LFS woes

I went in today and they had some gorgeous new chocolate orandas in. Oh I wish I had space! *sigh* they may be dirty but I still love them :)
 
Wow, those tanks look way overcrowded. Its a wonder why they dont die faster than that. I work at petco so I get to see the cycle too. We have a wall of coldwater consisting of about 9 tanks full of different goldfish, moors, butterflys, orandas, etc. These tanks are hardly stocked so that they remain relatively clean and the tankmates inside so not die off due to poor water conditions. We also do have about a 40 gallon feeder tank where the rosie minows, large/small comets are kept. This is where that cycle happens. Goldfish produce roughly double as much waste as some of their tropical counterparts and usually they are stuffed into the tank because so many people need them between our recieving days.

Someone also did mention something about the breeders being less cautious of their crop. This is also true to what I can see. I just recieved comets yesterday and they looked like they were in bad shape just in the bags from shipping. I don't agree with crowding all the fish, but I'm just one person.
 
The thing I don't understand about it is they get new deliveries every week. It would surely be fairly simple to do what your Petco does and restock weekly.
 
A lot of the time fish stores have inexperienced staff who don't know the proper cleaning procedures or have basic knowledge of fish diseases therefore resulting in the death of stock.
 
I am seeing a pattern here as suspected. It is the pond types that are always overcrowded around but not the fancy ones (although occasionally). People can really differentiate and think one is okay to overstock while another is not.:shakehead:
 
zpromoter said:
It would seem like the more sensible way of doing it. Maybe you should talk to the manager/owner about your concern
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I would love to...what would I say? I will think about it and try find a sensible way to do it. I doubt they will listen though. They probably think I don't know as much as I do as they have had no input into my goldfish education (that's all because of AC...thanks!) so they still think I'm an idiot who will put six into a 10G. They are actually all fishkeepers themselves (I've seen their tanks, which are all beautiful) - it's just fish that they don't care about that they are happy to mistreat.

Lupin, it's pond types, fancies, everything coldwater in this one. They also have something I've never seen before called Tench which are in the same condition. It's so wrong.
 
Corrie, here's the tench that you may be referring to.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tench

Yeah, it is truly heartbreaking to see them in their worst state.:( If I were you, it may be worth the effort to talk to them to improve the conditions of those goldfish. If not, you could direct them here in this forum. Either way, I'll cross my fingers that they will listen to you about this issue.
 
corrieberry said:
I would love to...what would I say? I will think about it and try find a sensible way to do it. I doubt they will listen though. They probably think I don't know as much as I do as they have had no input into my goldfish education (that's all because of AC...thanks!) so they still think I'm an idiot who will put six into a 10G. They are actually all fishkeepers themselves (I've seen their tanks, which are all beautiful) - it's just fish that they don't care about that they are happy to mistreat.

Lupin, it's pond types, fancies, everything coldwater in this one. They also have something I've never seen before called Tench which are in the same condition. It's so wrong.
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If they're truly dedicated as fish keepers/ store owners, they will take the time out to hear what you have to say. Your experience in the fish keeping world shouldn't matter to them. If you are concerned, just approach them and ask why the tanks are overcrowded. If they don't listen or don't care, stop going there. If they don't respect you, they will probably never respect the poor fish.
 
zpromoter said:
If they're truly dedicated as fish keepers/ store owners, they will take the time out to hear what you have to say. Your experience in the fish keeping world shouldn't matter to them. If you are concerned, just approach them and ask why the tanks are overcrowded. If they don't listen or don't care, stop going there. If they don't respect you, they will probably never respect the poor fish.
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I agree with you completely - I'm gonna take a bit of time to figure out how to say it, and find the best moment to talk about it. I don't want to just launch into a full-scale attack.
 
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