I would only buy from the one store than.
Donna
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> From: Larry Blanchard woodbutcher9876@gmail.com>
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>On 02/17/2013 09:48 PM, Donna King wrote:
>> What a pain! You'll be lucky if the fish haven't infected your tank with some horrible disease. I sure hope not. I would never buy anything live from either petco or petsmart.
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>I did check the store invoice to see how long Petco had had them - over
>a week. And the 5 I still have are healthy.
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>We've had three aquarium stores go out of business in the last year or
>so. The chains are about all I've got left unless I want to buy sight
>unseen and pay enormous shipping charges. I have had pretty good luck
>at our PetsMart, probably because the manager is a fish nut and knows a
>lot. Of course, that means when something good comes in, he usually
>buys it himself :-).
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>A few years back corporate sent him some Macculloch's Rainbowfish
>(**http://watershed3.tripod.com/rainbows.html#auzmac) and he grabbed
>them quick - we both keep watching for more but no luck yet.
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>I'm currently cycling a 29 gallon. I may go over to the dark side with
>this one. Petsmart has a couple of calico ryukins that are about the
>best I've ever seen. If they're not gone by the time I get the tank
>cycled ...
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>P.S. Any responses claiming I need 50 gallons per goldfish will be
>totally ignored :-).
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>Larry B
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