Going To Wal-mart!

[Snooks1!]

I'm going to wal-mart with a bud here in a bit...As usual I go back to the fish aisle just to check and see how much bitching I need to do up front. So, I may bring back some bettas...Male or female.

May rescue one of the ADF if they have any... Last time I went they had the poor guys in jars even smaller than they keep the bettas in. The water was so filthy you couldn't even see the poor frog...

I'll keep ya'll updated.

 

[Lindsey88]

I don't understand why they would keep adfs in cups? That is so strange. All the fishies and frogs will be lucky that you save today!

 

[Snooks1!]

I've got....two one gal bowls, and a 10 gal, half full hospital tank. So I have room to get one or two....or three

 

[Jaded12]

Hope you get one... or two... or all of them... lol let us know and post pics if you get anything of course!

 

[Snooks1!]

2 males, neither were in good enough shape to get...They would have died before I got home...4 females total at the store, 2 dead, one...On the verge of dying, and one semi-healthy one. So I picked her up. I'll get some pictures of her later. I've got her quarantined for now, so I can keep an eye out on her for a few days. I'll get some pictures later today when I get home.

 

[hollyp0p]

2 males, neither were in good enough shape to get...They would have died before I got home...4 females total at the store, 2 dead, one...On the verge of dying, and one semi-healthy one. So I picked her up. I'll get some pictures of her later. I've got her quarantined for now, so I can keep an eye out on her for a few days. I'll get some pictures later today when I get home.

awww saw a male betta at local chain of 'the ark' pet store....i would have rescued him but he didn't look like he'd last much longer either....felt awful he was a pretty cellophane!
good luck rescuing the girlie!

 

[Snooks1!]

Here she is I'm told she's a plakat, any takes on this? She also has this stripe running down her back... I'm not sure what it is.... Can some-one tell me what it is?

 

[Amunet]

Well she certainly is ADORABLE!!!

As for the stripe on her back, does it look like it could just be her coloring? Or does it appear to be something actually on her?

 

[Snooks1!]

It doesn't look like it's something on her. It may be her colouring...but it kind of looks as if she's been rubbing up against something....( to me )

 

[Jaded12]

She looks to be a plakat girl and a gorgeous one at that, great find! Congrats!

 

[groovitudedude]

You do realize that by "rescuing" fish, you are giving money to Wal-Mart to buy MORE fish, right?

 

[Jaded12]

You do realize that whether or not someone buys the fish or it dies on the shelf it still makes room for another fish and walmart still gets money for it right? So why not think about what it might mean to the fish that you're rescuing

 

[Snooks1!]

You do realize that by "rescuing" fish, you are giving money to Wal-Mart to buy MORE fish, right?

That's not right.

Wal-mart will buy more fish needless of whether people buy them or not. If a fish dies on the shelf, wal-mart is refunded for the fish. And inevitably, they buy more fish to replace the deadies. And because of the atrocious conditions the other betta were in I got her for under a dollar. I've complained to management on several occasions about the treatment of the fish at the store. Twice it was so bad that the local ASPCA came in to deal with it. So rather than have the poor girl sit and suffer at wal-mart, it's better to buy her, and give her a healthy, long life. If she had sat there and died, they would just get a replacement for her immediately.

Don't jump down my back for 'rescuing' a fish. There's a difference from rescuing, and just buying a fish from a place like that.

 

[hollyp0p]

aren't horizontal stripes stress stripes, vertical are breeding bars.....she'll colour up when not stressed

 

[ibbledibble]

aren't horizontal stripes stress stripes, vertical are breeding bars.....she'll colour up when not stressed

i think he means the stripe down her back that you can see in the views from above. not the stress stripes on her sides