The sad part is places like this just perpetuate the problem. People buy sick fish here and all their fish die at home and they abandon the whole hobby and move on to the next animal. It just hurts us all.
It is commonly confused that PETCO abuses the animals but they aren't. The people who are selling them to PETCO are the abusers. Not the other way around
I find it truly depends on the location. The one I work in we try and keep as great as we can and most of the team I work with have their own fish and want people to be successful in owning fish and other animals.we all have our own pets and want them to go to a safe home. But then I worked at the other store access town because someone called in sick and it was a nightmare. It was one of her horror pet shops people talk about. None of the staff there was educated or willing to learn and it was extremely irritating. Meanwhile our staff is using some of our personal money to buy fresh veggies for the animals because we fall in love with them while they are there. It depends on the location and motivation of employees. Also as an employee thank you for not yelling at that person. They probably were just told they had to tell you to leave and it's always great when people don't yell at you for what you can't control ❤
I’m so glad you made this video, even though it’s been 2-years since posted. All the local Pet Smarts near me have gone to utter crap. They were always pretty bad, but I think they’ve worsen. I made the mistake of impulse buying from them 4 days ago. Instead of going to a proper LFS. I went to two locations, and both locations, plenty of dead fish in various tanks. Like an idiot, I still decided to buy. So far, already 1 Corydora died on me, another one has a missing eye and clearly is going to die, and a guppy that seemed fine (I went to a different PS location, just a tad further) also dead fish. I keep blaming myself, and think I’m the problem and it’s me, but I tested, 0 ammonia and nitrite and prior the tank was running 9-months. I really feel like it’s them, and it’s just hard to keep their fish alive at this point, even going to 2 locations was useless.
@@MichaelsFishRoom I didn’t mind skipping quarantine, because this tank is an empty one there was no fish in it after my betta died. I have plans on taking it down in a couple months anyways, and it was only going to be Petsmart fish amongst Petsmart fish. For my 33-gallon long, once I get that set up, all the fish will be quarantined and probably bought from a more quality LFS vs a crappy chain.
Petco and pet smart turned me off the hoppy years ago with ich, what a mess that was, now got a few shrimp tanks and a few big fish tanks, order online and don’t give up, it may cost a bit online but your getting good quality and not gonna waste money on meds and days of water changes. Get some guppy’s very easy and look great in groups!
Just went to Petsmart the other day and saw lots of their feeder goldfish dead floating on top of the tank which proves that they’ve been dead for a while and were just left there for display. It’s a nightmare 😱
I used to have a video bashing their fish and their filters but TH-cam took it down after it gained tons of views over a year 🙈 hopefully they don’t do that to you.
I worked in a chain pet store a year or so ago. Every week we would dose the sump with all different types of chemicals to stop the fish looking sick. (Also ALL of the fish tanks were connected, all the water went to the bottom sump and pumped back out into the “tanks” it was literally just 1 tank) Ph for the fish didn’t matter at all. Another gross thing about it is we had a small room where all the sick animals went, the vets (we had a vets attached in our store) would look at the animals and any that were sick would mostly get euthanised. We even had a bird illness breakout within the whole colony of birds and my boss full on told me to tell the customers they had a “cold”. I only worked there for 9 months I couldn’t do it anymore it was the saddest shit I have ever experienced. Edit: we even had 2 snakes go missing! They were never found. Mice and rodents were constantly in the back room dying from some disease and every pet there was infected with something or constantly going into the back room, getting loaded up on steroids and sent back on to the floor until sold.
Most of the fish at my local petsmart are ill. I bought guppies from them and they brought in my first illness that I still don't know what it was and it took out about 60% of my guppies. On the other hand, their plecos and corydoras are actually very healthy. I bought over a dozen corys about 4 months ago and all are still alive. My new plecos from them are beautiful and healthy too.
I have a question... My one female guppy gave birth to a bunch of fry which I separated into their own tank. But, she had white stringy poop/worms and died. Should I be assuming that the fry will have worms and treat them? If so, with what? I wish that you were local...I bought five female guppies from Petco and they all died within 5 days. I currently have a pregnant female guppy giving birth in a quarantine tank that I was about to treat with expel P In case they have red worms like the five guppies that died from a different batch. This pregnant guppy that is giving birth currently was treated with para cleanse and did have white worms coming out of her. As soon as the fry are born I will move them in with the other fry. The other fry are maybe 10 days old? Is it okay to put them together?
Do you have any videos discussing fish health? It would have been super helpful if you pointed out exactly what was wrong with these fish. To a newbie with an untrained eye it's difficult for me to see what's wrong unless it is something super glaring. Unfortunately I don't live around anywhere with many stores so I need tips on making sure I'm buying healthy stock
Thankfully, my petsmart has good fish area because the guy that works there is in the fish hobby and actually cares. He is always monitoring the fish area so I guess I'm lucky for that
I had goldfish from my local PetSmart and they never survived. I get my fish from my local fish store and they live their life span out with me. The only fish they seen to survive from Petsmart for me was the betta fish I use to keep.
my petco fish died, but the pet supplies plus ones are still kicking and made it to the main tank. they also sell thier plants $5 and already growing in the tank! i miss the local mom and pop pet stores, they cared for the pets that kept them in business
I buy from some of these places because it’s cheap and we’re I live shipping isn’t always that easy but I also medicate and quarantine them for a month so it’s more work in the long run
im from scotland and we have "pets at home" (exactly the same thing) and they keep 10+ bettas in the same tank, hillstream loaches with zero added oxygen and because of that they die within a week and turn white and again all their tanks are connected so one sick tank means they're all sick. years ago when pets at home was the only "aquarium store" i could buy from i really struggled to keep their fish alive. i wouldnt surprise me if pets at home and pet co and petsmart were ran by the same person/company
I need help, I’ve bought a couple fish for my small 10 gallon, it was all going good at first then out of no where maybe a week in my pleco and Molly died then there is tons of ich in my tank and now two mollys have Popeye am I doing something wrong??
Thanks Michael. Another great video. Presently nursing 5 peppered Cory cats purchased 6 days ago from Petsmart. Particularly nasty pop eye developed second day in quarantine with Paraguard. Responding to Kanaplex but lost two right off the bat. Salesperson cheerfully told me not to worry. To bring back any dead fish within 14 days and they will replace them. I don't think so. Last time buying fish from Petsmart.
Michael it is good that fish lovers shame pet shops because if big enough ripples are created something might get done to improve conditions . Pity the love of animals is not incentive enough to have them well cared for.
Biggest mistake I made as a young girl was purchasing my fish from Walmart. The guppies just kept having ich. The only fish that did good that I got there were the oscars but they’ve got some thick slime coating. Think think that was the only part of their biology that saved them.
So I am completely beginner and I am planning to get a betta at pet smart. I set up the aquarium and everything but do you think I should get a betta at a different “fish” (I don’t know what a store that sells fish is called) store?
At my local pet smart, the people that work there love the fish, many of them are in the aquarium hobby, I'm friends with one if the workers, joy, she gives me the baby fish that are born of their guppies and such, theyre so little they would get sucked into the filter, she gives many of them to me as she trusts I will take good care if them, they have a sick fish area, with betta cups of medicated water for the fish they find that get sick, but few fish get put in there because they maintain the water well, the only thing that sucks is the care if the bettas, but they tend to be abused everywhere, they try their best, and do water changes on the cups every other day.
I started this hobby because of a tank my neighbor gave me which only had guppies I did my research and now they had about 20 fry and they are both females I didnt want them to be lonely so I got some fish at Petco and 2 out of the 3 fish died idk if it was my fault or not I'm very young and I dont consider myself a hobbyist I'm just a kid who's tryna take care of some fish and your videos help me a lot💯
Petsmart in my town has velvet disease in all its tanks and won't treat them and change them out even though they know and are very aware.so i never buy live fish from there since my first mistake buying one when i first started keeping fish
All Petsmart fish are sick because they use connected filtration and they don't pay any attention to the tanks so they just pump problems around. I just recently rescued some sick fish at my local Petsmart. An Angel fish with velvet pretty bad. (happy to report he has recovered and is doing well) 5 guppies and a clown pleco that all had pretty advanced ick. (sad to say they all were just too far along and stressed to make it) I detest that place but I always try to buy a few sick fish to try and save them from the flush. Win some, lose some but it's sad the hurt they put on small fish stores around here. They took out our local store that was a decades old fixture in this town. They also put fish directly from the bag to the floor untreated. Either it's a blind risk on Thursday or like picking over a grave site on Wednesday. I don't have any experience with the fish from other Petsmart stores just the one in Lakewood NY.
There doesn't have to be a law about not filming in their store, she said it's in the stores policy. And the fact that you raised the camera to her face as she's telling you not to film her is super disrespectful. With that being said, this video still helped me. Thank you.
I bought fish from PetSmart and had a good experience. I added fish from local fish shop, and they were sick and wiped out most of the tank, the only survivors being one angelfish and five Corydoras I got from PetSmart, and one adult Corydoras I got from the lfs. I did not quarantine and that was entirely my fault, but still, the ill fish came from a small local shop. In my personal situation I think the best source of fish is PetSmart for me unfortunately. I live in a very rural area so my options for in-person fish stores/providers are bleak.
Since the store is not public property, they can tell you not to film there, if you do not comply they can remove you. If you do not leave, they can call cops and charge for trespassing.
My petsmart is sold out of tropical fish in 2-3 days no matter what or how many they get. They still have a few cichlids and glofish but tropicals fly out of there and the ppl that they have working there are pretty knowledgeable. I never really pay much attention to the color either because after a diet of quality food their color,size and fins get vibrant and look better than even the best fish rooms.
There's a Pet Supplies Plus by me that has over 100 dead feeder and comet goldfish in their tanks. I just went in for the dollar per gallon sale since Petco wasn't having one. The worst part is that this was about 7-10 days after they were newly installed to the store. That's really sad they don't have a clue.
My petsmart gave my tank Ich! Black skirt tetras came home and I didn’t quarantine them 👎👎👎👎 One week later it was everywhere in the tank. I’ve successfully treated all fish with no losses, none the less I was not happy to get sick fish from Petsmart. Sticking to my local fish store from now on.
Michael's Fish Room I agree quarantine is important but I COMPLETELY disagree that Petsmart didn’t do anything. I’d be scared to buy fish from you if you think selling sick fish is totally okay and it’s the customers fault that the fish is sick when it gets home. BTW Petsmart also wouldn’t let me look at their tanks or the tetras I got until after they bagged them as the whole tank area is taped off do to this Quarantine stuff. So i was not able to check their condition before purchase because of Petsmart’s decision. I agree the majority of responsibility is on me to quarantine the fish at home- BUT Petsmart did do something. They sold sick fish. Enough said, that’s unacceptable in my opinion, I highly doubt they didn’t know the fish were sick. Especially being black skirt tetras it’s should have been EASY for them to spot ich and not sell any fish associated with that water.
Michael's Fish Room I must be mis-understanding you because I cannot fathom someone defending a pet store selling any type of sick pet and blaming the customer for it when they notice it’s sick a few days after taking it home? Uhm?
My local Petsmart is crap! Sick fish in every tank, all the tanks are empty bare bottom, I can't even go in that section any more it kills me! And that's all we have except a petco and they aren't much better!
Lucked out at Petsmart once, brought guppies from SeaCrest Farms straight from the shipping bags. Large, plump, colorful mutts. They have been happily prolific in my tanks and pond for many months. Had to argue them into selling them as company policy said no sales for a day after ship in. Think I will try some guppy mutts from you next.
All the corporate stores buy from the same massive fish farms. These fish farms have to raise these (inbred) fish in a soup of antibiotics, antifungals and Growth Hormones in order to speed the 'time to market'. So these fish are grown in a chemical bath and artificially 'sped up' biologically - and everyone wonders why they are susceptible to every disease as well as living very short lifespans compared to organically grown fish. Then they drop them in tanks that are all on the same filter system so diseases and parasites are shared between all of the tanks. Stop buying Corporate- for your fish and yourself. And for the hobby.
I bought my betta from petsmart and my Pleco from Walmart. My betta was so healthy and doing great, but then I introduced a Pleco into his tank and now he has developed a severe case of fin rot. I regret getting that Pleco so bad because my betta peter isn’t doing really good and I’m thinking he’s going to die soon. He used to be so active and now he just sleeps, and when he does move he freaks out whenever he touches something. I’m using bettafix to try and solve it. If anyone has any tips for me please help.
I know, our petsmart most of the tanks are empty, no more sales, and all the fish are the same common species, the only fish i would recommend are the Roseline Barbs
Lately I've been getting fish from a large independent pet store in a neighboring county. … Whenever they get sick fish they treat the entire tank and won't sell any fish from that tank until the outbreak subsides. … It seems a lot more effective than the PetSmart method of removing visibly sick fish to a hospital tank.
Is it publicly marked in the front of the store that you can't film? Normally, state laws require it be marked in the front of the store but not sure in NJ.
Have had 3 white cloud mountain minnows for a couple years...no problems. Recently bought 2 baby white clouds, 2 male guppies, 3 female guppies from Pets martial. Within 2 days of purchase; 1 of my white clouds was dead, 1 new baby white cloud was dead, 1female guppy was dead, both male guppies were dead. Never had that happen in more than 40 years of keeping fish. We used to have a family-owned/run pet store that I always shopped at. Wonderful quality, awesome fish selection, great employees. Chain pet stores put them out of business. Been a crap shoot ever since.
So glad you brought up that ALL their tanks are on the same water system. So many people don't know this. Where is my Chewy fix? Need it, gots to have it. Show me some Chewy.
They have UV sterilizers in the back that prevents parasites from one tank getting to the others. Also, the feeder fish have a separate coldwater system. This guy is an idiot.
Well done Michael it's good that you're putting the word out and you handled that perfectly I don't blame you I'm not a lawyer or either I wouldn't have debated the issue with the store lady either I live near a very small town we don't have any pet shops that's kind of ironic I was just telling a friend of mine the other day well we're probably better off that we don't have a big chain store because they're not really known for selling quality fish the only way to obtain quality anything is to buy from a breeder who sells quality stock thanks again though man I like your videos
You have to keep in mind that these fish are young... so that explains the size and theres hundreds of fish they probably just shipped across the country, so of course theres go a be a few dead fish amongst the large amount that looked alive and healthy to me. My local petsmart had 2 large balls of dead fish... now That is unacceptable. They also had a dead fiddler crab in a tank that had obviously been there for a while.
@@MichaelsFishRoom yeah they dont take care of their fish the way you do. I get it. I have a video clip from my local petsmart. My boyfriend saw me recording and walked off lol. There were literal balls of dead fish.. in 2 diff aquariums. The comet goldfish. It upset me. 2 large balls of had to be 50 dead fish in each.
First of all as somebody who has worked in a PetSmart. the Nets are in a solution that keeps them sanitize and makes it where it doesn't hurt the fin of the fish. And there are UV sterilizers going through the water in the back filtration. Plus they isolate there fish that are sick so usually if you have an outbreak is because they came to us like that which PetSmart keeps their fish at the distribution centers for quarantine before they come to the stores so most of the time is illness due to stress. Videos like this really make me upset because you're not helping but if someone just has a PetSmart or Petco to go to. They feel like they're doing something wrong. You should make a video on how to pick a proper fish out because in reality all the fish come from the same place it's just a matter of who's taking care of them in the shops or the big box stores. Most likely why your PetSmart used to be good and now it's not because the good people probably left for better opportunity.
Not all fish come from the same place. Petsmart buys from Seagrest farms, as do many many other retailers. Not all the fish are sick. Also this did you see the pile of dead fish, not to mention at least 10 in tanks, in the system that is so amazing.
Removing sick fish for treatment might be part of the problem. There could be many sick fish in their sales tanks that aren't yet showing symptoms. Then people buy them and bring them home, and a day or two later they're covered in white spots. … I stopped buying fish at my local PetSmart after getting several Black Skirt Tetras and Ancistrus with ick. They all looked good in the store and got sick soon after I got them home.
Pet stores shouldn't be able to sell live animals without some kind of certification. Fish are unhealthy not to mention the reptiles are almost never cared for properly. At a chain store the other day and a Snakes shed is stuck becuase the humidity level is 40 percent below what it should be. How does that happen?! If you are going to care for a animal know and maintain the husbandry requirement.
I have never been a fan of pet smart, out of a handful of them in my region.... also never had much luck getting good dry goods from them... I HAVE bought a LOT of things from local shops, and also gotten ill fish or unwanted hitchhikers from places... Now, I QT everything .... but I still value Petco and their now 50% off sale on tanks(used to be $1/gallon)....as well as their sales on food, supplies, equipment, etc... I have one really good Petco in my area that always has clean tanks, healthy fish, etc... knowledgeable staff.... and I have had great luck so far with their livestock...it is hard to mail order fish where I live as a lot of the year weather is unfavorable for that... I just look over the fish carefully, watch them a while, and look over the other fish carefully in that bank of tanks... it seems that they have theirs separated into sections, every 2 stacks of tanks has 1 sump underneath 1 stack, and 1 pump and such under a second stack.... somewhat helping keep from having the entire store's tanks go out of commission. ....but shared nets and such is still a thing at most any store... Stores are well over an hour from me, but I have also journeyed a full day drive one way, to get to a store before... it was well worth it, and I plan another trip soon to check out a different store...
I have bought a bunch of African cichlids and clown loaches from petsmart and petco and all of them are healthy have a 7 inch blood parrot and clown loaches that I bought from both places that I have had for 4 years and are doing great.
I want to create an ecosystem tank for one or two Roselines otherwise refered to sometimes as shark minnows they do well in a school of at least 4-6 from the research I have done I also want to be able to keep ghost shrimp in the bottom of this tank with plants I don't want to have to use a filter or pump I want a self sustaining tankidk if I could create a eco tank for a Roseline freshwater fish or even Bettas I would kindly love some advice on inch per gallon for the following freshwater breeds Roseline shark the harlequin freshwater Shark the rainbow shark what would you recommend for a small tank size to house just one of any of these sharks specifically were looking for but have not been able to find a vender for the Roseline it survives in templates from 60 to 77 degrees so hopefully I should not need a tank heater for this type of single small shark but if you could let me know if it's possible to build a planted eco self sustaining tank for fresh water sharkminnow type fish and what foods to use to keep it at low waste and eco I would truly appreciate it maybe even do a video about these specific fresh water sharks that don't get to big rather then beta small kids are really into the baby shark and these sharks would make a better pet because as I have researched they live to be at least twenty years old so good pet for children to grow up with due to allergies furry pets are not an option
I've bought alot of my fish from my local petsmart. Since the closest LFS is around an hour away. Thankfully I've only had 1 neon die the day after I got it. My petsmart receives a shipment of fish every Wednesday, so I wait until Saturday or Sunday to go and look at what's left. The weaker ones or the ones that were stressed to the max are gone by that point. With that being said I still quarantine every fish and plant no matter where I've purchased them. I personally dont think the chain stores are that bad. For someone like me it makes the hobby a lot more accessible.
My local 1 is not as bad like I only saw 1 dead fish and it was a very small one and all the fish i got from there were nice and I don’t think the tanks where connected so it must be that one
@@MichaelsFishRoom hey I have a question can u help me with it I have two dwarf gourami 1 male 1 female and the female chases and nips the male what should I do
The problem is there are not a lot of privately owned stores to purchase fish. I have visited several and they seem to lean more towards saltwater and have little to no freshwater. Even then most are quite the hike from where I live. Buying fish online is so expensive due to shipping costs. So it’s a catch 22 to stock a tank.
Michael's Fish Room I’ll keep that in mind. Right now I have a multitude of platy and Molly fry that I would love to rehome. But you can’t even advertise them anywhere, even on my subdivision FB page. Plus they are not yet sexed, a plus concerned about rehoming with them unsexed because of potential inbreeding since all the fry are results of two females and one male of each breed.
Michael's Fish Room I joined a fish club and rehomed my first 4 Lyretail Dalmatian mollies through there but it was a 4 hour turn around due to how far away it is from me. Funny part of it is, the girl that took the fish put them in a quarantine tank. Two months later I asked how they were doing and she showed me a pic of her regular tank and it was very dirty. Why I had to laugh bout the quarantine tank. I change out 10 gallons in the 29 gallon weekly and 5 gallon of the 10 gallon as well. Plus vacuuming and rinsing out filter material, if I don’t change out completely. I have moved male fish to 10 gallon. But mollies, guppies and Platies reproduce like rabbits for many months after separation.
Michael's Fish Room I read someplace it can take a year to show up. Is that true? Although genetically most of what we have of anything now was from inbreeding.
I wish I had known about petsmart before I bought the 2 plecos that caused a massive ich outbreak in both my tanks. While I'm pretty smart about most aspects of fishkeeping, when I bought the plecos, I was fairly new to the hobby....this little fishkeeper is much more educated now.
My local Feeder supplies always has tanks with ich . I'm talking tank after tank after tank . I got some guppies from them and they all died in two days. Guppies in my opinion aren't easy fish to keep at all. At least not the ones you buy from these chain pet stores aren't . They have issues , and these people that work there no nothing about fish . At least most don't .
You can film in places open to the public there is no expectation of privacy in a public place we get videos taken of everyone on the street and in everystore we go in
I shall look elsewhere for fish as there are other pet-store in my local town right. I noticed the silver dollar that I bought from Kelly’s pet is doing well and grown so much over 3 years. Hmmm I’ve never had the same luck when buying from petsmart/petco. Now I’m not comfortable with buying from petsmart/Petco anymore. That’s exactly what private pet store business said regarding how others set up their fish tank (all connected). Sick and injured fish are contaminating with healthy ones due to sharing same water line.
Not all local fish stores are better,but most are. The important thing is to observe the fish not only in the tank you are buying from, but in the whole shop. If the fish store you normally buy from is working for you, I would continue to buy there.
Every location is different. Every situation is different. The problems everyone has with there home aquarium, petsmart will experience all of them multiple times over. Not saying you saw wasnt terrible husbandry, because it was awful, the main problem with petsmart is that they will hire uneducated people and expect them to instantly get it. They are a retail store. Some petsmarts have smart and knowledgeable people that will help just as well as you could. But, that is not the majority unfortunately. The real problem is the distributers. Which everyone that sells fish, unless you are a private breeder, has to go through. Any LFS that you go to gets there fish from the same distributers as petsmart. But, I digress. I personally know the fish keepers that run my local petsmart and they are very knowledgeable on all things freshwater fish. But like i said. The one you went to looks awful. It sucks that yours is that bad. But atleast it aint fucking Walmart. ):
When it comes to Petsmart every location is the same in terms of terrible husbandry. Can you believe this Petsmart was actually one of the better ones? Because it was. Petco are much better than Petdumb.
I'm planning to make mutts from their guppies and form a line from there. It's been a few months, and so far my guppies are healthy and breeding! There weren't many to choose from so they are probably survivors. I don't trust the way they handle fish, because there is always a dead betta. I've had a betta live for 5 years, and survived 600 mile car rides, summer and winter, with 2 cockatiels and a dog. A dead betta in a store is a bad sign to me.
@@MichaelsFishRoom Thank you I have been a Betta Fish Keeper for only 5 years. Have many small Tanks constantly doing water changes and studied Cycling a Tank and watched your video on How to Cycle a Fish in Tank. I was always so confused and I now understand it. Thank you so much. I have read so many things, but you made it so Simple for me to understand. 😂😕🥳
They built a small Petco in our town and it was just nice enough at 1st to put both the other mom and pop pet shops out of business including the fish shop. Now the place is a hot mess and it's feels like they're ruining the hobby. The skinny little guppies, the floating fish, some with deformities. The tanks are all connected, the fish don't seem to be getting treated for illness, just 'under observation' till they die. Their adoption tank is the best because the fish come from other keepers in the community. My guppies look so much better than theirs, even the ones I bought there originally, people actually ask me what kind of fish my females are. I think most people never see these fish fully grown, just used to the anorexic box store fish that die or get sold before they will ever grow up. I breed mutt guppies, on purpose, to make colorful, hearty, rainbow fish. I'm breeding for traits other than color, to make bullet proof fish to get my friends into the hobby. So many people tell me they can't keep a fish alive, the Petco isn't helping matters. People leave the hobby as quickly as they got into it, the pet store doesn't need to change it's practices because they are making most their money from cat and dog supplies. I aim to change all that. Will direct people your way to order your guppies when they are established fishkeepers so they can enjoy the purebreds too.
The conditions are pretty gross it looks like the store is barely managed. My petsmart is actual the only local fish store with healthy fish actually within an hours drive of me here in southern Ontario. The manager is great, medicates the tanks and constantly changing water(apparently twice a day). The water system is actual split into 3 sections as there are only three very small walls and a small selection of fish albeit very healthy. Keep in mind the store still does add fish directly to the tanks and will even dump full imports into the tanks and start selling them right away. Still the most pristine conditions within an hours drive far better than the local big al's. Last three visits I walked in and couldn't find a single healthy fish I was interested in.... and there was tons lol. Certainly they don't feed the tanks at all was a great store when I was a kid.
My petsmart actually takes good care of the fish, they make sure you have the correct tank for the fish your buying, I buy most of my stuff from them and the fish are healthy, it's rare to see a dead fish besides the feeder fish
Thanks for the video! I know that’s store you recorded is not the best but the PetSmart by I live is 5 times more horrible... water look very foggy, the tanks have mold, fish looking sick and prices are so high 🤦🏻♂️ so much I have to say but I will never end. Hope PetSmart companies try to evolve and create something productive in the fish department. They just care 1 money 2 money 3 money not about the concert of the pets in their companies.
Wow those fish looked terrible! Don’t know why I’m surprised though. Wonder why that lady was so upset??? Lol seems as if she was maybe embarrassed about something... haha Great video Michael, gave me a nice Sunday afternoon smile🤙🏻
The sad part is places like this just perpetuate the problem. People buy sick fish here and all their fish die at home and they abandon the whole hobby and move on to the next animal. It just hurts us all.
Yup....or keep buying fish and dry good trying to fix the issue when the issue is where they are buying the fish!
It is commonly confused that PETCO abuses the animals but they aren't. The people who are selling them to PETCO are the abusers. Not the other way around
If you say so.
But it puts tons of used tanks for cheap on the market. On a side note even though this is factual it was meant as a joke.
Jadren Aquatics couldn’t agree more
I find it truly depends on the location. The one I work in we try and keep as great as we can and most of the team I work with have their own fish and want people to be successful in owning fish and other animals.we all have our own pets and want them to go to a safe home. But then I worked at the other store access town because someone called in sick and it was a nightmare. It was one of her horror pet shops people talk about. None of the staff there was educated or willing to learn and it was extremely irritating. Meanwhile our staff is using some of our personal money to buy fresh veggies for the animals because we fall in love with them while they are there. It depends on the location and motivation of employees.
Also as an employee thank you for not yelling at that person. They probably were just told they had to tell you to leave and it's always great when people don't yell at you for what you can't control ❤
Yeah, I have seen better and worse in my days. Thanks for doing what you do!
I've never understood why fish stores, big box or LFS, don't have as an employee task an hourly "tank walk," looking for and removing dead fish.
Right?
They do.
That doesn’t mean they actually do it.
Anthony Ragan simple... the fish are not they’re first priority unfortunately
Money is. Fish are just a reason for people to walk in.
I’m so glad you made this video, even though it’s been 2-years since posted.
All the local Pet Smarts near me have gone to utter crap. They were always pretty bad, but I think they’ve worsen.
I made the mistake of impulse buying from them 4 days ago. Instead of going to a proper LFS. I went to two locations, and both locations, plenty of dead fish in various tanks.
Like an idiot, I still decided to buy.
So far, already 1 Corydora died on me, another one has a missing eye and clearly is going to die, and a guppy that seemed fine (I went to a different PS location, just a tad further) also dead fish.
I keep blaming myself, and think I’m the problem and it’s me, but I tested, 0 ammonia and nitrite and prior the tank was running 9-months.
I really feel like it’s them, and it’s just hard to keep their fish alive at this point, even going to 2 locations was useless.
So you didn’t even quarantine? That’s trouble.
@@MichaelsFishRoom I didn’t mind skipping quarantine, because this tank is an empty one there was no fish in it after my betta died. I have plans on taking it down in a couple months anyways, and it was only going to be Petsmart fish amongst Petsmart fish.
For my 33-gallon long, once I get that set up, all the fish will be quarantined and probably bought from a more quality LFS vs a crappy chain.
Petco and pet smart turned me off the hoppy years ago with ich, what a mess that was, now got a few shrimp tanks and a few big fish tanks, order online and don’t give up, it may cost a bit online but your getting good quality and not gonna waste money on meds and days of water changes. Get some guppy’s very easy and look great in groups!
Just went to Petsmart the other day and saw lots of their feeder goldfish dead floating on top of the tank which proves that they’ve been dead for a while and were just left there for display. It’s a nightmare 😱
Yeah, for sure.
I used to have a video bashing their fish and their filters but TH-cam took it down after it gained tons of views over a year 🙈 hopefully they don’t do that to you.
I guess we will see.
Petsmart probably reported you for slander or some other baby-whiny something like that for hurting their feelings!
Still up!
Nope, it's still up! Jo Michael, did you go back there to look at the fish again?
Wouldnt higher ups want you to film to make sure there stores are up to standard
I worked in a chain pet store a year or so ago. Every week we would dose the sump with all different types of chemicals to stop the fish looking sick. (Also ALL of the fish tanks were connected, all the water went to the bottom sump and pumped back out into the “tanks” it was literally just 1 tank) Ph for the fish didn’t matter at all. Another gross thing about it is we had a small room where all the sick animals went, the vets (we had a vets attached in our store) would look at the animals and any that were sick would mostly get euthanised. We even had a bird illness breakout within the whole colony of birds and my boss full on told me to tell the customers they had a “cold”. I only worked there for 9 months I couldn’t do it anymore it was the saddest shit I have ever experienced.
Edit: we even had 2 snakes go missing! They were never found. Mice and rodents were constantly in the back room dying from some disease and every pet there was infected with something or constantly going into the back room, getting loaded up on steroids and sent back on to the floor until sold.
In wouldn’t have lasted a week their!
Most of the fish at my local petsmart are ill. I bought guppies from them and they brought in my first illness that I still don't know what it was and it took out about 60% of my guppies. On the other hand, their plecos and corydoras are actually very healthy. I bought over a dozen corys about 4 months ago and all are still alive. My new plecos from them are beautiful and healthy too.
Sorry about the gupps, great to hear about the Cory’s!
I have a question... My one female guppy gave birth to a bunch of fry which I separated into their own tank. But, she had white stringy poop/worms and died. Should I be assuming that the fry will have worms and treat them? If so, with what? I wish that you were local...I bought five female guppies from Petco and they all died within 5 days. I currently have a pregnant female guppy giving birth in a quarantine tank that I was about to treat with expel P In case they have red worms like the five guppies that died from a different batch. This pregnant guppy that is giving birth currently was treated with para cleanse and did have white worms coming out of her. As soon as the fry are born I will move them in with the other fry. The other fry are maybe 10 days old? Is it okay to put them together?
I ship. www.michaelsfishroom.com
Mike I broke my phone and you owe me a new iPhone 13 max pro !!!! Legend says mike is still coughing !!!
I’m fine!
Do you have any videos discussing fish health? It would have been super helpful if you pointed out exactly what was wrong with these fish. To a newbie with an untrained eye it's difficult for me to see what's wrong unless it is something super glaring. Unfortunately I don't live around anywhere with many stores so I need tips on making sure I'm buying healthy stock
Specifically no, but I have some videos on other issues.
Thankfully, my petsmart has good fish area because the guy that works there is in the fish hobby and actually cares. He is always monitoring the fish area so I guess I'm lucky for that
Sure are!
At my PetSmart they take very good care of of their fish and I will continue buying them there.
That’s awesome!
Where did you go did you go to mission Viejo or Lake Forest
Sicklerville
That was so funny when you said you would have to throat punch them! OMG made my day! 🤣
LOL
I’ve had zero issues with my fish from petsmart in my area. I buy from petsmart and couple local stores. Had worse luck with the local stores.
I had goldfish from my local PetSmart and they never survived. I get my fish from my local fish store and they live their life span out with me. The only fish they seen to survive from Petsmart for me was the betta fish I use to keep.
That is why you should ALWAYS quarantine fish no matter where you buy them
Exactly!
How long should you quarantine fish ? Two weeks?
@@MichaelsFishRoom What is the process of quarantining a fish? I am a new fish owner. Thank you.
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@@MichaelsFishRoom even from michaels fish room
my petco fish died, but the pet supplies plus ones are still kicking and made it to the main tank. they also sell thier plants $5 and already growing in the tank! i miss the local mom and pop pet stores, they cared for the pets that kept them in business
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I buy from some of these places because it’s cheap and we’re I live shipping isn’t always that easy but I also medicate and quarantine them for a month so it’s more work in the long run
Where do you live that shipping is an issue?
im from scotland and we have "pets at home" (exactly the same thing) and they keep 10+ bettas in the same tank, hillstream loaches with zero added oxygen and because of that they die within a week and turn white and again all their tanks are connected so one sick tank means they're all sick. years ago when pets at home was the only "aquarium store" i could buy from i really struggled to keep their fish alive. i wouldnt surprise me if pets at home and pet co and petsmart were ran by the same person/company
That wouldn't surprise me.
I need help, I’ve bought a couple fish for my small 10 gallon, it was all going good at first then out of no where maybe a week in my pleco and Molly died then there is tons of ich in my tank and now two mollys have Popeye am I doing something wrong??
Clearly. Did you quarantine? Did you cycle your tank?
Thanks Michael. Another great video. Presently nursing 5 peppered Cory cats purchased 6 days ago from Petsmart. Particularly nasty pop eye developed second day in quarantine with Paraguard. Responding to Kanaplex but lost two right off the bat. Salesperson cheerfully told me not to worry. To bring back any dead fish within 14 days and they will replace them. I don't think so. Last time buying fish from Petsmart.
Sorry for your loss. Hopefully you didn't buy the meds at Petsmart!
i always go on the day they get their shipment in, plus luckily the person they have over the fish area now seem very knowledgeable.
That's great!
lmao!!! " ok folks have a great weekend! wait why would you have a great weekend, you just had a weekend!"
LOL
If they had nothing to hide, they should love it if you put their store on your u-tube channel. Hum, not so much. lol
Exactly
Michael it is good that fish lovers shame pet shops because if big enough ripples are created something might get done to improve conditions . Pity the love of animals is not incentive enough to have them well cared for.
Exactly!
Is this petsmart in Shreveport if not I swear it’s the exact same build
Nope, it is in NJ. I bet a lot of them are the same.
Biggest mistake I made as a young girl was purchasing my fish from Walmart. The guppies just kept having ich. The only fish that did good that I got there were the oscars but they’ve got some thick slime coating. Think think that was the only part of their biology that saved them.
At least you learned. Some people don't. LOL
So I am completely beginner and I am planning to get a betta at pet smart. I set up the aquarium and everything but do you think I should get a betta at a different “fish” (I don’t know what a store that sells fish is called) store?
Up to you. Do you know what the nitrogen cycle?
Michael's Fish Room no I don’t actually.
At my local pet smart, the people that work there love the fish, many of them are in the aquarium hobby, I'm friends with one if the workers, joy, she gives me the baby fish that are born of their guppies and such, theyre so little they would get sucked into the filter, she gives many of them to me as she trusts I will take good care if them, they have a sick fish area, with betta cups of medicated water for the fish they find that get sick, but few fish get put in there because they maintain the water well, the only thing that sucks is the care if the bettas, but they tend to be abused everywhere, they try their best, and do water changes on the cups every other day.
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Hello Michael, Do the mutt fish reproduce?
of course
I started this hobby because of a tank my neighbor gave me which only had guppies I did my research and now they had about 20 fry and they are both females I didnt want them to be lonely so I got some fish at Petco and 2 out of the 3 fish died idk if it was my fault or not I'm very young and I dont consider myself a hobbyist I'm just a kid who's tryna take care of some fish and your videos help me a lot💯
Sorry for loss. It sounds like you are doing everything right.
Petsmart in my town has velvet disease in all its tanks and won't treat them and change them out even though they know and are very aware.so i never buy live fish from there since my first mistake buying one when i first started keeping fish
Unfortunately we all learn the hard way.
Yep. I got a betta 1 year ago. Kept getting sick. This last time he didn't recover. Died 4 days ago. It was always something..
If you had it a year, it was fine.
All Petsmart fish are sick because they use connected filtration and they don't pay any attention to the tanks so they just pump problems around. I just recently rescued some sick fish at my local Petsmart. An Angel fish with velvet pretty bad. (happy to report he has recovered and is doing well) 5 guppies and a clown pleco that all had pretty advanced ick. (sad to say they all were just too far along and stressed to make it) I detest that place but I always try to buy a few sick fish to try and save them from the flush. Win some, lose some but it's sad the hurt they put on small fish stores around here. They took out our local store that was a decades old fixture in this town. They also put fish directly from the bag to the floor untreated. Either it's a blind risk on Thursday or like picking over a grave site on Wednesday. I don't have any experience with the fish from other Petsmart stores just the one in Lakewood NY.
Yeah, inexperienced staff and bad stock don't mix well. I am sure there are some "good" petsmarts, but not many!
I subscribed a week ago and now i cant stop watching ur vids!!!
Yeah....that happens! 😎
There doesn't have to be a law about not filming in their store, she said it's in the stores policy. And the fact that you raised the camera to her face as she's telling you not to film her is super disrespectful. With that being said, this video still helped me. Thank you.
Lol...you’re welcome.
I buy a lot of my fish from petsmart, ive had a red devil and a jack for almost 8 years from them. Not all are bad
Right, I never said they all are bad.
I bought fish from PetSmart and had a good experience. I added fish from local fish shop, and they were sick and wiped out most of the tank, the only survivors being one angelfish and five Corydoras I got from PetSmart, and one adult Corydoras I got from the lfs. I did not quarantine and that was entirely my fault, but still, the ill fish came from a small local shop. In my personal situation I think the best source of fish is PetSmart for me unfortunately. I live in a very rural area so my options for in-person fish stores/providers are bleak.
Cool
Since the store is not public property, they can tell you not to film there, if you do not comply they can remove you. If you do not leave, they can call cops and charge for trespassing.
Thanks Capt.
Is this in Everett MA by chance
Nope, Sicklerville, NJ
My petsmart is sold out of tropical fish in 2-3 days no matter what or how many they get. They still have a few cichlids and glofish but tropicals fly out of there and the ppl that they have working there are pretty knowledgeable. I never really pay much attention to the color either because after a diet of quality food their color,size and fins get vibrant and look better than even the best fish rooms.
Nice!
There's a Pet Supplies Plus by me that has over 100 dead feeder and comet goldfish in their tanks. I just went in for the dollar per gallon sale since Petco wasn't having one. The worst part is that this was about 7-10 days after they were newly installed to the store. That's really sad they don't have a clue.
ugh
My petsmart gave my tank Ich! Black skirt tetras came home and I didn’t quarantine them 👎👎👎👎 One week later it was everywhere in the tank. I’ve successfully treated all fish with no losses, none the less I was not happy to get sick fish from Petsmart. Sticking to my local fish store from now on.
Good job on treating, but Petsmart didn't do anything. YOU did not QT, that's on you.
Michael's Fish Room I agree quarantine is important but I COMPLETELY disagree that Petsmart didn’t do anything. I’d be scared to buy fish from you if you think selling sick fish is totally okay and it’s the customers fault that the fish is sick when it gets home. BTW Petsmart also wouldn’t let me look at their tanks or the tetras I got until after they bagged them as the whole tank area is taped off do to this Quarantine stuff. So i was not able to check their condition before purchase because of Petsmart’s decision. I agree the majority of responsibility is on me to quarantine the fish at home- BUT Petsmart did do something. They sold sick fish. Enough said, that’s unacceptable in my opinion, I highly doubt they didn’t know the fish were sick. Especially being black skirt tetras it’s should have been EASY for them to spot ich and not sell any fish associated with that water.
Michael's Fish Room I must be mis-understanding you because I cannot fathom someone defending a pet store selling any type of sick pet and blaming the customer for it when they notice it’s sick a few days after taking it home? Uhm?
I’m not saying thy are not equally to blame.
My local Petsmart is crap! Sick fish in every tank, all the tanks are empty bare bottom, I can't even go in that section any more it kills me! And that's all we have except a petco and they aren't much better!
Mine used to be better...now it is a death zone!
I was wondering if your guppies will survive in a tank without crushed coral?
Depends how hard your water is.
Thanks for the info!
How do you know if there sick one of mine keeps staying at the very bottom and looks like hes laying down but his gills are still moving
When you are sick, do you still breathe?
@@MichaelsFishRoom yes
@@daniellearizmendi7499 Then most likely sick. Need more information to help though.
careful of the store music playing, you can get a strike/mute
Yeah...I’m waiting for it. Thanks for bringing it up here....lol
And, upon seeing the tanks...they look SO much cleaner and brighter than the petsmart I just went to a few days ago. Sad.
They look clean, yes.,
Lucked out at Petsmart once, brought guppies from SeaCrest Farms straight from the shipping bags. Large, plump, colorful mutts. They have been happily prolific in my tanks and pond for many months. Had to argue them into selling them as company policy said no sales for a day after ship in. Think I will try some guppy mutts from you next.
Last day for "ThankYou10" promo code.....just saying! LOL
That’s terrible- my local Petsmart takes amazing care of their fish and all of the bettas are healthy and I haven’t found one sick or dead fish yet
That’s awesome. Unfortunately not the norm.
In my country all the petstores/aquariums are like this... So sad...
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All the corporate stores buy from the same massive fish farms. These fish farms have to raise these (inbred) fish in a soup of antibiotics, antifungals and Growth Hormones in order to speed the 'time to market'. So these fish are grown in a chemical bath and artificially 'sped up' biologically - and everyone wonders why they are susceptible to every disease as well as living very short lifespans compared to organically grown fish. Then they drop them in tanks that are all on the same filter system so diseases and parasites are shared between all of the tanks.
Stop buying Corporate- for your fish and yourself. And for the hobby.
That's right! Buy from www.michaelsfishroom.com
@@MichaelsFishRoom LOL No self-promotion there, eh, Mike! LOL :-)
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@@MichaelsFishRoom LOL :-D
I bought my betta from petsmart and my Pleco from Walmart. My betta was so healthy and doing great, but then I introduced a Pleco into his tank and now he has developed a severe case of fin rot. I regret getting that Pleco so bad because my betta peter isn’t doing really good and I’m thinking he’s going to die soon. He used to be so active and now he just sleeps, and when he does move he freaks out whenever he touches something. I’m using bettafix to try and solve it. If anyone has any tips for me please help.
🤦🏻♂️what size tank? What kind of pleco? The best thing for fin rot is clean water. Maybe add some EM Erythromycin to prevent infection.
I know, our petsmart most of the tanks are empty, no more sales, and all the fish are the same common species, the only fish i would recommend are the Roseline Barbs
Lately I've been getting fish from a large independent pet store in a neighboring county. … Whenever they get sick fish they treat the entire tank and won't sell any fish from that tank until the outbreak subsides. … It seems a lot more effective than the PetSmart method of removing visibly sick fish to a hospital tank.
Right because once one fish is infected, most likely the rest of the fish are infected.
Is it publicly marked in the front of the store that you can't film? Normally, state laws require it be marked in the front of the store but not sure in NJ.
I didn't argue this time....LOL
Employee was just a 🐑. Baaaaaaaaa rarely does an employee have their own mind and not give a damn.
Is this the petsmart in Delaware?
Nope. NJ.
Have had 3 white cloud mountain minnows for a couple years...no problems. Recently bought 2 baby white clouds, 2 male guppies, 3 female guppies from Pets martial. Within 2 days of purchase; 1 of my white clouds was dead, 1 new baby white cloud was dead, 1female guppy was dead, both male guppies were dead. Never had that happen in more than 40 years of keeping fish. We used to have a family-owned/run pet store that I always shopped at. Wonderful quality, awesome fish selection, great employees. Chain pet stores put them out of business. Been a crap shoot ever since.
Petsmart not pet martial. Ignorant autocorrect.
LOL....glad you corrected it for me.
Yeah, the big box stores are hurting the hobby for sure.
So glad you brought up that ALL their tanks are on the same water system. So many people don't know this. Where is my Chewy fix? Need it, gots to have it. Show me some Chewy.
If only I could post pics here
They have UV sterilizers in the back that prevents parasites from one tank getting to the others. Also, the feeder fish have a separate coldwater system. This guy is an idiot.
If you believe what you wrote, you are the idiot.
Amen to that!
Yup
Well done Michael it's good that you're putting the word out and you handled that perfectly I don't blame you I'm not a lawyer or either I wouldn't have debated the issue with the store lady either I live near a very small town we don't have any pet shops that's kind of ironic I was just telling a friend of mine the other day well we're probably better off that we don't have a big chain store because they're not really known for selling quality fish the only way to obtain quality anything is to buy from a breeder who sells quality stock thanks again though man I like your videos
Thanks for watching!
You have to keep in mind that these fish are young... so that explains the size and theres hundreds of fish they probably just shipped across the country, so of course theres go a be a few dead fish amongst the large amount that looked alive and healthy to me. My local petsmart had 2 large balls of dead fish... now That is unacceptable. They also had a dead fiddler crab in a tank that had obviously been there for a while.
I get fish orders all the time and ship fish every week, I usually don't have DOA's. This to me was very bad.
@@MichaelsFishRoom yeah they dont take care of their fish the way you do. I get it. I have a video clip from my local petsmart. My boyfriend saw me recording and walked off lol. There were literal balls of dead fish.. in 2 diff aquariums. The comet goldfish. It upset me. 2 large balls of had to be 50 dead fish in each.
First of all as somebody who has worked in a PetSmart. the Nets are in a solution that keeps them sanitize and makes it where it doesn't hurt the fin of the fish. And there are UV sterilizers going through the water in the back filtration. Plus they isolate there fish that are sick so usually if you have an outbreak is because they came to us like that which PetSmart keeps their fish at the distribution centers for quarantine before they come to the stores so most of the time is illness due to stress. Videos like this really make me upset because you're not helping but if someone just has a PetSmart or Petco to go to. They feel like they're doing something wrong. You should make a video on how to pick a proper fish out because in reality all the fish come from the same place it's just a matter of who's taking care of them in the shops or the big box stores. Most likely why your PetSmart used to be good and now it's not because the good people probably left for better opportunity.
Not all fish come from the same place. Petsmart buys from Seagrest farms, as do many many other retailers. Not all the fish are sick. Also this did you see the pile of dead fish, not to mention at least 10 in tanks, in the system that is so amazing.
Removing sick fish for treatment might be part of the problem. There could be many sick fish in their sales tanks that aren't yet showing symptoms. Then people buy them and bring them home, and a day or two later they're covered in white spots. … I stopped buying fish at my local PetSmart after getting several Black Skirt Tetras and Ancistrus with ick. They all looked good in the store and got sick soon after I got them home.
This can happen anywhere....but I think the point is, they don't treat the tank, they treat individual fish.
Pet stores shouldn't be able to sell live animals without some kind of certification. Fish are unhealthy not to mention the reptiles are almost never cared for properly. At a chain store the other day and a Snakes shed is stuck becuase the humidity level is 40 percent below what it should be. How does that happen?! If you are going to care for a animal know and maintain the husbandry requirement.
Shouldn’t?
I have never been a fan of pet smart, out of a handful of them in my region.... also never had much luck getting good dry goods from them...
I HAVE bought a LOT of things from local shops, and also gotten ill fish or unwanted hitchhikers from places...
Now, I QT everything .... but I still value Petco and their now 50% off sale on tanks(used to be $1/gallon)....as well as their sales on food, supplies, equipment, etc... I have one really good Petco in my area that always has clean tanks, healthy fish, etc... knowledgeable staff.... and I have had great luck so far with their livestock...it is hard to mail order fish where I live as a lot of the year weather is unfavorable for that...
I just look over the fish carefully, watch them a while, and look over the other fish carefully in that bank of tanks... it seems that they have theirs separated into sections, every 2 stacks of tanks has 1 sump underneath 1 stack, and 1 pump and such under a second stack.... somewhat helping keep from having the entire store's tanks go out of commission. ....but shared nets and such is still a thing at most any store...
Stores are well over an hour from me, but I have also journeyed a full day drive one way, to get to a store before... it was well worth it, and I plan another trip soon to check out a different store...
Gotta QT everything, even from trusted sources!
My fish from pet smart has been alive for 5+ years it just depends on how you take care of them
It actually depend on how the store takes care of them if they are sick at the store.
I have bought a bunch of African cichlids and clown loaches from petsmart and petco and all of them are healthy have a 7 inch blood parrot and clown loaches that I bought from both places that I have had for 4 years and are doing great.
Awesome
I know this is an old video but Most Pet Supplies Plus fish sections are horrible with death and illnesses too
I'm glad I saw this video because I'm getting back into fish and I was 4 for 20 on fish from there though it was me!
Most likely not you
I want to create an ecosystem tank for one or two Roselines otherwise refered to sometimes as shark minnows they do well in a school of at least 4-6 from the research I have done I also want to be able to keep ghost shrimp in the bottom of this tank with plants I don't want to have to use a filter or pump I want a self sustaining tankidk if I could create a eco tank for a Roseline freshwater fish or even Bettas I would kindly love some advice on inch per gallon for the following freshwater breeds Roseline shark the harlequin freshwater Shark the rainbow shark what would you recommend for a small tank size to house just one of any of these sharks specifically were looking for but have not been able to find a vender for the Roseline it survives in templates from 60 to 77 degrees so hopefully I should not need a tank heater for this type of single small shark but if you could let me know if it's possible to build a planted eco self sustaining tank for fresh water sharkminnow type fish and what foods to use to keep it at low waste and eco I would truly appreciate it maybe even do a video about these specific fresh water sharks that don't get to big rather then beta small kids are really into the baby shark and these sharks would make a better pet because as I have researched they live to be at least twenty years old so good pet for children to grow up with due to allergies furry pets are not an option
Sorry, I don't know anything about roselines.
Hi Mike how can I order fish from you! I live in New York City USA!
Easy, just go to my website, www.michaelsfishroom.com!
I've bought alot of my fish from my local petsmart. Since the closest LFS is around an hour away. Thankfully I've only had 1 neon die the day after I got it. My petsmart receives a shipment of fish every Wednesday, so I wait until Saturday or Sunday to go and look at what's left. The weaker ones or the ones that were stressed to the max are gone by that point. With that being said I still quarantine every fish and plant no matter where I've purchased them. I personally dont think the chain stores are that bad. For someone like me it makes the hobby a lot more accessible.
Not a bad plan.....My Petsmart used to be very good...this was horrible!
I recently purchased a couple male guppies from petsmart they were both dead in 48 hrs.Thank god i quarantined them.
You should have bought guppies from me!
My local 1 is not as bad like I only saw 1 dead fish and it was a very small one and all the fish i got from there were nice and I don’t think the tanks where connected so it must be that one
Maybe
@@MichaelsFishRoom hey I have a question can u help me with it I have two dwarf gourami 1 male 1 female and the female chases and nips the male what should I do
My blue eagle male guppy from petsmart just died after a week of getting him.
Sorry
The problem is there are not a lot of privately owned stores to purchase fish. I have visited several and they seem to lean more towards saltwater and have little to no freshwater. Even then most are quite the hike from where I live. Buying fish online is so expensive due to shipping costs. So it’s a catch 22 to stock a tank.
If you are in the US, there are plenty of options for mail order....including me!
Michael's Fish Room I’ll keep that in mind. Right now I have a multitude of platy and Molly fry that I would love to rehome. But you can’t even advertise them anywhere, even on my subdivision FB page. Plus they are not yet sexed, a plus concerned about rehoming with them unsexed because of potential inbreeding since all the fry are results of two females and one male of each breed.
Michael's Fish Room I joined a fish club and rehomed my first 4 Lyretail Dalmatian mollies through there but it was a 4 hour turn around due to how far away it is from me. Funny part of it is, the girl that took the fish put them in a quarantine tank. Two months later I asked how they were doing and she showed me a pic of her regular tank and it was very dirty. Why I had to laugh bout the quarantine tank. I change out 10 gallons in the 29 gallon weekly and 5 gallon of the 10 gallon as well. Plus vacuuming and rinsing out filter material, if I don’t change out completely. I have moved male fish to 10 gallon. But mollies, guppies and Platies reproduce like rabbits for many months after separation.
Inbreeding is not really an issue for a while at least.
Michael's Fish Room I read someplace it can take a year to show up. Is that true? Although genetically most of what we have of anything now was from inbreeding.
I wish I had known about petsmart before I bought the 2 plecos that caused a massive ich outbreak in both my tanks. While I'm pretty smart about most aspects of fishkeeping, when I bought the plecos, I was fairly new to the hobby....this little fishkeeper is much more educated now.
You live and you learn! As long as you learn it is OK!
My local Feeder supplies always has tanks with ich . I'm talking tank after tank after tank . I got some guppies from them and they all died in two days. Guppies in my opinion aren't easy fish to keep at all. At least not the ones you buy from these chain pet stores aren't . They have issues , and these people that work there no nothing about fish . At least most don't .
If you buy healthy guppies, like from me, they are pretty easy.
You can film in places open to the public there is no expectation of privacy in a public place we get videos taken of everyone on the street and in everystore we go in
Thanks!
I shall look elsewhere for fish as there are other pet-store in my local town right. I noticed the silver dollar that I bought from Kelly’s pet is doing well and grown so much over 3 years. Hmmm I’ve never had the same luck when buying from petsmart/petco. Now I’m not comfortable with buying from petsmart/Petco anymore. That’s exactly what private pet store business said regarding how others set up their fish tank (all connected). Sick and injured fish are contaminating with healthy ones due to sharing same water line.
Not all local fish stores are better,but most are. The important thing is to observe the fish not only in the tank you are buying from, but in the whole shop.
If the fish store you normally buy from is working for you, I would continue to buy there.
Every store has dead fish, but leaving them out like that. My local petco likes to leave the dead fish in the tank for DAYs.
They like too? 🥺
The only thing I liked was the rubber shark... it's a dog store.. they don't need to carry fish.
please don't film our horrible store
Is that an invite?
Every location is different. Every situation is different. The problems everyone has with there home aquarium, petsmart will experience all of them multiple times over. Not saying you saw wasnt terrible husbandry, because it was awful, the main problem with petsmart is that they will hire uneducated people and expect them to instantly get it. They are a retail store. Some petsmarts have smart and knowledgeable people that will help just as well as you could. But, that is not the majority unfortunately. The real problem is the distributers. Which everyone that sells fish, unless you are a private breeder, has to go through. Any LFS that you go to gets there fish from the same distributers as petsmart. But, I digress. I personally know the fish keepers that run my local petsmart and they are very knowledgeable on all things freshwater fish. But like i said. The one you went to looks awful. It sucks that yours is that bad. But atleast it aint fucking Walmart. ):
That's true....LOL
When it comes to Petsmart every location is the same in terms of terrible husbandry. Can you believe this Petsmart was actually one of the better ones? Because it was.
Petco are much better than Petdumb.
Oh snap...petdumb!
If they are doing a job they should have training.
At least!
I'm planning to make mutts from their guppies and form a line from there. It's been a few months, and so far my guppies are healthy and breeding! There weren't many to choose from so they are probably survivors. I don't trust the way they handle fish, because there is always a dead betta. I've had a betta live for 5 years, and survived 600 mile car rides, summer and winter, with 2 cockatiels and a dog. A dead betta in a store is a bad sign to me.
One infrequently happens, it's nature, but everytime you go in and see multiple dead fish. NOT A GOOD SIGN.
There was a sign at my local PetSmart yesterday that said No fish were for Sale at the Time. Sorry for the Inconvenience
That’s good I guess.🤷🏻♂️
@@MichaelsFishRoom Thank you I have been a Betta Fish Keeper for only 5 years. Have many small Tanks constantly doing water changes and studied Cycling a Tank and watched your video on How to Cycle a Fish in Tank. I was always so confused and I now understand it. Thank you so much. I have read so many things, but you made it so Simple for me to understand. 😂😕🥳
@@MichaelsFishRoom Where can I find a mini box filter for 5 -30 gallon Tanks like the green ones you had in that video? 😕
Getting kicked out for filming dead fish, somethings never change...
But you are welcome to film the not yet dead fish!
Avtuall;y they didn't want me to film at all!
There’s one petco near Minneapolis that takes great care of their stock. Even has a saltwater and coral section
one.....great........
@@MichaelsFishRoom yeah that’s the sad part
@@bonecollectorpro5680 It is terrible in most places.
They built a small Petco in our town and it was just nice enough at 1st to put both the other mom and pop pet shops out of business including the fish shop. Now the place is a hot mess and it's feels like they're ruining the hobby. The skinny little guppies, the floating fish, some with deformities. The tanks are all connected, the fish don't seem to be getting treated for illness, just 'under observation' till they die. Their adoption tank is the best because the fish come from other keepers in the community. My guppies look so much better than theirs, even the ones I bought there originally, people actually ask me what kind of fish my females are. I think most people never see these fish fully grown, just used to the anorexic box store fish that die or get sold before they will ever grow up. I breed mutt guppies, on purpose, to make colorful, hearty, rainbow fish. I'm breeding for traits other than color, to make bullet proof fish to get my friends into the hobby. So many people tell me they can't keep a fish alive, the Petco isn't helping matters. People leave the hobby as quickly as they got into it, the pet store doesn't need to change it's practices because they are making most their money from cat and dog supplies. I aim to change all that. Will direct people your way to order your guppies when they are established fishkeepers so they can enjoy the purebreds too.
For sure. It’s all about the Quaility of the fish. My mitts have been in a box for 11 days, then out in a tank and one female dropped 52 fry!
The conditions are pretty gross it looks like the store is barely managed. My petsmart is actual the only local fish store with healthy fish actually within an hours drive of me here in southern Ontario. The manager is great, medicates the tanks and constantly changing water(apparently twice a day). The water system is actual split into 3 sections as there are only three very small walls and a small selection of fish albeit very healthy. Keep in mind the store still does add fish directly to the tanks and will even dump full imports into the tanks and start selling them right away. Still the most pristine conditions within an hours drive far better than the local big al's. Last three visits I walked in and couldn't find a single healthy fish I was interested in.... and there was tons lol. Certainly they don't feed the tanks at all was a great store when I was a kid.
I've been to a big al's and was not very impressed. LOL
Yeah I've only been to the one so I'm not sure how bad all the locations are... Wouldn't be surprised if they are all garbage.
My petsmart actually takes good care of the fish, they make sure you have the correct tank for the fish your buying, I buy most of my stuff from them and the fish are healthy, it's rare to see a dead fish besides the feeder fish
That's great!
I bought 8 fish today and they all died in the bag before I made it home. 6 neon tetras and 2 platys
You really should have seen they were sick before you bought them..
@@MichaelsFishRoomthey seemed fine to me, I’m still learning. What do you recommend I keep an eye out for? Or where should I buy them from instead?
i love your videos when u in japan and guppies and fish store tours
Thanks!
Thanks for the video! I know that’s store you recorded is not the best but the PetSmart by I live is 5 times more horrible... water look very foggy, the tanks have mold, fish looking sick and prices are so high 🤦🏻♂️ so much I have to say but I will never end. Hope PetSmart companies try to evolve and create something productive in the fish department. They just care 1 money 2 money 3 money not about the concert of the pets in their companies.
Yeah
It's scary looking at the way they have there set up
yup
Wow those fish looked terrible! Don’t know why I’m surprised though. Wonder why that lady was so upset??? Lol seems as if she was maybe embarrassed about something... haha Great video Michael, gave me a nice Sunday afternoon smile🤙🏻
Maybe because there was a whole container of dead fish right there!
Michael's Fish Room 😂
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but that back swimming pale eyed half grey molly looked stunning......or stunned....:PPPP
It was bad!
Setting up my fish room soon can’t wait been years coming I need it done looks awsome
You can do it!
Michael's Fish Room thanks bud can’t wait
Eye opening and yes it depends on the store
For sure.