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Posted by ExPat on March 15, 2008, 7:10 pm
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> > Holy Moley! You're floating in pet stores down there. Sounds like a fish=
> > lovers dream. :-) Our new PetsMart opened a few weeks ago and I love it!=
> > The fish section is larger than the older store in a nearby city and all=
> > the
> > fish look great. So now I have PetsMart and PetSupermarket here and a
> > short
> > distance away Petco which I don't like. Only their bettas are nice and
> > look
> > healthy. Their fish section is very small.- Hide quoted text -
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> Yep were drowning in petshops if thats what you want to call
> them...........I personally hate Deathco (petco) even though one of my
> best friends is store manager of the local "Deathco" here. I can get
> some super discount buys through her and I still do not partronize the
> place......The Petland is scheduled to open this Saturday.and guess
> what...........pretty well their entire stock of fish
> died..........seems somethng happened (so I am told and heard) to
> their filtration / aeration setup and since stock tanks are pretty
> darn heavily stocked for sales anyhow, =A0they (future Petland
> employees) came in to find most of the fish belly up..
>
> Oh man, what a shame. =A0:*( =A0 =A0Maybe just too many fish too soon and =
someone
> with a heavy hand with the food container. =A0Oh, I forgot, the other new
> store here is called Extreme Pets and he also sells reptiles and fish. The=
> store is small and the selection not large, naturally. I'm hoping he takes=
> some of my koi fry. =A0I'm overrun with them and next month they'll be
> breeding again.
>
> .There is just
> way too many petshops, and now I hear another is underway.....about
> 1/2 mile fromthese others......The Seahorses Pouch......yet another
> fish and reptile store. =A0You can go to Goodwill or any other Thrift
> Store here and buy pretty well anything you need for fish at
> drastically reduced rates and find virtually any size aquarium over
> time.......Goodwill had not one, not two but three complete setups of
> 55 gal, and also a 90gal and 115 gal setup and no telling now many 10,
> 20 and 29 gal tanks they have stacked up along the wall......
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> I seldom see fishtanks in our two Goodwill stores but have made out like a=
> bandit on old fish bowls of 1g or more. The largest tanks I saw there were=
a
> few 10g tanks complete with garish gravel and broken filters. =A0I sure do=
n't
> need any more tanks.
>
> I don't know if this applies where you live but the first Saturday of ever=
y
> month here everything at Goodwill is 1/2 price and don't forget to ask for=
> your senior discount. =A0;-)
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> Petland
> Wetpets and Pups
> Petsville
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> and now there is yet two more new stores being added that will
> dealwith fish only.....
>
> Aquarium Design
> The Reef
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> All this in such a small area of the one outside type mall here. Maybe
> it will lead to price wars among themall and prices will drop but odds
> are all it will lead to is more dead critters and more idiots buying
> critters they really have no business buying or having.