Update on Puffer tragedy at W@#-M@*#

[euRasian32]

thanks you all, a lot of credit goes to my girl. she's a southern belle with a huge heart. we level out pretty well, i'm a "wrap my hands around your neck" kind of guy, she writes letters in these situations, thank god. the US is known to have the best customer service in the world, who ever lowered the bar should get kicked square in the doh, i mean someone should have a talk with that guy. i don't like getting ripped off, seeing someone that doesn't care about anything, or talking about my momma. wally world is guilty of #2.

The Dept. of Agr. & Consumer Affairs left message tonight, we're returning the phone call tomorrow.

[fishfreaks]

whoa...back up...wally world was talkin about your mom?

[mlefev]

Lol that's what I thought of first too. I think he was referring to this sentence "seeing someone that doesn't care about anything" haha at least I hope so.

[Beerleader]

My Walmarts puffers are still in horrible shape and mixed w/ Neon tetras and some other tetras, they look miserable! I hate it for them

[amelia]

I am usually VERY concerned about our walmart's fish stock. A lot of the fish, like cichlids and tetras, danios, plecos, those chinese algae eaters, barbs... well, they all look "okay." A few ripped fins, but nothing too bad. The livebearers are always in horrible condition though, it seems, and the goldfish are even worse. I've purchased a few goldfish from wal-mart, one has lived over a month.. one i just got yesterday--It had been at walmart since the purchase of the first goldfish. I bought two koi, as well. One koi jumped the tank last night and died, and the second has fin clamp but is doing well as far as I can tell.

Our walmart doesn't ever really keep anything "unusual" except they stuck some dragonfish in the tanks with some livebearers last week... I've only tried keeping dragonfish once, and I think they may be a bit brackish (correct me if I'm wrong.. I didn't ever look up on the fish) but mine died within a day.. It wasn't a wal-mart purchase. They're fairly docile, I believe, but I don't understand why they would keep them with livebearers..

Walmart where I live likes to mix the fish up in very idiodic combinations.. Oh well, its not like I can tell them "YOU'RE KEEPING YOUR FISH IN WRONG COMBINATIONS! CHANGE NOW YOU FOOLS!".. and the fishkeepers there aren't too good, either. I had to show one how to use the gravel vaccum the other day.. ugh. KUDOS TO YOU!

[Fishfirst]

Yep you are correct amelia, they are brackish, their health quickly deteriorates in a fw tank. If you ever do happen to get another dragonfish and keep it in brackish water, I would suggest spot feeding it bloodworms krill and other meaty items.

[euRasian32]

The Dept. Of Agriculture and Consumer Affairs said that they didn't handle fish, and to call our local animal control (they forwarded the letter to them).

[TheOldSalt]

Dragon Gobies are filter feeders. They scoop up big mouthfuls of mud and sift through it for anything edible. A bit of a challenge to keep.

[amelia]

Are all gobies brackish? I kept about 5 bumblebee gobies in salted water.. nothing more than a couple of tablespoons in the tank, though.. Of course, I usually apply more than what's needed of anything.. The gobies lived for about a year and a half, healthy as they could be. Could my slightly oversalting of the tank be what kept those fish alive? The thank that I kept my dragonfish in was not salted at all.

[dfortunato]

good job,i saw the same thing at out local wal mart in toledo ohio,so i bought all the puffers they had in stock.luckily garys tropical fish in maumee took the bulk of them off my hands and i have three of them still,

[Puffer Pita]

If you buy all of the puffers they have, they'll just buy more and subject them to the same treatment. I know it sounds cruel but its better to leave them there to die so they won't be as inclined to get any others and waste their money. And this advice comes from a serious puffer lover.

[RubyGrace]

I bought a puffer from wal-mart a few days ago. I was very excited because I have always loved puffers and thought I had found a small fresh water puffer. My mother will not allow me to keep salt fish she says they are too expensive and too much trouble to keep. However, we noticed when we got him home that he started eating the little snails in our tank. Also, today he has started biting our other fishes fins. Anyway, the puffers were in a tank by themselves at wal-mart with the exception of a baby parrot fish who was missing it's left eye. A few of the puffers had small pieces of their fins missing but they all looked pretty well for wal-mart fish. They should really either take better care of their fish or get rid of them.

I wrote this post to let anyone who was reading know how things stood now and also because I need some advise. My mother has agreed to let me keep the puffer, (Neelix) even thought it is a sw fish, in a new tank since we already have him and because we all love him. How do I need to take care of him? I know that puffers needs a large sw tank, a good filter, heater, lots of places to hide, and dried krill to eat. Is there anything else I need to know? Also, what fish can I keep with him since I really don't want him to be alone. Thanks.

[Scuba Kid]

What kind of puffer is it? And you will probably get quicker advice if you make your own thread, instead of digging up very old ones...

Most puffers should be kept alone, however you haven't said what species you have.

[Rza1]

Great stuff from Downunder... I saw south Park walmart is bad Tree hugging hippies are good It just goes to show one person can make a difference

opps didn't realize it was old thread sry