Petland Discounts

While my experience with the service was pleasant I recommend only coming here for supplies. I bought my betta, Dipper from here and within minutes of him being in his tank he began flopping on his side. Later on I found out he has swim bladder disorder and it might be caused by parasites. Unless you want heartbreak don’t buy fish from here. They keep the bettas out of site and some (in Dipper’s case) are swim in their own filth.

This Petland has been there since I was a kid when they first opened up. Never would I go buy any animals or fish in my case again. What really sucks about this chain is that they hire people without any knowledge of what they are selling.
For example: my wife brought me my very first fish tank. The tank was 16 gallons and I went here to get fish after I shopped at BJs. What caught my attention was a blue crayfish in one of the tanks. Mind you, the tank was filled me Black and white mollies. I asked the sales representative does the crayfish eat any fish like the ones in the tank? She told me not to worry and that crayfish eat only algae and what is on the bottom flr. So my wife and I said cool that we would like the blue crayfish and 6 mollies. Once we got home, after the usual place bags in water for 20 – 25 mins to adjust for temp, I let them in the tank. No lie, after 15 mins the blue crayfish had a molly in his claws and eating it. I was wth! My wife couldn’t believe it either. Then next morning, 2 more were eaten. I called Petland right away and told them they said the crayfish doesn’t eat fish and the manager said they do and who told me that? I told the name of the SR and told me to come back down so they can replace the fish. I imagine if I brought expensive fish, what would have happen.
But this isn’t the first time. I passed by 2 times asking question about fish and the SR just looked like deer in the headlights look. I was like forget it, I’m going to PetsuppiesPlus on grand ave. at least when they don’t know, they are honest about it and won’t sell it to people.

There is a woman who works there who is VERY knowledgable about goldfish and has saved my goldfish on two occasions. Another kid, I think his name is Kevin, also, VERY knowledgable about goldfish.
I went to this location when my goldfish had white cotton fungus growing on him. I asked for advice, whether it’s bacterial, or if it’s an effect of the previous bacterial infection, whether it’s a fungus and what I should do. He told me to wait until Friday to see what it is. He then died on Friday.
Never ever coming back here again. My goldfish was 9 and could have easily lived twice that if I just treated it for the fungal infection.
RIP Sparkles

A tiny Petland, tucked away in a corner near the entrance of the Metro Mall.
The only reason why people come to this sad excuse of a shopping center is for BJ’s, and this Petland’s reflects this. Then again, if you’re a member of BJ’s, then you can just buy pet food in bulk. Unless your pet is one of the finicky kind. Although in my case, I’m more finicky in what I feed my own pets. Cause in reality, Fancy Feast isn’t really all that fancy. It’s actually the junk food equivalent of the cat world.
Either way this Petland Discount location is okay, but it’s cramped. The Myrtle Avenue location is bigger, and the employees are more helpful. Still, it’s convenient when you need pet food in a hurry.

We went last night to buy goldfish for our 7 year old’s birthday. We bought three. As we were checking out, the sales person said that if any died over night we could come back the next day with the receipt and get replacements. He made a point of saying we didn’t need to bring anything else – no dead fish, no water sample. One fish died within 30 minutes of arriving at our home. He was still in the bag, sitting in the tank. Another, which we noticed was wounded when we got home, was dead by the next morning. My husband went back this evening only to be told by the manager that it was not company policy to replace dead fish, even though he was there as the sales person the night before spoke to us while we were paying. What a lousy experience. For the $ 10 we lost from dead fish, they lost customers who probably would have invested hundreds in the years to come. Don’t shop here!

Among all the stores in the metro-​mall, we have a petland discounts. We all know that large chain pet stores are not always the best; this store is a good explanation why. The aquarium selection is limited compared to the other petland discounts and nearly half the fish are either dead or dying. The reptiles are behind a door, so you have to ask the staff for permission to look at them. Not a major gripe, but the other petland discounts were more conveniently laid out. Overall not much of an experience for a pet store and pretty crappy for a Petland Discounts.