Walmart Not Selling Live Fish
Cichlid-Man pointed this out in his thread that an article a few months ago said that Walmart would no longer be selling fish at some of it's US stores.
Some bits from the article...
The world's largest retailer said it would stop selling live pet fish at some U.S. stores in response to consumer demand.
Wal-Mart, which has more than 3,000 U.S. discount stores, declined to say how many stores would stop selling live fish and that it is "certainly" not abandoning the business.
"You see too many floaters," Chappell said of its displays. "You walk in there and there are a bunch of dead fish....It's not that consumers don't want fish, it's just, in my opinion, it's just consumers don't want to buy fish there and it's in large part because they don't look particularly healthy," Chappell said.
Target sells fish?
Yep im a sucker for walmart fish. Our LFS closed down this month so that stinks.
oh yea..i guess target doesn’t sell fish…YET!
This fish are less than desirable, but it does depend on the store. I will say that the local plant selection sucks and wallyworld always seems to have nice healthy potted plants.
Ya the plants rock too.
My local walmart uses has a few fish laying on the bottom. I used to just walk by and take a look but the last 8 or 9 months I just don’t even bother. It’s hard to find a really good but not Expensive LFS…
Yeah Walmart doesnt have great fish. The only thing they have is the fish supplies. I go to walmart for the supplies because they are particularly cheap. I am 12 and i ahve been a fish owner for 4 years. I have created a tank all on my own. And from my proffesional opinion Walmart is a good place to buy fish supplies not fish.
I was about to complain to the Walmart pet department about their fish. They don’t take care (let me rephrase that,….never) take care of their fish. It’s really sad, I am 25 years old and have been breeding fish for over 10 years, I have bred multifarious types of fish, from simple goldfish to lion fishes. Since I love fishes, while waiting for my husband in Walmart I looked at some of their live fish, I was heartbroken to see their state. The poor Bettas were dull and gray without their vibrant touch and active character, (this only takes place when they are stressed out, sick, or about to die, and trust me most of them were like this), and in the goldfish tank, hundreds of the goldfish were stuffed and on the bottom lay most of them, dead, with the other goldfishes feeding on them. They don’t even properly clean the tank, I know this for a fact because a clean tank would not have algae or foreign floating objects in it, and these tanks, all they had were algae and unknown things floating about…..most of all they had dead fish, who probably suffered from Walmart’s inappropriate care. It was a terrible sight. I really hoped that if they have no clue whatsoever on how to breed fish, that they abandon this department, Walmart may be a good place to shop for countless items, but for live fish it is is the worst……….WHOEVER DOES NOT WANT THESE BEAUTIFUL CREATURES TO SUFFER WOULD STOP BUYING FISH FROM WALMART!!!! IT IS A TERRIBLE ACT OF ANIMAL (fish) CRUELTY!!! (their fish supplies though are fine)…..
I totally agree. However, I don’t think stopping people from buying them would do much. WalMart doesn’t seem to care about their fish. they don’t (thank God) sell dogs or cats or hamsters, so why fish? Leave that to the pet store who know what they are doing, and care about the well being of their fish. I saw several catfish dead in a tank way too small for the at least 20+ catfish in there. We also saw at least 5 Oscars in yet another tiny tank with numerous other fish. Oscars get huge, and im sure the poor people trying to make ends meet that work there have no idea on proper care or conditions to school the customers to be sure they are properly aware of the needs of these fish. WALMART GIVE UP THE FISH, YOU MAKE PLENTY OF MONEY!!!
Walmart cant possibly make a high profit margin on these fish. They are one of the largest retailers in the world and though I’ve grown to love this monopoly we all know, but if they do not stop selling live animals then I will no longer be a customer. There is 6 Walmarts within a few mile radius from my house and not ONE has any ability to take care of a live being. Stop your cruelty I hope you burn.
Wal-Mart kills fish just to make a dollar please help to make wal-mart stop selling any live animals , Fish in poor conditions , fish in there own waste like the poor bettas in the cups with nasty low water left to die in a damn cup! of water .