Overstock Shopping

why can pet shops overstock their tanks?

when you go into a pet shop you see loads of tanks normally quite small with loads of fish in them. but the fish are healthy. how does that work out?

Public Comments

1. The fish are there short term, and Most stores use central filtration systems, what you see in the display tanks is only a fraction of the total water in the system.
2. pet shops dont stock the tanks with the happiness of the fish in mind.. they stock them with PROFIT in mind.. the tanks are usually boring - no plants.. and over crowded.. what you dont see is all the dead or injured ones scooped out every morning before you get there....
3. They are not meant to be in there for a long time, only temporarely. The pet store also has a Central Filteration System.
4. Pet stores have huge filtration systems running behind the wall behind the tanks. They also don't seem to mind how many fish the lose. It's rare to go into a larger fish store and not see dead fish in the tanks. **
5. the fish wont stay there forever, someone will have to buy them thats what petshops are for.