Latest reviews about Walmart Any Fish

ash143jun says "fish die in 2 days" about Walmart Any Fish

ash143jun — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:35:26 GMT

hi my name is ashley and hasve u ever went to walmart, well i bought a couple of fish from there and i thought they would live froever buy guess wat nope they died 2 days later. i bought them for my kids and they were heart broken . so i am saying that there fish suck and this isnt the first time, this happend to me when i was little , me and my brother would save up money to buy them because our mother wouldnt let us have any thing else so we went and bought 4 fish and guess what one of the fish died right in the bag, and the other died in a week, we fed them the water wasnt to cold of to warm and we did everythin gright all of our other fish we got from a pet store were alive and these fish suck i recommend not to buy these fish even you know everything else at walmart is good

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polarkatz says "The goldfish die the day after you bring them home" about Walmart Any Fish

polarkatz — Wed, 06 May 2009 23:25:49 GMT

The goldfish tank always seem scummy and dirty I shouldn't wonder why they seem to all die within days of bringing them home. There is no one ever around to help you get the fish so you wait forever as your child gets antsy waiting to bring home Mr. Goldy the 5th

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BK2021 says "It's pretty much hit or miss." about Walmart Any Fish

BK2021 — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:33:59 GMT

It's pretty much hit or miss when it comes to fish from Walmart. I have had some live for years, and some that only live for a few days once I get them home. (of course it's after the three days so i can't return them) The tanks at my local walmart are always in ill shape and constantly have sickness problems, I'm not sure if it is the fish they are supplied with or they just dont know how to take care of them. I'm also not sure if it is just my local walmart or others also, that's why I dont trust them.

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cummings18 says "Walmart Fish" about Walmart Any Fish

cummings18 — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:22:07 GMT

I have had many fish over the years from several different pet shops. I thought that just because I was buying Walmart fish they were dying but that isn't the case, I found out that I just didn't have the proper tools each fish needed and different species need different things and some are similar and some can't live with certain species so after I researched tropical fish for 3 days and studied what i had found online, I realized that it was my fault my fish were dying. Just because I wanted all the pretty fish didn't mean that they could all live together some are too territorial and some were not so the others were fighting my fish at night and killing them. I know that this isn't always the case but ever since I researched I only buy Walmart fish and I have never had more than 2 or 3 fish die in the first week all the others have lived for years. Fish are a big responsibility and take alot of research so when you choose a certain type you must only keep fish in that tank that are compatiable...

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jrbaytown says "Some of your Reviews are Ignorant...Others Hold Merit" about Walmart Any Fish

jrbaytown — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 05:48:54 GMT

Wal-Mart Fish...Good, Bad and Downright Ugly

As I read some of the reviews on here, I simply think that a lot of you may be ignorant as to the process of buying fish, bringing them home and taking care of them. You don't simply take them out of the bag, put them in an aquarium full of tap water squirted with de-chlorinator and watch them be happy. There is so much more work, and once you buy that fish at Wal-Mart...the work is yours and you should've already started on it.

I've been to a few different Wal-Marts and seen absolutely disgusting, downright ugly conditions with more dead fish than at Benihana's. It's sad for a little child to walk up excited about the fish and to see all of these dead fish sucked up against the water intake. But...I digress.

I've also been to Wal-Mart and I've seen well kept tanks and very few dead fish (dead fish in a pet store...even your finest aquatics retailer is going to happen). So, yes...they can and do have good fish sometimes. When buying...

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RJSterling says "Local Wal-Mart Supercenter shold quit selling bettas." about Walmart Any Fish

RJSterling — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:38:58 GMT

The Wal-Mart Supercenter where I happened to see bettas offered for sale keeps them in cups (which, sadly, is to be expected) in an inch and a half of water or less so they cannot spread their fins, and the water is at room temperature, which in a Wal-Mart in winter means cold, resulting in immune-system degradation and crumpling fins. Of course the water is also allowed to become dirty....

countrygal1977 says "calming" about Walmart Any Fish

countrygal1977 — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:29:49 GMT

I think it is good for people to own fish for multiple reasons. Fish make you calm, you can sit and look at fish for hours and it is such a calm feeling. Also, they get your mind off of other things. I believe this could be a great thing for certain people including me....

rockstarchild says "Never again" about Walmart Any Fish

rockstarchild — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:43:19 GMT

I'm into saving money and not paying an arm and a leg (especially for fish). But WalMart's people tend to be under trained for the job and don't take care of the fish at my local WalMart very well. There's never a day that I go by where there's not at least one dead fish floating around.

The one fish I did buy was horrible and sickly... The one good thing though is that they do take returns... :)

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luminacars says "Buy Fish elsewhere dog and cat food wal-mart prices okay" about Walmart Any Fish

luminacars — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:16:23 GMT

Been to Wal-Mart many times and very disappointed in fish I have purchased! prices on dog and cat food most of the time okay though. Most of the time hard to find help if questions though. Hope this helps ...

professionalism says "High Risk..." about Walmart Any Fish

professionalism — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:09:15 GMT

I have been reading a lot of comments about Wal-Mart's fish stock and its poor quality.

Well you have to remember, most people only buy Wal-Mart fish as feeders or as a cheap way to get rare fish (i.e. Oscars) at a cheap price.

To be honest, it really depends on the Wal-Mart, management, and the person who is running the fish dept. I have been to a few Wal-Mart’s were the fish were taken care off, the aquariums will kept (and even decorated), and their was always staff on hand. But this was on a rare occasion in the past.
However as a whole most of the Wal-Mart fish I have seen have sick, covered in disease, tanks full of algae, and even delicate tropical fish treated like minnows.

Best bet, go to a pet store or even pet store chain to buy your fish. Most gold fish I brought from Wal-Mart died within a few weeks (or infected other fish I had), however I did have a strong Betta that lived for months until I left him in the care of my roommate for a week.

This section of my review is especially......

Colecola says "Why are the fish always dying?" about Walmart Any Fish

Colecola — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:43:02 GMT

Don't get me wrong Wal-mart is great and they have everything. The thing is I don't think they should have pets. Every time I go into Wal-mart there are dead fish floating around in the tanks. It's disgusting. Try explaining that to a young child when they ask why the fish isn't moving. What's even worst is that the other fish are eating the dead fish. I know a lot of people who actually buy their fish there and the fish die within days. If you buy a fish and it lasts a month you are very lucky. I recommend that if you are serious about having a fish aquarium go buy your fish at an actual pet store....

natalie094 says "walmart fish... always sick!" about Walmart Any Fish

natalie094 — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:13:17 GMT

i've gotten one fish from walmart, and it died so quickly! i never got another fish from there again. i go there alot, and i like checking out the fish, and everytime i go there, i see people there wanting to buy fish. the employee whos supposed to help them always says "oh sorry, they're sick." i went back there one more time after buying my first fish from there, and wanted to at least try to buy one more, and they said they were sick. and the fish DIDN'T look good. the tanks were filthy. i know its not only this store, but the poor betta fishes are tortured in those little tiny cups, which by the way, are filthy too, and it just makes it worse because they're so tiny!

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cfishes says "These people have no clue on how to take care of any fish" about Walmart Any Fish

cfishes — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:28:29 GMT

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 Beware!!...

cymrufem says "Wally World's fish dept: totally disgusting!" about Walmart Any Fish

cymrufem — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:33:50 GMT

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 to stay the h*** away from......

sugarpoint says "fish in walmart are sick" about Walmart Any Fish

sugarpoint — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:09:15 GMT

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 WALMART....