HippieLizards
Gray-bearded Member
- Beardie name(s)
- Daisy, Loki, Rocket, Phoenix, Mulder & Scully. Non beardie pets: Stan (Leo) Cayde (Hognose) Tillery (cat)
So if a few of y'all know me, you'd know I have a burning hatred for petco usually, because usually crap like horrid overcrowded tanks all with sand and sick animals and crap like that, you know the drill.
Well basically last night I was going around from pet store to pet store trying to find some fish, as I was starting a new community fish tank, and unfortunately my preferred go to pet store's stock of fish was unfortunately still dealing with ich, plus the tanks were a bit dirty :? But a few of the clerks there recommended I go down to the petco across the street. And I reluctantly agreed to at least look there.
Holy cow, I was very pleasantly surprised.
When I got there, they had a HUGE beautiful fish section with very clean tanks with Chrystal clear water and actually healthy not crowded looking fish. They also had Actual saltwater fish, some rare looking ones too. It was really cool, and the fish section was all run by this one lady who seriously knew her stuff and actually really seemed to care, like she gave me tips and advice on starting my community tank and what fish to put in there and such, it was really cool and surprising.
Then I went to see the reptile section and I also, was very pleasantly surprised actually. Not too crowded tanks, no sand at all, actually healthy looking animals, geckos with vertical-ish terrariums, and the Beardie tank, also seriously surprised me. Only 2 in there, looked to be about 8" and a good weight, and there was actually dubias and greens in the food bowl, and drumroll please.... No calcium sand and a reptisun UVB and NO red light!!
So, I'd still say 90% of the petcos suck, but there still are a few gems with healthy animals and people there who actually care. Which gives me some hope.
Well basically last night I was going around from pet store to pet store trying to find some fish, as I was starting a new community fish tank, and unfortunately my preferred go to pet store's stock of fish was unfortunately still dealing with ich, plus the tanks were a bit dirty :? But a few of the clerks there recommended I go down to the petco across the street. And I reluctantly agreed to at least look there.
Holy cow, I was very pleasantly surprised.
When I got there, they had a HUGE beautiful fish section with very clean tanks with Chrystal clear water and actually healthy not crowded looking fish. They also had Actual saltwater fish, some rare looking ones too. It was really cool, and the fish section was all run by this one lady who seriously knew her stuff and actually really seemed to care, like she gave me tips and advice on starting my community tank and what fish to put in there and such, it was really cool and surprising.
Then I went to see the reptile section and I also, was very pleasantly surprised actually. Not too crowded tanks, no sand at all, actually healthy looking animals, geckos with vertical-ish terrariums, and the Beardie tank, also seriously surprised me. Only 2 in there, looked to be about 8" and a good weight, and there was actually dubias and greens in the food bowl, and drumroll please.... No calcium sand and a reptisun UVB and NO red light!!
So, I'd still say 90% of the petcos suck, but there still are a few gems with healthy animals and people there who actually care. Which gives me some hope.