About the only reason to buy fish from Wal Mart is that they often mislabel
them and /or the staff can't tell one from the other, so you can
occasionally get a $15 fish for .99 cents. On the other hand, fish from Wal
Mart are frequently diseased. There are always dead fish in their tanks
when I have passed by (as I often do when I'm in Wal-Mart for some other
purpose, like my girlfriend dragged me there) and of the few times I have
bought fish from them I'd say at least 1/3 had some kind of disease, in one
case a very serious bacterial infection which killed a number of my fish.

Live and learn

DB

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"NetMax" wrote in message
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"Kodiak" wrote in message
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I can't understand how they can make a profit.

Bingo. They don't, not on fish, and they don't care (they are 'lost
leaders' to bring people in to buy food and accessories). There has to
be something morally currupt about a business practice which kills live
creatures to advance sales of merchandise.

If the prices are higher in the states, is it because they are funneling
it back into the care of the fish by training the staff and providing
them with the tools and medications needed, or are they just lining their
pockets faster?

*sigh*
NetMax

...Kodiak

"RedForeman ©®" wrote in message
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FYI,
I saw JD's at WALMART for 5.99$CDN in montreal.
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