Does Petsmart take in unwanted fish?
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my bad. My LFS only gives credit for fish that are bought from that store,and returned for whatever reason (compatibility, too large, etc). They only give you credit for 50% for what they sold it for. They only take donated fish that have been bought elsewhere.
always wondered how the accountants kept track of all of the deaths of every single fish..... I disagree about the part of being STRICT in accounting.... if they were, every single employee will be combing the tank for bodies of fish, and doing paperwork every single time a fish went missing into another fish belly or got sick or went bye bye to the fish bowl in the sky.
its not the trail of paperwork if it was.... the stacks of paperwork would be so sky high, the bread and butter fish would cost the customer as much as gas prices goes for those days now than in 1980s. A fish does not have an ID on itself, so therefore a trail of paperwork behind it is silly to say when a molly in the store died, and a customer turns in a free molly. it's a win-win situtation as who cares about the paperwork if its a different molly, it did not come with a vin number or to be specific a CITES number. Oh yeah... I forgot the part that people are sue-happy in this society so everything gotta be followed per regulations/rules.
Finally found an independent aquarium-specialized store that agreed to take my Mollies! I was surprised at the number of tanks they have and the varieties of fishes they offer. Came home with 10 harlequin rasboras, 8 neons, and 6 cory habrosus. After acclimating, I put them in the 20g where the mollies were from. I left to get my siblings in school, came home and found one of the cory still inside the net! I though he was dead but when I put him in the tank, he swam and schooled with the rest. He was out of water for 45 minutes!
I wish I bought more cories. They were swimming and schooling with the harlequins on top of the tank, would dive down to where the neons are then swim around together. Such very active fish and the way they swim is kinda funny- like a drunk clownfish. I think I am still understocked, what other small schooling fish are there that would fit my current tank? The store had mosquito rasboras which were cool, but are they easy to take care of? They just came in and there's a bunch of them dead and the rest crowding near the filter intake. They also have galaxy rasboras but a bit pricey @$6 each.
I wish I bought more cories. They were swimming and schooling with the harlequins on top of the tank, would dive down to where the neons are then swim around together. Such very active fish and the way they swim is kinda funny- like a drunk clownfish. I think I am still understocked, what other small schooling fish are there that would fit my current tank? The store had mosquito rasboras which were cool, but are they easy to take care of? They just came in and there's a bunch of them dead and the rest crowding near the filter intake. They also have galaxy rasboras but a bit pricey @$6 each.
If they or someone else has them, you could try Black Skirt tetras. They're super easy to take care of, pretty peaceful, and not to mention cheap. A school of five or more would be fine.
They do keep track of the deaths. I believe it goes in as "shrink" which is often where shoplifting loses go also. It is pretty easy to track if you have a proper papertrail.
Precisely with the dead fish. When I worked at PetsMart we had twice-daily dead checks, and we had to label each bag of the dead fish just in case of an audit. We had several people try to return fish past the 14 day policy, like plecos and oscars who had outgrown their tanks. We turned them all away.
I'd say your tank needs more of a centerpiece fish rather than another school...something like a single gourami or betta or some rams, apistos, etc.
Thanks for the input! I'll go back to that same fishstore sometime this week and check what varieties of rams or apistos they have. I'm no expert in fishkeeping yet, but I think its time to could give these more-advanced fishes a shot.
