petsmart take fish?

Big box stores unfortunately don't work that way. With that said though...I have known Petco to take some fish in for adoption purposes only. They won't give you store credit or exchanges though.

alot of LFS's won't give you any sort of compensation worth your time unless you know the people in charge of trade-ins. they're there to run a business. you're better off listing fish on craigslist and charging a "rehoming fee" and the you can also demand pics of the buyers' current setups and make sure your fish go to decent homes

Big box stores won't take them in. We have a store by us that used to give store credit, now they just take it as a adoption then sell them for full price or a inflated home raised price. You would be amazed how much they sell the overgrown plecos for.

Your best bet is the small mom and pop places. As long as it's a fish they can turn around a lot of them will work with you. I traded in a german blue ram that was getting bullied by my other GBR for a YoYo loach for my dads tank.

all local fish stores in my area will take donated fish. One will even give you half the price you bought it at if it was from them. One guy at petsmart said he himself takes donated fish if he is able to.

I guess I have been lucky. My go to LFS just gave me a dollar a head for run of the mill swordtail fry that i just couldn't handle in my 20L anymore. Like 30 of them. Wayyyy more than I expected.

One of the local Petco's here will take them as well on an adoption basis.

Our local Petsmart in Germantown, MD said they will take fish but won't pay you anything.