fcking pets at home - i bought dd1 goldfish for her bday - next day DEAD then guess what

[nailpolish]

frogmarched back to pets at home
took a sample of tank ater

which tey tested it was FINE

they gave us 2 replacement fish - 2 days later

DEAD

wtf is going on? i did everything by the book

i feel i cant go and get another 2 replacement fish in case same thing happens and dd1 will be even more distraught

thats 4 FISH DEAD IN A WEEK

i did everythng by the book

take back the corpses and another sample.

demand replacemtn aquatic creatures.

OOOhhh you goldfisher killer you lol

Nah i would take em back again and demand more fish!!

but can i subject dd to taht

Are there any other fish in the tank ?

We had a series of mysterious fishy deaths. Did the whole water testing thing - all well. Turned out to be a sucking loach damaging the other fish.

Or it could be shock. Is the water the right temp?

yes. is better than no more fish. maybe say if they die AGAIN then no more fish, but 3rd time lucky...

yes all the fish in tank are dyng at the same time

the water looks a bit cloudy actually but i have a pump and filter

did ou cycle the tank for a week?

what is a loach?

yesterday one of the fish seemed to be gasping but i didnt know waht to do - i phoned the shop and tey said "well wetested your water and it was fine and you have a pump etc"

yes i bopught tank etc a week before i got fish and had it all set up etc

It's a fish with a big sucky mouth that some people put in their tanks to clean things. Not beautiful. But deadly it seems!

If this is causing the problem it can damage the fishes gills and cause the gasping thing.

we go to pets at home to play 'spot the dead fish', the DCs love it.. DS puts on his best sad face to tell the assistant.

but i dont have any other fish in the tank

Never, ever buy fish from PAH.

We have in the past and they have lasted a week tops.

Ah. WOn't be that then.

I'd buy her some fish from somewhere else, maybe it's a bad batch

Pets at home are known for selling ill fish, seriously... do not buy fish from there.

I had a huge tank of coldwater fish, took me ages to get the tank right and build up the stock, i bought 2 fish from PAH and they killed my whole tank off, slow painful deaths, it was awful and extremely upsetting.

I complained and got a cheque for £120 (how much the fish were worth) and £50 in vouchers without any hestation from them i didn't want their money i loved my fish and was totally gutted, i would never buy fish from there again, and when i call in for guinea pig stuff they always have dead in fish in various tanks.

I have read somewhere that this company was known by another name but got shut down for animal cruely, came up with another name and of course are now trading again.

It prob isn't you.

oh lulumama you are funny

ick. in that case try elsewhere. we have a PAH but i've never gone there - go to very small old local pet shop or garden centre.

welli have just phoned the shop
they said when they got that batch in about 50% died
they said it could be shock
they said leave it a few days with the filter on and then introduce new fish in a few days

but i think you are right i am going to go to another shop

50 % died of shock! yeah, of being put into a tank with countless goldfish corpses..they are probably committing hari kiri!

lulumaman stop it! this is serious! LOL

maybe what is needed is a zombie goldfish plan...

Lol LM

Try your local pet shop.

LOL lulu