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I sure hope so! And yeah i was at Walmart last night and in almost every tank, there were dead fish piled up against the filter/fan. Sometimes one fish, sometimes quite a few 
But Walmart also just tends to take worse care of the fish in general, they're just a store that happens to have fish, along with tons of other stuff, as opposed to Petco or something which is specifically a pet store. At least with Petco most of the tanks are a decent size, could be bigger of course, but not usually too small, and they clean them, etc. A little overstocked maybe but they tend to care for the most part. The Walmart tanks are always sooo small. And I feel bad for the bigger fish like the cichlids
But one time I told someone at Petco or Petsmart, maybe it was petsmart, it's a different one than I usually go to so I forget, that a fish was dead and they felt really bad and told me to tell them if i see anymore/that they try to take them out right away but miss some, and she went and pulled it out right then.
But of course at all stores ever the goldfish are horribly abused
Ours has a large tank, no clue what size but several feet long and tall, but that tank is divided into 3 narrow tanks and just CRAMMED with goldfish. Small, larger I think and the third tank is minnows. It's really sad seeing sooo many fish swim in there.
When I bought mine though there were barely any left, the other two tanks were empty or almost empty, and mine had significantly reduced numbers
Anyway, sorry for rambling haha
But yeah, it really is weird and sad. Bettas are abused too, the things they sell for them are absurd
But Walmart also just tends to take worse care of the fish in general, they're just a store that happens to have fish, along with tons of other stuff, as opposed to Petco or something which is specifically a pet store. At least with Petco most of the tanks are a decent size, could be bigger of course, but not usually too small, and they clean them, etc. A little overstocked maybe but they tend to care for the most part. The Walmart tanks are always sooo small. And I feel bad for the bigger fish like the cichlids
But one time I told someone at Petco or Petsmart, maybe it was petsmart, it's a different one than I usually go to so I forget, that a fish was dead and they felt really bad and told me to tell them if i see anymore/that they try to take them out right away but miss some, and she went and pulled it out right then.
But of course at all stores ever the goldfish are horribly abused
Ours has a large tank, no clue what size but several feet long and tall, but that tank is divided into 3 narrow tanks and just CRAMMED with goldfish. Small, larger I think and the third tank is minnows. It's really sad seeing sooo many fish swim in there.
When I bought mine though there were barely any left, the other two tanks were empty or almost empty, and mine had significantly reduced numbers
Anyway, sorry for rambling haha
But yeah, it really is weird and sad. Bettas are abused too, the things they sell for them are absurd
