Petco selling Gem Tangs??

[AquaHobby31]

I don’t know about trusting any fish that has been in Petco tanks. It’s just sad walking into their stores. They have such potential

 

[Lollipop]

I'll second the purple tang over the gem tang!

my purple tang knows his name. seriously tangs are pets.

 

[Huff747]

I don’t know about trusting any fish that has been in Petco tanks. It’s just sad walking into their stores. They have such potential

I have fish in my tanks from Petco. I did quarantine them and used copper but would buy again. If that gem had been there and the 30% off was going on I’d have bought it and asked my wife for forgiveness. Mine currently has a nice purple tang for $99 (before 30%off) a decent sized captive bread clown trigger, and a couple of the small biota captive bred yellow tangs. The main person that seems to run the aquatics section seems good. They don’t have the best setup but that’s not the employees fault.

There are a couple Petco’s in the area I would not buy from but the one closest is alright and better in some ways than some of the local shops. Not all but a few.

 

[Medic58]

Why is my local Petco selling a Gem Tang for $420 and why won't my wife let me buy it.

I’m sorry but I’m really laughing out loud. She won’t let you buy it. Tell her you can nurse it to good health and resell it.

 

[corky1966]

Why is my local Petco selling a Gem Tang for $420 and why won't my wife let me buy it.

Percocet owns live aquaria so there’s your connection lol

 

[Mike.P]

Percocet owns live aquaria so there’s your connection lol

A percocet connection, you say... I am intrigued.

Don't you dare go back and edit! lol

 

[sneakerhead]

A percocet connection, you say... I am intrigued.

Don't you dare go back and edit! lol

 

[Sabellafella]

I seen 2 for 900 in NY yesterday crazy right? Believe it or not they were actually healthy, thankfully the shops system looked decent so maybe I'll get myself one. The manager told me corporate has an insane abundance of them, "so many" they aloud them to negotiate prices.

Why is my local Petco selling a Gem Tang for $420 and why won't my wife let me buy it.

 

[Kengar]

when I first saw the title of the thread, my first thought was to ask whether you're sure it's a gem tang. but seeing the other posts, I guess it is.

In that regard, I thought I saw a black tang at our local Petco and asked the kid what it was. He didn't know, but looked at the list of tangs they had and said he'd give it to me for the cost of the scopas they had. Thinking I had made a steal, I bought it and brought it home........ only to watch it lighten up significantly and go from being a dirt-cheap black tang to a run-of-the-mill scopas tang that I got for exactly what the tag said it should cost...... sigh!

 

[Waynerock]

So I went to my local Petco to see if I could spot one of these elusive gem tangs and I have a pretty decent Petco maybe not the best but better than I’ve seen. No gem tangs but they did have about 5 ORA Joe the coral acro’s. Weird I never thought I would see in Acropora in petco, it was only 19.99 to boot. It had pretty good polyp extension hard to tell the coloration with the crappy lights they have

 

[Oshengems]

Why is my local Petco selling a Gem Tang for $420 and why won't my wife let me buy it.

Was this in NYC union square I walked in Friday a dude was taking a gem tang first time I seen it in person they also had a few clams big step up for that petco

 

[triggered]

Wife says I can get the tang, but she gets a Roomba. Somehow this deal is becoming less slick.

 

[Mike.P]

Wife says I can get the tang, but she gets a Roomba. Somehow this deal is becoming less slick.

lol... Worth it.

 

[GoldeneyeRet]

Wife says I can get the tang, but she gets a Roomba. Somehow this deal is becoming less slick.

No brainer there, I would have that roomba overnighted immediately!

 

[albano]

Was just at Petco in Brookfield Ct...

Eating like a pig!
30% off!!
Darn thing followed me home!!!

 

[Mike.P]

Was just at Petco in Brookfield Ct...

Eating like a pig!
30% off!!
Darn thing followed me home!!!

That's gorgeous, congrats! I finally figured out where I may have a chance of getting one... I was at a Petco last night, and they told me that one of the stores in Colorado Springs is a "fish magnet location," and has an expanded assortment, as well as a frag tank. It seems that the stores with those are the ones that have Gems. I'll have to drive down there and see, it's an hour and a half drive south for me. I'm surprised they don't have a store like that in the Denver Metro area, not that I've been able to find at least; I wish Petco would list those separately on their store locator.

 

[albano]

I was at a Petco last night, and they told me that one of the stores in Colorado Springs is a "fish magnet location," and has an expanded assortment, as well as a frag tank. It seems that the stores with those are the ones that have Gems. I'll have to drive down there and see, it's an hour and a half drive south for me...

That’s just what the manager told me today... why not call before driving all the way there?

 

[Gotfrogs]

Apparently my store got two of them but they sold quickly.

 

[Mike.P]

That’s just what the manager told me today... why not call before driving all the way there?

Because it's an excuse to go rip the Corvette down the highway. ;Woot

lol

Even if they don't have the tang, I'm curious to see what one of these expanded assortments looks like.

 

[albano]

The store that I was at, not only had way more fish, than my local Petco... but every fish that I checked the price of, was WAY cheaper than LA prices!