http://www.viewpoints.com/Fish Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:46:38 GMT Reviews about Fish http://www.viewpoints.com/Top-Fin-Betta-Bits-review-cd303 To the PointOn a whim when I went into PetSmart to get Hanna some Bil-Jac I passed by the beta fish. They are beautiful - especially the males. I've seen them in glass vases and decided to give one a better home than he had at PetSmart. Mr. Lucky gets Top Fin Betta Bits and loves them. — A Closer View — Maybe fish will eat any food but really Mr. Lucky watches for me to come over and give him his 3 to 4 pellets (depending on their size) twice a day. Note: the clerk at PetSmart told me to give him 3 once a day but when I got home I read the correct amount to give him. These are tiny pellets and I literally take out 3 or 4 and put them on the surface so I don't give him too many and overfeed him. — The pellets most of the time float. I've noticed that only recently has Lucky gone down to the bottom of the vase to look for food. He usually waits at the top. I drop one in and he looks for it and eats it. I drop another one and keep going. My friends just drop a pinch... Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:46:38 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Top-Fin-Betta-Bits-review-cd303 Jo 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/PetSmart-Beta-Fish--115987-review-50ca3 The dang thing...  Can't teach it to sit up, beg, roll over or anything.  Just kidding!  He does know when I'm coming with the food though.  Smart little goober.  — To the person(s) having a hard time keeping them alive; several points to consider.  #1) When you clean the tank, use a mild detergent, rinse & let dry thoroughly. #2) If you have decorative rocks, BOIL THEM!  Then rinse using cool or cold water in a Mesh Colander.  #3) Feeding; I find feeding mine every other day using five or six Betta Bits works better vs. every day using one or two bits.  He's over a year old & still doing OK. — I've been told the males don't get along...so don't buy two male Beta Fish.  I just have the one.  Sometimes he swims around so fast, it's amazing.  Sometimes he likes to lay in his 'fake plant' and rest.  Inexpensive to buy, own and take care off.  Thumbs up.... Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:03:31 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/PetSmart-Beta-Fish--115987-review-50ca3 OldHippie 4 http://www.viewpoints.com/PetSmart-Beta-Fish--115987-review-71945 the beta is a very sturdy and lovable fish pretty much gets along with any other fish as long as its not its own species if it does come in contact with its on breed it inflates itself to look bigger abd prepares to fight to the death so just keep it seperate from any twins of itself and all is well. easy to feed and take care of comes in dark beautiful vibrant colors. love this... Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:19:56 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/PetSmart-Beta-Fish--115987-review-71945 huntress1 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Walmart-Any-Fish-review-bc547 I have been into tropical fish keeping for over 15yrs, and have witnessed on more than on occasion, walmart employees improper handling of the fish they try to sell, not mention the fact I have seen them sell visiblily sick fish to customers. I  tell people I see in the store thinking about buying fish there, to rethink it and go to a local fish shop that has more knowledge and better policies on proper handling and treatment of their fish. Buyer... Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:28:29 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Walmart-Any-Fish-review-bc547 cfishes 1 http://www.viewpoints.com/Walmart-Any-Fish-review-88a83 I am a new aquarium owner and was in the East Peoria IL WalMart on Sunday. What I found was disturbing, to say the least. The "tanks", if you can call them that, are devoid of any decor, or any noticable food , save for what seems to be salt randomly sprinkled on the bare bottoms. I saw at least 6 dead fish, including a pleco, a large gold Koi, and 2 pictus cats on their last dying gasps. Oh, also a fish which had to have been there a while, as I could not begin to identify it. The poor thing was half eaten away!The "employees" either don't realize, or don't care, that dead fish, aside from being upsetting, will contribute huge amounts of harmful ammonia, which endangers every other fish in their system. Imagine your child, perhaps wishing to begin fishkeeping, coming upon such a disgusting sight! — I know a Petco employee who was offered a job at another local WalMart, in their fish dept. He said "no way", and termed the place  a "killing field". — Wally World needs... Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:33:50 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Walmart-Any-Fish-review-88a83 cymrufem 1 http://www.viewpoints.com/PetSmart-Beta-Fish--115987-review-bee26 I have many of the great reviews on PetSmarts fish. Perhaps it is just my lack of luck that causes me to pick out the wrong fish, however, I have had no luck at all with any of them from the teeny goldfish to the Betas. — Is there a secret to keeping them alive? Of course I've fed them, cleaned their tanks, used all the recommended water treatments and have been known to talk to the fish too. All to no avail. — I think I'll stick with my cats and Bugg! —... Sat, 14 Jun 2008 14:21:02 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/PetSmart-Beta-Fish--115987-review-bee26 FascinatedOne 2 http://www.viewpoints.com/Whisper-Power-Filters-Whisper-Power-Filters-review-a9381 We ahevb always used the whisper brand. I have a 49 gallon tank and these do an excelent job of keeping the water clear and the fish happy. I have some really big fish and these work great. Even if you forget to change them once per month they continue to work for us.... Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:10:51 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Whisper-Power-Filters-Whisper-Power-Filters-review-a9381 charlene7 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Tetra-TetraMin-Tropical-Flakes-review-5a7a3 I have had tropical fish for years and for as long as I can remember, even as a small child, my family has always used TetraMin as the staple food for our fish. I took my aquarian habits from my Dad's lead and after seeing him use TetraMin for years with wonderful results, when I had a place of my own and bought my first fish tank and set it up, I bought TetraMin as well. I have never had any problems out of it and my fish seem to love it. The colors are brite and beautiful on my fish and they are healthy. This is a wonderful product and I highly recommend... Thu, 29 May 2008 19:58:29 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Tetra-TetraMin-Tropical-Flakes-review-5a7a3 Pumpkinpup 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Tetra-TetraMin-Tropical-Flakes-review-17fa2 I've been using this staple flake food for a long time with all my fish.  With the exception of the fish that require live foods, this is an excellent and dependable nutritional food. I've fed my rainbows, angels, tetras, bottom feeders, and apistos.  They are all thriving and have had no health issues since eating this food.  It has no artificial ingredients or colours that are dangerous to fish, it never clouds the water, and the fish take it quite greedily.  Always remember when feeding that 'less is more.'  Fish can easily go three days or more without eating and it will be healthier for them to feed sparsely than to... Wed, 28 May 2008 20:34:41 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Tetra-TetraMin-Tropical-Flakes-review-17fa2 AK900 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/PetSmart-Beta-Fish--115987-review-c2834 Beta fish need little room to swim are very clean and easy to take care of...I love to watch them swim with there beautiful colors...You can also put then in a vase with a peace lily they feed from the roots...My little girl likes to put the tanks near each other so they will flare out the fins...This is when they are most... Wed, 28 May 2008 02:36:55 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/PetSmart-Beta-Fish--115987-review-c2834 knr9699 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Whisper-Power-Filters-Whisper-Power-Filters-review-16de6 I used to have the biowheel type of filter system, and found that it resulted in the aquarium going cloudy without warning.  You never felt that you truly had a fresh filter.  And I always had to run a backup filtration system, because the bio wheel would get clogged with solid waste.  I really like the Whisper products because they process a high volume of water per hour, and water quality remains crystal clear between changes of the bio bag (the drop in packets with activated charcoal)  The one thing that is a bit of a pain is the sponge that goes into the slots along with the bio bags, because it does trap alot of solid waste and get rather slimy, requiring thorough rinsing at each bio bag change.   It is definitely cheaper to buy the bags in the multi packs, and fill the pouches yourself with the activated charcoal provided, but I have found over the years that what is in the pre-measured pouches is really not adequate, and I buy a container of Xylon... Fri, 02 May 2008 19:12:27 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Whisper-Power-Filters-Whisper-Power-Filters-review-16de6 AWESOMEMOM88 4 http://www.viewpoints.com/Onedersave-Products-EcoBio-Block-review-cc221 The Ecobio-Block — What is it? — The Ecobio-Block is a block that you place in your aquarium that will help keep your tank clean, smell-free and a healthy place for your fish (and turtle) to live.  The Ecobio-Block releases calcium and minerals into the water that keep it clean. — Fish will be able to live in the same water, without being changed for years. — The Ecobio-Block was very easy to use.  All we had to was rinse it in water and let it soak for 24 hours and then place it in the aquarium.  Simple as that. — The Ecobio-Block can be purchased at onedersave.com. — Prices vary according to aquarium size. — 3-40 gallon aquarium - $43 — 40-100 gallon aquarium - $58 — Pebbles for a 3-20 gallon aquarium - $37 — My Viewpoint! — After many years of many fish and turtle aquariums, I was sick of having to clean the water again and again. Especially the turtle's tank.  Puck, our turtle, is about 4... Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:59:50 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Onedersave-Products-EcoBio-Block-review-cc221 CrystaBush 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Walmart-Any-Fish-review-b08a2 I don`t know why walmart sale sick fish. The fish look terrible and poor. I`m so sad to look at them each time go to walmart. I had a tank and lots of fish that bought at patsmart, my neighbor told me the fish in walmart is cheaper and he bought fish for his son, but after one week all the fish in his tank were dead. DON'T BUY FISH FROM... Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:09:15 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Walmart-Any-Fish-review-b08a2 sugarpoint 1 http://www.viewpoints.com/Walmart-Any-Fish-review-88aa0 I've purchase several fish from WalMart. Just because they seem to be the only place near me that carries fish. The first 4 were cheapies that I got just to amuse my daughter, I figured they'd all die. And I was mostly right. Three of them died fairly quickly and the other one hung on for 2 years. By that point I invested in a larger tank. i got the starter fish from Walmart as people had recommended to just buy some cheap fish to get the tank going - I did just that and 90% of them died right away. A few months later I felt confident to buy fish there that cost more than $.25 each and bought a Black Moor. Sadly this fish infected my other fish with ick. After that got treated, he promptly died. — — So basically if you are just going to buy the cheap little goldfish to get your tank ready, then go ahead, just always assume they have ick and treat accordingly. Look elsewhere for keeper fish. — —... Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:56:06 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Walmart-Any-Fish-review-88aa0 Judypooh 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/NutraFin-Betta-Plus-Water-Conditioner-review-d50f Yes it's cheap, but this little bottle runs out really quick.....works great (like anothers brands) but you need to use 1 cap each time and the bottle it's not safe to use — It's better to spend a little more....the cheap items cost a lot more!! — ... Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:53:28 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/NutraFin-Betta-Plus-Water-Conditioner-review-d50f Dianna 3 http://www.viewpoints.com/Aquarium-Pharmaceuticals-Splendid-Betta-Complete-Water-Conditioner-review-495b3 All my betta fish lives a lot...around 3 years, I only use the Aquarium Pharmaceuticals Splendid Betta Complete Water Conditioner, It's easy to use for small tanks, no accidental spills and you only need to buy 2 bottles for each 3 years. — I definitely recommend it to a betta owner!... Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:33:45 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Aquarium-Pharmaceuticals-Splendid-Betta-Complete-Water-Conditioner-review-495b3 Dianna 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Walmart-Any-Fish-review-191f4 must I have to agree that Walmart in my area is terriblem too. Have to hunt done someone to get fish and then they procede to tell me how to take care of them. Funny thing I'm always returning the dead ones... I have had a few make it. And what is the deal with holing them up over the theft... Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:14:17 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Walmart-Any-Fish-review-191f4 sheshe69 1 http://www.viewpoints.com/Walmart-Any-Fish-review-e9699 It doesn't say online and is not posted in the store, but Walmart only offers fish exchanges if your fish dies, and ONLY within 48 hours! — — I didn't know any better when I bought my 1st fish there.  It lived (so far), no worries.  With that good luck (whick would be normal for most pet stores), I decided to get another fish then next time I went to the store.  My 2nd fish would not eat, which is normal for some new fish.  I didn't start to worry until it hadn't eaten for a week.  I asked advice at pet stores and they said to return the fish because it was probably sick when I bought it and there is nothing I can do (most pet stores have a 14 day guarantee).  So I called walmart to ask their return policy - TWO DAYS only, EXCHANGE ONLY.  Since it is normal for fish not to eat right away, I was not concerned about my fish's health until well after the exchange period.  Plus, now I know better than to get fish from walmart. — ... Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:30:32 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Walmart-Any-Fish-review-e9699 butterfly204 1 http://www.viewpoints.com/Walmart-Any-Fish-review-964f4 I have bought fish from Wal mart 3 times now and every time the fish die. The last time i bought the a Angel fish from Wal mart. Me and my son took him home everything was fine. I think is was 2 or maybe 3 days later not only the Angel fish was dead but are gold fish that we have had for almost 5 years was dead too. Now I have had fish for over 20 years and gold fish are one of the hardest fish to die. When i took back the fish to Wal mart and explained what happened the sales person told me there was nothing he could do for me. Stay away from Wal marts... Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:35:09 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Walmart-Any-Fish-review-964f4 sou5061 1 http://www.viewpoints.com/PETSMART-fish-review-5da01 I go to Petsmart for all of my pet needs.  Not only do they have a great selection of fish and products at competative products but you get a level of service you don't get at discount stores.  Discount stores such as walmart may offer lower prices on some items, but Petsmart will price match ads, they will even price match their own website.  I have found items on their website deeply discounted, printed out the page and taken it to my local store and they match it every time.  Great way to save. — I have 4 different fish tanks and I buy all of my fish and supplies at Petsmart.  —  Also, keep your eyes out for their opportunity buys, fish they only offer for a limited time.  Its a good way to get some different fish, and they also discount them if they have some left over after the promotional time perioud. —... Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:41:54 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/PETSMART-fish-review-5da01 TJW 5