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RE: Is it sad to see a dead fish in a fish supply store?

GlitterGuppy2008 — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:12:39 GMT

I think it is sad to see a dead fish in a tank. Even if they are little feeder fish who are probably going to get eaten, anyway. Our petstore doesn't take the little bodies out. They just leave them in there 'till the other fish eat the other fish down to it's tiny little skeleton. That's really sad, and it also shows they don't really care. I don't like that.

RE: Is it sad to see a dead fish in a fish supply store?

cherridot — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 08:01:55 GMT

I would be really anger at the person who dropped my fish. Thankfully, I have an older brother living with me who is a fish expert. He wouldn't harm anybody. Sorry about that pufferrocks. Oh and I too wouldn't buy fish out of a tank that has a dead one. You never know.

RE: Is it sad to see a dead fish in a fish supply store?

jasminehill — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:54:38 GMT

I always report the casualties to the employees as soon as I see a dead fish not that most dont just shrug it off and say it must have just happened....only to shop for quite awhile to go back and its still in the tank grrrrrrr. of course some will die esp with the conditions of these tanks as they are just temp til a home is found but can they not at least keep on top of removing the poor things? Another reason for me anyway its bad business Im sorry but Im NOT buying any fish out of a tank that has dead ones in it being that you have no clue what they died from .....then you run the risk of infecting your own tanks! So to sum it up yes i think its very sad

RE: Is it sad to see a dead fish in a fish supply store?

plecodiscus — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:02:32 GMT

Yeah its really sad to see fish dead in the store. its even worse when you look in the tank and see them dying... you can't help but feel really sorry for them...

RE: Is it sad to see a dead fish in a fish supply store?

pufferrocks — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:51:31 GMT

Once a long time ago when my little brother was 3 or 4 he scooped one of our guppies out of the tank and dropped it on the floor. He went and said something about a fish to our dad but he didn't think anything of it. Around 30 min later my other little brother was walking by the tank and stepped on something wet. Looking down he saw the poor guppy! We all thought it was dead but it moved so we put it back in the tank where it swam off. That guppy lived for another year!:w00t:

Fish are amazing!!

RE: Is it sad to see a dead fish in a fish supply store?

jsmith11618 — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:58:28 GMT

[quote]Bubbleboy (8/31/2008)

Well Bettas Jumping out of bowls is pretty common.

Once my mom and dad had a betta (When I was little) and they had it for a real long time. One day they went out and came back to our cat staring at it gasping on the floor all dried up. Poor thing could have been there for hours. They hurried over, frantic, and put it back in it's tank. Miraculously, it survived for many months later. Now that's one tough fish![/quote]

I had a similar thing happen to a Betta when I was a teenager, jumped out of the tank and I look for hours, finally found it in the bathroom with the cat. It looked dead and I was gonna flush it then decided to put it back in the tank, next morning it was swimming around, swam weird from that day on, but lived another year after that.

RE: Is it sad to see a dead fish in a fish supply store?

cherridot — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 08:35:23 GMT

That is one tough fish. It should be since it's a betta.

RE: Is it sad to see a dead fish in a fish supply store?

Bubbleboy — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:17:14 GMT

Well Bettas Jumping out of bowls is pretty common.

Once my mom and dad had a betta (When I was little) and they had it for a real long time. One day they went out and came back to our cat staring at it gasping on the floor all dried up. Poor thing could have been there for hours. They hurried over, frantic, and put it back in it's tank. Miraculously, it survived for many months later. Now that's one tough fish!

RE: Is it sad to see a dead fish in a fish supply store?

FattFishy — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:05:35 GMT

I meant diseased fish mostly... but yeah, those rescue buys can work out great!

RE: Is it sad to see a dead fish in a fish supply store?

LadyBarbara001 — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:48:14 GMT

I have done some "rescue buys," but not of sick fish, just ones that were being kept in unsuitable condidtions...3 out of my 4 mormyrids were that way, being kept in tanks with no cover, and since they are my favorites, we gave them better conditions.

I did once buy an Angel that the store was sure wasn't going to live, but he's among my biggest now...he is a blush, and they were sure he was diseased!

RE: Is it sad to see a dead fish in a fish supply store?

FattFishy — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:08:12 GMT

But honestly, don't bother trying to do a "rescue buy." It just causes more trouble than preventing it.

dar, just so you know, lfs means local fish store. Yeah, I had to ask about it too.

RE: Is it sad to see a dead fish in a fish supply store?

dar — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 08:44:38 GMT

Too true, Dizzy Kitty. Ok, LFS stands for live fish store? I'm a little slow here, lol.

RE: Is it sad to see a dead fish in a fish supply store?

DIZZY.KITTY — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 01:37:42 GMT

:) Hi every one, just wanted to make a comment too, I know some LFS try very hard with their fish but it's the others that let them down, we have a really bad LFS close to where i live and when you go in the fish that are dead are just left to get eaten by the healthy fish, but the trouble is, if that fish that is dead is getting eaten by the healthy fish then won't the healthy fish get sick too ?? i read that there is a chance depending on what the dead fish died of

dar that is very sad about your Betta, it is heart breaking when a much loved fish or animal dies, i get very attached to my fish and always get so upset if anything happens to them, but it helps me to know that some where swimming about in a tank is a lil fish just needing a good home;)

RE: Is it sad to see a dead fish in a fish supply store?

FattFishy — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:00:20 GMT

Well, at least some stores try to protect against dead fish in their tanks...

RE: Is it sad to see a dead fish in a fish supply store?

dar — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:08:37 GMT

My male betta was a real jem. He was very active and would even follow me around watching me work in the kitchen. Had him 6 mo. and one day I fed him before going outside. About 30 min. later I came in and he was gone out of his large bowl. Took me 15 min. to find him in my plants nearby. Poor guy got so happy I guess he jumped out. I later read that sometimes they do that so it's best to cover bowl with cheesecloth. I almost cried, wished I'd been nearby when he got frisky. Couldn't bring myself to replace him for almost half a year.

RE: Is it sad to see a dead fish in a fish supply store?

dar — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:59:44 GMT

Wow, that's a lot of loss in shipping.

RE: Is it sad to see a dead fish in a fish supply store?

nay — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:49:01 GMT

it is sad to see fishies dead in a any tank wheather its in a home tank or store tank...;_; it is normal for some if not halof a shipment to die dew to the shock of transporting them from place to place or improper shipping conditions...like what ladybarbara001 said, the fish were probably overheated in the delivery truck and/or plane!

i work at a petshop and have so for almost 2 years now and it still isnt easy to see dead fish floating in our tanks!! we try to remove them as much as possible but it dosent always happen that way.

RE: Is it sad to see a dead fish in a fish supply store?

LadyBarbara001 — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 12:38:36 GMT

Slightly old topic, but...took my 14year old stepdaughter to a LFS, and they had just received fish. I guess the shipment overheated, and a bunch of fish were dead and dying. She was just freaking, and it took quite a while to calm her down. I told her there was nothing anyone could do, and that it was very sad, but that occasionally happens during shipping. I guess the moral of this story is don't show up on shipping days...especially not with a sensitive kid.

Is it sad to see a dead fish in a fish supply store?

cherridot — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:14:02 GMT

I have seen many fish dead and sometimes they are my favorite. I really don't know if it is sad or not.