Petco, Baton Rouge

DarkCobra · 12-03-2005, 11:36 PM

Petco
6857 Siegen Lane, Baton Rouge, LA 70809
(225) 297-5997

Yep, it's a chain store. Still worth checking out if you're in the area.

This store had some truly nasty tanks when it first opened, but quality has been improving steadily since, and when I visited yesterday the tanks looked great.

There's a few things that make this store stand out:

1) They always seem to have a few fish species that are not commonly found in chain stores. For example, I've seen rasbora axelrodi, glofish, cardinal tetra, and Endler's. The uncommon species seem to rotate, so I tend to drop by periodically to see what they have even if I'm not looking for anything in particular.

2) Most employees have been there a long time, and are friendly and helpful. The people in the fish section actually know fish. I asked one yesterday about their water parameters and he actually knew the exact concentration of the salt in the freshwater tanks!

3) They're able to special-order fish and plants from their vendor and have them delivered in-store for you. Some other chain stores will do this, but not all. I've never done this, but I assume if they can bundle your request with their regular restock order, it would save you a lot on shipping.

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black_dragon_i · 07-24-2006, 06:29 PM

Yeah they used to have big problems with ich and their poor cichlids of course would be hit the hardest, but I have not seen anything like that in a while. They sell those plants in a bottle as well as bulbs, neither of which I have bought honestly but still available. Nice selection of herps, good fish and herp freezer foods and one of the best chain stores for hard products (chemicals/lights/filters/pumps) and a must if you do marine tanks as they have the widest selection of the chain stores.

I actually got a rather impressive kohaku koi from there once. Very little bleeding between the orange and white and developed color well as it grew. Have not seen anything with good breeding since honestly.

Have never had to return fish as of yet, even the condi anemone I got there is doing well.

12-03-2005, 11:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
DarkCobra Algae Torturer (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2) Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Baton Rouge, LA Posts: 655	Petco, Baton Rouge Petco 6857 Siegen Lane, Baton Rouge, LA 70809 (225) 297-5997 Yep, it's a chain store. Still worth checking out if you're in the area. This store had some truly nasty tanks when it first opened, but quality has been improving steadily since, and when I visited yesterday the tanks looked great. There's a few things that make this store stand out: 1) They always seem to have a few fish species that are not commonly found in chain stores. For example, I've seen rasbora axelrodi, glofish, cardinal tetra, and Endler's. The uncommon species seem to rotate, so I tend to drop by periodically to see what they have even if I'm not looking for anything in particular. 2) Most employees have been there a long time, and are friendly and helpful. The people in the fish section actually know fish. I asked one yesterday about their water parameters and he actually knew the exact concentration of the salt in the freshwater tanks! 3) They're able to special-order fish and plants from their vendor and have them delivered in-store for you. Some other chain stores will do this, but not all. I've never done this, but I assume if they can bundle your request with their regular restock order, it would save you a lot on shipping.

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07-24-2006, 06:29 PM	#2 (permalink)
black_dragon_i Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: baton rouge Posts: 20	Yeah they used to have big problems with ich and their poor cichlids of course would be hit the hardest, but I have not seen anything like that in a while. They sell those plants in a bottle as well as bulbs, neither of which I have bought honestly but still available. Nice selection of herps, good fish and herp freezer foods and one of the best chain stores for hard products (chemicals/lights/filters/pumps) and a must if you do marine tanks as they have the widest selection of the chain stores. I actually got a rather impressive kohaku koi from there once. Very little bleeding between the orange and white and developed color well as it grew. Have not seen anything with good breeding since honestly. Have never had to return fish as of yet, even the condi anemone I got there is doing well.