFS.
Just went to petsmart a month ago and there was about 10 dead decomposing fish in every tank /:
You know that is so messed up just lazy if you don’t want to take care of the fish get a different job
Just 1 aquatics it’s probably not the employees fault. It’s he company itself. Either the company doesn’t train the employees or they don’t want to pay for the fish to be in well maintained tanks. Or the company just tells the store “hey, it’s cheaper to just keep buying fish than to maintain the tanks so just forget about it” I work at a chain pet store and we are very limited in what we can do. It’s the company, not the employees.
these tanks are probably working on a central system . disease in one tank works its way to the others. try and find a store whose tanks are seperated to buy your fish.
what about the bettas?
My fish just died. I just had to bury her.😭I can’t stop crying she was my favorite fish.
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My petsmart knowingly sells fish with ick lol
Cite your sources? Or am I just supposed to believe the words of some random guy on the internet. Ballocks.
At least they were honest
"Repair guys" lol who Joe Shmo the plumber probably running his old tighty whities as a filter sock
lol
I went to a pet smart and we found a baby snail the poor thing had a worm stuck to it A WORM!!!!
Yikes! That's worse than my local Petsmart which, although has fairly clean tanks, has a serious ongoing issue with Ich. When I see a store like this it tells me that either they don't know what they are doing or don't care. What's truly disgusting is when I see stores knowingly and willfully selling sick fish. However, to be fair the Petsmart I bought my son's 36 gallon bowfront tank from had a really nice fish section with clean tanks and healthy fish. Unfortunately they appear to be the exception rather than the rule (and that particular sore was 78 miles away from my house so I won't be going back there anytime soon).
Honestly not the case. One person in a departmant who does care can't o everything right to make up for the others if they don't care. You can't always make your workers care about their job. Even if they are doing it, "how well" are they doing it? And how much time do they get to do a good job vs ALL the other things they have to do during the course of their shift?
It's all the distributors fault unfortunately
This same stuff is why I'm happy that the Walmart by me stopped selling fish
Petsmart never fails to make me feel dread and sorrow.
ive been to multiple petsmarts in different states, ALL of their tanks look like this.
I just found this. I appreciate all you do for these helpless pets. Hope you are still active and on behalf of all fish lovers, I want to say THANK YOU. Nice job.
Helpless? Are u mentally?
The PetSmart by the VA hospital that I frequent every time I have a VA appointment is really nice and the tanks look great! The PetSmart that is not too far from me is like the one in this video. I won’t buy any fish there.
If you can’t afford new filters then don’t keep fish!
That looks gross that lady is full of BS I have a 20 gallon that has been running for 16 years and it still looks new they're just lazy!
Yea it's just a matter of good maintenance, there is no excuse for what's happening there.
+IFG agreed?? U think its laziness??? This lady is taking about 1 20 gallons tank compared to a freaken wall. 😂
I hate petshart. Too bad all we have in town is the awful chain pet stores.
No excuse for this. When I was in charge of my aquatic dept at Petco (since my leaving the company, they have fallen way down the rung on the quality of their stores), my fish tanks were sparkling clean. No algae, no debris, no dead fish left floating in the tanks. Disgusting.
Wow! They had cleaned up and to a certain point. I guess looking at it counts as cleaning it...
They probably have one person to clean and he gets called away to help customers in other parts of the store.
I'm currently applying for aquatic care positions at my local stores in an effort to make a difference in the quality of the care the fish receive. Hoping to share my passion for the life.
Bwahahahahahahahahahah!!! Our tanks are awesome! Lol wow!
IFG you're clueless
My local pet smart is nothing like this,the water is clean and the fish are fine.
The only way these big chain stores are going to lift their game is by repeated public exposure of their shoddy practices.
Good work IFG, keep it up!
Pet smart is one of the worst stores to buy Betta fish from they sell diseased sickly fish