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A local petco in Salina, Ks
I have a 90% survival rate on my fish from online retailers like saltwatetfish.com and liveaquaria. The first fish I got impatiently from Petco and nearly all of them died within a week. No spikes, just death.
Skip forward almost a year. I get impatient and would like a yellow tang. Knowing my tank has matured, pushing my luck and skipping my quarantine I drip acclimate my newly found yellow tang for 45 minutes. Nice and slow everything has to be perfect. I get him in the tank give a light feeding, leave out some grape algae. He doesn't eat but seems to be swimming alright. Lights out in an hour. Next morning, another Petco death less than 24hrs in. Worst part is they offer no guarantees on their 70% death rate marine fish.
I have a 90% survival rate on my fish from online retailers like saltwatetfish.com and liveaquaria. The first fish I got impatiently from Petco and nearly all of them died within a week. No spikes, just death.
Skip forward almost a year. I get impatient and would like a yellow tang. Knowing my tank has matured, pushing my luck and skipping my quarantine I drip acclimate my newly found yellow tang for 45 minutes. Nice and slow everything has to be perfect. I get him in the tank give a light feeding, leave out some grape algae. He doesn't eat but seems to be swimming alright. Lights out in an hour. Next morning, another Petco death less than 24hrs in. Worst part is they offer no guarantees on their 70% death rate marine fish.