Regular Member Jim_D Posted April 19, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted April 19, 2015 This was a test out of a bag of water from a LFS I went to this afternoon, there were lots of dead fish and none looked well at all, right in the corner of one tank all by itself was a little shubunkin oranda.......I had no choice but to purchase the fish and try an save him/her and he or her is now residing in a QT tank as I type this. Why are some pet shops just so bloody horrible? I was in there are 3.45pm on a Sunday afternoon, they had been open since 9.00am and no one had removed 23 (yes we counted them) dead fish from their goldfish and tropical tanks in 6+ hours?????????????? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Mikey Posted April 19, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted April 19, 2015 (edited) I would say 60-90ppm. At my LFS, we scoop dead fish before we open and periodically throughout the day if there are any. We do water changes on our systems two times a week with pond season coming up, we need to start doing maybe three times a week with all the new bio-load from the pond fish Edited April 19, 2015 by Mikey 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member CourtneyandThunder Posted April 19, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted April 19, 2015 That is ridiculous, we have a store like that here I will not go into, its filthy and all the animals are sick and the fish tanks stink. Plus they are over priced. It just makes me sad how some stores treat goldfish as if they are not to be respected like the other fish. Makes me sad, good save, would love to see a pic of him or her. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member GoldenSpoiledRotten Posted April 19, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted April 19, 2015 That Nitrate reading is poisonous, is what it is. Do you mean calico oranda? Shubunkin are single-tailed fish related to Comets. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Jim_D Posted April 19, 2015 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 19, 2015 That Nitrate reading is poisonous, is what it is. Do you mean calico oranda? Shubunkin are single-tailed fish related to Comets. Yep....boof head moment there. I've been saying 'shubunkin' all afternoon and evening and being corrected by Jenny and yet I still typed it in! Ah well....its Sunday night downunder The LFS just dumps new shipments of fish straight into these tanks, I've tried to talk to the manager, but it's useless. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member GoldenSpoiledRotten Posted April 19, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted April 19, 2015 Of course the LFS does that. Not many have room for a QT tank. That's what at-home QT was made to fix. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member DieselPlower Posted April 19, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted April 19, 2015 I have no idea what it is. I find that test almost worthless other than if it's a shade of red, it's time for a water change. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member shakaho Posted April 19, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted April 19, 2015 It looks more like 40 than 80. High but not toxic to a typical goldfish. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Jim_D Posted April 19, 2015 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 19, 2015 Of course the LFS does that. Not many have room for a QT tank. That's what at-home QT was made to fix. No, these tanks need to be gravel cleaned and W/C. Shipment after shipment of fish are dying because this giant pet chain have not the slightest idea of any type of fish care. But nothing will change, the dead fish will just be scooped out daily till none are left and then the wholesale weekly order of the next shipment of fish with no chance will be dumped along with their ammonia laden transport water straight into these polluted death tanks and the cycle will just repeat itself. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member CourtneyandThunder Posted April 19, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted April 19, 2015 ^^ Yeppers, and it continues. So sad. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin koko Posted April 19, 2015 Admin Share Posted April 19, 2015 dude that store should be b slapped thats horrible..... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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