Does Petco use RODI water in their saltwater displays?

[homersimpsonlikesfish]

I visited a Petco that sells saltwater fishes and they had algae everywhere on their tanks. Does Petco use RODI water for their saltwater displays? Or do they use tap water?

 

[Pickle_soup]

I visited a Petco that sells saltwater fishes and they had algae everywhere on their tanks. Does Petco use RODI water for their saltwater displays? Or do they use tap water?

Not sure, but I know they use a lot of ich in the tanks.

 

[00W]

My petco here uses tapwater and I'd doubt if any of them would be different.

 

[homersimpsonlikesfish]

My petco here uses tapwater and I'd doubt if any of them would be different.

I think the saltwater tanks at Petco should be a good example of not using RODI water.

 

[Stomatopods17]

petco is a corporate business.

Basically if the person doesn't know saltwater, its pretty noticeable instantly. They follow very basic guidelines and so much as a piece of rock being introduce in their system can lead to a bloom they don't know what to do about regardless of the water source.

I don't know what their water source is, but it likely doesn't matter. More likely conditioned tap will kill the fish directly.

 

[ninjamyst]

Protip. If you order from Petco online, your fish usually ships direct from quality marine, one of the biggest wholesaler.

 

[Stomatopods17]

Just to add to my previous comment;

My petco isn't allowed to be sent lionfish at all.

Reason: the general manager got stung cause no one told them lionfish were venomous.

In other words don't expect competence, I've considered working for one but idk how dragged down I'd be from the corporate policies not letting me take some liberties in how I care for stuff.

 

[KrisReef]

Just to add to my previous comment;

My petco isn't allowed to be sent lionfish at all.

Reason: the general manager got stung cause no one told them lionfish were venomous.

In other words don't expect competence, I've considered working for one but idk how dragged down I'd be from the corporate policies not letting me take some liberties in how I care for stuff.

That is very interesting. I would like to think that your PetCo would have Lionfish since the GM has experienced a sting and they should be able to instruct new employees about the seriousness of handling these fishes properly.

I wish I could have been there for that mishap. Is that wrong of me?

 

[homer1475]

My local petco has a fish guy that knows his stuff. All tanks are immaculate, have never seen ich or any sick fish in the tanks, and they do use RO/DI, and sell both salt and RO/DI.

I have bought many very healthy fish at a great price from them.

Every petco is different. It all depends on the person taking care of the aquarium dept.

 

[albano]

My local petco has a fish guy that knows his stuff. All tanks are immaculate, have never seen ich or any sick fish in the tanks, and they do use RO/DI, and sell both salt and RO/DI.

I have bought many very healthy fish at a great price from them.

Every petco is different. It all depends on the person taking care of the aquarium dept.

+1… depends on ‘fish manager’… there are probably more than 10 Petcos less than 45 minutes from my home… maybe 3 are worth checking out, if I’m in the area.

 

[homer1475]

+1… depends on ‘fish manager’… there are probably more than 10 Petcos less than 45 minutes from my home… maybe 3 are worth checking out, if I’m in the area.

No kidding!

One petco I go to is actually managed by a guy that used to own an LFS I used to go to(very knowledgeable guy). That store is immaculate in regards to the aquarium dept.

 

[Gtinnel]

I have 3 PetCo stores within an hour from me and the quality between them is night and day. One of them is ran by a hobbyist and the tanks are immaculate. It’s the only PetCo that I’ve been to that sells acropora. One of the stores I wouldn’t even consider buying anything from. So in my experience how nice the fish department is changes by wether the person running it cares or if it is just a job for them.

As for the original question I believe I’ve seen a rodi filter in the cabinet near the sink at one of the stores. Probably a better question would be does anyone actually change the filters/membranes when they need replaced.

 

[Stomatopods17]

That is very interesting. I would like to think that your PetCo would have Lionfish since the GM has experienced a sting and they should be able to instruct new employees about the seriousness of handling these fishes properly.

I wish I could have been there for that mishap. Is that wrong of me?

You should've been there for the 'urchin experience.' It was like one of those cartoon episodes were two people get glued together.

I learned about that lionfish incident during my bonding experience with the GM... they stuck the urchin I was buying into one of those hang-on containers while they filled the bag.

...this was a rock boring urchin and it glued itself into the corner of the container (they sold it as something else to me), neither of us could remove it for 10 minutes straight until they just gave me the container itself to bring home.

So I guess this is mine now.

culprit:

I got it off by blowing on it with my baster and lifting with my finger at the same time, eventually it crawled out of the corner from the baster and I was able to dislodge it.