laur.laur.234

I have a question for you guys, which do you like better Petsmart or Petco? I have been to both petsmart and Petco. i prefer Petsmart. Today I went to the Avaiarium in Duluth, GA, It was amazing. That is my all time favorite. Besure to post your favorite fish store! Have fun

mjordan

my favorite fish store is a LFS called Jacks Auarium and they are in cincinnati area near kings island the amusment park

pinkfloydpuffer

I'll pick Petsmart. In my city, the petsmart takes much better care of their fish than Petco. Also some of their employees actually know what they're talking about sometimes. The petco's tanks are always riddled with dead, decaying fish. And I find that the petsmart has a larger stock of aquarium equipment than the petco.

My favorite LFS is called Bird World and Pet Village in Bountiful. They have tons of different kinds of fish, competitive prices, and take good care of their fish. They have amazing selections of tropical, brackish, and saltwater fish, as well as corals and live rock. That's where I got my green spotted puffers

Hypnox

I would have to go with petsmart for this answer. I regularly buy my tank accessories there now. I won't buy any fish at petco anymore, especially after my last visit.

They had 6 clarkii clowns sharing a 10 gallon tank with an extremely bleached bulb anemone in the tank. 2 of the clarkiis looked to be suffering some serious malnutrition and one was even getting eaten alive. In another tank they had a picasso trigger that was also suffering from malnutrition as apparently they are feeding their SW fish FW tropical flakes and nothing else. The anemone doesn't get fed at all and sits under standard flourescents.

Their FW tanks are actually worse off than their SW ones.

Come to think on it, i'm probably going to avoid petco entirely from now on.

My favorite stores on the other hand are Aquatropics for my freshwater fish. For saltwater I go to a place called discovery aquatics. Both excellent places for what I go to them for.

pinkfloydpuffer

I'm glad I'm not the only one that feels that way. I just went there for the bettas, but they are of such low quality that I'm pretty much done with that store.

Steen16

I went with petsmart just from what I have heard over this thread because we dont actualy get either in NZ LOL

My favrite Lfs is Hollywood fish farm!
It has every fish I know and have heard of, always in good condition!
There saltwater fish are usauly 1-2 fish per 18g tank, and they have a 200g saltwater display tank in best condition! and there freshwater fish are great with a huge 10 foot long display tank with Full grown tinfoil barbs, bala sharks, silver dollar, and a 37yr old giant gourami named helen shes huge!

laur.laur.234

That is so cool. When I went to Petco a man said I could put 5 fish In a one gal. When we went to Petsmart they said absolutley not, So i agree w/ everything!! The Avairium Had beautiful tanks and fish. They had Fresh water and Salt water. It was so clean and no fish were dead. What was was funny was I saw a dog faced puffer!! I also saw may be 6 HUGE fish. I am searious I don't think I caught that big of a fish at my lake house! CRAZY, but that could because water is down so crazy! Keep posting y'all

Alessa

Petsmart... the petco near my area cant even keep neon tetras alive... so sad.

laur.laur.234

I just don't understand what is wrong with the Petco's

Slug

Petsmart, only because we don't have a Petco close to us.

MissMTS

Definetly Petsmart. They are not perfect, but they are a lot better than Petco. Their tanks are always clean and free of dead fish. They usually have a very good variety. Once I went in and asked a question and the girl who didn't know went and looked up the answer in one of their refrence books instead of just making something up. I definetly appreciated that. I usually try to stay away from the large chain stores, but I have gotten very lucky and all of the fish I have bought from my Petsmart have remained healthy and alive. Petco on the other hand has disgusting tanks! It makes me want to throw up any time I look in their aquatics section. Their bettas are of decent quality (at least those that don't have fin rot); however, the cups are usually filthy.

Red1313

We don't have Petco here so petsmart I suppose would be my call. Usually the people there are ok and they're auarium equipment is usually cheaper then my LFS (closed now ... I'll have to find a new one I suppose). I tend to buy my fish from everywhere.

biscotti

Petsmart has more and healthier fish. On the other hand, I find a lot of exotic bettas at Petco.

laur.laur.234

whoever likes Petco can post too. We just have had bad experiences w/ them. Tell us your good times!!!

Oil_Fan

I chose Petco but that has more to do with the fact that Petco has SW fish. Though I never ask them for advice. I have a LFS that further away that I trust.

Though I do have to say that that the tanks in my local Petsmart do tend to look better than Petco's tanks.

jgon_

I've bought 6 guppies from petco (over two visits) and have had all die within two days of purchasing...

Petco is however, about a 2min walk from my house so I buy all my food and equipment from there. For fish, its worth the 30min drive to a really nice LFS.

laur.laur.234

that's cool!

dr.fluffanutter

Petco, because I've never lived (or worked, or dormed, or anything!) near a Petsmart. And whenever I've managed to visit a Petsmart (for curiousity's sake), they don't have as good a selection. For fish, I honestly prefer smaller pet stores - they're usually much healthier.